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Tony Renshaw
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‘Not I, but …’
The object of this study is to consider three statements penned by the apostle Paul, each in a different Epistle, in order to learn the practical and valuable lessons which they contain. The feature w…
Tony Renshaw
1975 Volume 26 Issue 2
Exposition
A New Year Meditation
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God}”, Micah 6. 8. The Christian can look back over …
Tony Renshaw
1975 Volume 26 Issue 1
Exposition
At His Feet (Published 1983)
Chapters 12 and 13 of John’s Gospel contain two remarkable narratives. They describe Mary at Jesus’ feet, 12. 1-9, and Jesus at the disciples’ feet, 13. 1-17. The two passages invite careful compariso…
Tony Renshaw
1983 Volume 34 Issue 4
Devotional
Baptist and Saviour
It is very instructive to consider certain striking contrasts between the upbringing and preparation for service of John the Baptist and of the Lord Jesus as recorded in Luke’s Gospel. John was to dri…
Tony Renshaw
Early Themes in Luke’s Gospel
1974 Volume 25 Issue 6
Exposition
How God Called Moses
Exodus 3 describes Moses’ crucial encounter with the living God. The day began like any other. He had no reason to expect it to be different. Forty years earlier he had fled from Egypt as a rebel prin…
Tony Renshaw
1994 Volume 45 Issue 1
Devotional
How God Raised up Moses
The MidwivesJoseph had been the saviour of Egypt, but when his generation died, ‘there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph’, Exod. 1. 8. By then the Hebrews were spreading across Egy…
Tony Renshaw
1992 Volume 43 Issue 4
Contemporary Issues
Lessons from Martha
The five closing verses of Luke chapter ten give us the earliest glimpse in the gospels of a family in Bethany which became very precious to the Lord. The family consisted of two sisters and their bro…
Tony Renshaw
1987 Volume 38 Issue 5
Exposition
Meditations in John’s Gospel
Bethesda and Siloam, Chapters 5 and 9 These are the names of two pools in Jerusalem, which are linked with the miracles described in chapters 5 and 9. The first involved an impotent man and the second…
Tony Renshaw
1998 Volume 53 Issue 1
Devotional
Meditations in John’s Gospel
John the Baptist meets the Leaders, 1. 19-28 These verses describe an encounter between John the Baptist and a deputation of priests and Levites. The key phrases are ‘from God’ and ‘from Jerusalem’. O…
Tony Renshaw
1997 Volume 52 Issue 2
Devotional
Miracles in Contrast
The healing of the woman with the issue of blood, and the raising of Jairus’ daughter, illustrate some of the contrasted ways in which the Lord Jesus dealt with needy souls when He was here on earth. …
Tony Renshaw
1984 Volume 35 Issue 1
Study
Psalm 8 – Part 1
This psalm was born on a clear night. David had gazed up into the darkness, and had seen the moon and the stars shining like jewels. Nighttime brings its own vision. You can see most in the heavens wh…
Tony Renshaw
1984 Volume 35 Issue 2
Exposition
Psalm 8 – Part 2
In the previous issue, verses l-4a of this Psalm were considered; we now examine the remaining verses 4b-8. “And hast crowned him with glory and honour”, v. 5. Perhaps this refers to man as having bee…
Tony Renshaw
1984 Volume 35 Issue 3
Exposition
The Baptism of the Saviour
In chapter 1 verse 5 Mark describes the widespread response which John’s ministry produced, “And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in …
Tony Renshaw
The Opening to Mark’s Gospel
1982 Volume 33 Issue 3
Study
The Character of Luke
A man often reveals most about himself when he least intends it. Luke does this in the first four verses of his Gospel. In explaining to his Christian friend Theophilus why he was writing the book, he…
Tony Renshaw
Early Themes in Luke’s Gospel
1974 Volume 25 Issue 3
Exposition
The Cross and The Yoke (Part 1)
“And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me”; “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me…”, Matt. 10. 38; 11. 29. Herearetwowoodenstructures, both familiar sights in Is…
Tony Renshaw
The Cross and The Yoke
1977 Volume 28 Issue 1
Exposition
The Cross and the Yoke (Part 2)
Having considered the significance of the cross for the Christian, we turn now to an assessment of the yoke which the Lord Jesus invites us to take up. The invitation forms part of the very familiar w…
Tony Renshaw
The Cross and The Yoke
1977 Volume 28 Issue 2
Exposition
The Defeat of the Devil
“And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness”, Mark 1. 12. This is a remarkable verse. The dove-like Spirit becomes the driving Spirit, brooking no delay. The word “immediately” suggest…
Tony Renshaw
The Opening to Mark’s Gospel
1982 Volume 33 Issue 4
Study
The Field and the Sepulchre
Two men were present in Jerusalem during the closing days of the earthly life of the Lord Jesus, each of whom had been concealing the truth about his relationship to the Saviour. Judas Iscariot had ap…
Tony Renshaw
1975 Volume 26 Issue 4
Exposition
The New Commandment of Love
The Gospel of John records how, in the upper room in Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus began to reveal to the disciples the imminence of His departure from them, “Little children, yet a little while I am with…
Tony Renshaw
1983 Volume 34 Issue 4
Devotional
The Preaching of the Baptist
The first thirteen verses of Mark’s opening chapter contain all that he has to say before beginning to describe the period of the Saviour’s public ministry. He thus reaches this period much more rapid…
Tony Renshaw
The Opening to Mark’s Gospel
1982 Volume 33 Issue 2
Study
The Prodigal and the Saviour
Luke 15. 11-32 unfolds the third section of a three-part parable, the familiar story of the prodigal son’s departure from and return to his father’s house, and of the reception he finally received the…
Tony Renshaw
1993 Volume 44 Issue 5
Devotional
The Rod and the Branch
The first ten verses of Isaiah 11 contain a brief but comprehensive prophecy of the coming into the world of the Messiah and of the kingdom which He will finally estabfish. The passage omits all refer…
Tony Renshaw
1983 Volume 34 Issue 2
Devotional
The Sayings from the Cross, 1
The Lord Jesus Christ spoke eight times from the cross. Three times He prayed, addressing Himself twice to His Father and once to His God. Three times He addressed people, speaking to His mother, to J…
Tony Renshaw
The Sayings from the Cross
1985 Volume 36 Issue 1
Exposition
The Sayings from the Cross, 2
The Promise to the Thief. “And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shall thou be with me in paradise. And i…
Tony Renshaw
The Sayings from the Cross
1985 Volume 36 Issue 2
Exposition
The Sayings from the Cross, 3
We now have two further sayings for our meditation, the first being the cry of dereliction “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” recorded by both Matthew and Mark, and the second, the prayer of…
Tony Renshaw
The Sayings from the Cross
1985 Volume 36 Issue 3
Exposition
The Sayings from the Cross, 4
We conclude with John’s crucifixion narrative, which includes four of the eight sayings from the cross; see 19. 23-30. He omits the two prayers which the Lord uttered at the beginning and the end of H…
Tony Renshaw
The Sayings from the Cross
1985 Volume 36 Issue 4
Exposition
The Witness of the Local Church
Christian witness is usually thought of as involving the various forms of gospel outreach undertaken by believers and local churches. It is thought of as including personal evangelism, tract distribut…
Tony Renshaw
The Witness of the Local Church
1987 Volume 38 Issue 2
Exposition
The Witness of the Local Church
4. The Witness of Christian Teaching, 1 Cor. 14. 24-25. Paul’s immediate concern in the context of this reference is to show that strangers entering a local church meeting would derive no benefit from…
Tony Renshaw
The Witness of the Local Church
1987 Volume 38 Issue 3
Exposition
Three Lovely Titles
Among the many titles given to the Lord Jesus in the Gospel by John, there are three which invite consideration and comparison by their use of the same adjective. He is described as the True Light, 1.…
Tony Renshaw
1983 Volume 34 Issue 1
Devotional
Two Feasts
John chapter 2 describes two feasts, a wedding feast at Cana and a Passover feast at Jerusalem. The first was a local event and the second was a national one. The presence of the Lord Jesus proved cru…
Tony Renshaw
1993 Volume 44 Issue 4
Exposition
Two Momentous Births
The two opening chapters of Luke’s Gospel record the angelic visits to Zacharias and Mary, and the conception and birth of John the Baptist and the Lord Jesus Christ. The way in which Luke records the…
Tony Renshaw
Early Themes in Luke’s Gospel
1974 Volume 25 Issue 5
Exposition
Warfare by Prayer
In Ephesians chapter 6 Paul deals with the Christian’s armour, for he saw the Christian life as a life of conflict. The call to service for Christ is essentially a call to battle. We have been enliste…
Tony Renshaw
1987 Volume 38 Issue 4
Exposition
Zacharias and Elizabeth
Why were Zacharias and Elizabeth so privileged as to be chosen to become the parents of the last and greatest of the prophets of the old covenant period? Luke does not furnish an extensive description…
Tony Renshaw
Early Themes in Luke’s Gospel
1974 Volume 25 Issue 4
Exposition
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