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2002 Volume 57 Issue 2
Articles in this Issue
Abigail
The Father’s Joy THE SETTING The desire of Hannah’s heart, Samuel, departed from the scene – one of the few shining lights of those dark days was extinguished. ‘And David arose, and went down to the wil…
Colin Lacey
Exposition
Buy the Truth
‘Buy the truth and sell it not’, is the strident cry of Proverbs 23. 23. Surely as believers we desire to know truth and not error so that we can think and live to the glory of God. We should give other…
Donald L. Norbie
Exposition
Crossroads
I seem to have come to the Crossroads, And know not which way to turn, So I look into my Father’s face, My direction from Him to learn. I seem to have come to the Crossroads, And overhead clouds dark as…
Keith Clayton
Poetry
Editorial
‘REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE’, Luke 17. 25. The Lord provides no amplification of this reference to Lot’s wife. He just calls upon His hearers to ‘remember’ her. It is therefore the context of that which He is …
Ken Rudge
Editorial
Gatherings in The Early Church
Have you ever read through the Pentateuch and been struck by the mass of detail governing Israel’s approach to God? There we read of the intricate tabernacle, the priests, the incense and offerings, not…
Keith Bintley
Early Church History
Exposition
Gospel Work and Other Activities
SCOTLAND FASKALLY HOUSE, PITLOCHRY Faskally House is a residential centre in the heart of Scotland set aside for the furtherance of the Lord¡¯s work among young people especially. Over many years, assem…
Colin Hutchinson
Report
Isaiah saw His Glory and spoke of Him
BACKGROUND Isaiah’s account of his great temple vision began with a specific time note, ‘the year that King Uzziah died’, Isa. 6. 1. This was more than a mere date. It was loaded with significance. The …
Malcolm Horlock
Exposition
Look for God’s Look for God’s hand in it!
‘THIS IS THE LORD‘S DOING, AND IT IS MARVELLOUS IN OUR EYES’, MATTHEW 21. 42. Sometimes the rejection of others turns out to be ‘the Lord’s doing’. After Joseph had been betrayed by this brothers and sl…
Keith Clayton
Exposition
Pensford Gospel Hall
A History of the Assembly Pensford is a pleasant village situate seven miles south of Bristol, with a population of about 1000. The villagers were formerly engaged mainly in coal mining and agriculture,…
Ronald Padfield
History
Saving Faith
According to the apostle Paul, the unregenerate, that is the non- Christian, do not accept the things of the Spirit, 1 Cor. 2. 14. Spiritual things are foolishness to them. They cannot even begin to und…
Peter Hedley
Faith
Exposition
Studies In 1 Thessalonians
CHAPTER 4. 1-18 OUTLINE 1. 4. 1-8. HOLINESS IN OUR PATHWAY – PURITY 2. 4. 9-12. HARMONY ALONG OUR PATHWAY – PEACE 3. 4.13-18. HOPE FOR OUR PATHWAY – PROSPECT SUBJECT MATTER Practical Holiness, vv. 1 -…
Tom Bentley
Studies in 1 Thessalonians
Study
The Antidote to Life’s Weariness
Maybe you have always viewed the words of the Lord Jesus, ‘Come unto me, and I will give you rest’, merely as a gospel call to the sinner to lay down his burden of sin. They do have that application, bu…
David Davis
Exposition
The Central London Church of Christ
Towards the end of the 1980s I was at Aston University in central Birmingham to speak at the Christian Union. Before I was introduced to speak, a member of the University chaplaincy team gave a brief wa…
Paul Young
Contemporary Issues
The Fragrance of Unity
A Meditation on Psalm 133 The beauty and blessedness of brethren dwelling together in unity is brought before us in Psalm 133. Lasting unity is not experienced in the world. Attempts to achieve unity a…
Cliff Jones
Exposition
The Ministry for Europe Trust
A Brief History The Ministry for Europe Trust is a registered charity working in some of the poorest and most troubled areas of Europe: Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, as well as …
Thomas Jenning
History
The Unwanted Husband
1.Samuel 25. 1-42; Romans 7. 1-3. ‘if her husband be dead, she is free…’ Nabal sat at the banquet table roaring with drunken laughter. The wool-clip had been a good one, thanks to those unwanted guerril…
Gordon L. Bissett
Exposition
What is the difference between praise and worship?
Question What is the difference between praise and worship? Answer Praise is an act of worship or acknowledgment by which the virtues or deeds of another are recognized and extolled. It can be applied i…
Howard Coles
Question Time
Book Reviews in this Issue
Parenting, Based on God’s Word for His People
This 234 page book, reviewed in the November 2001 (Vol. 56 No. 4) issue of the magazine is now available in the UK from Precious Seed at £6.95 including p. and p. It has been very favourably reviewed by…
Teang Leong Lim
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The Early Church
Rediscovering truth for the churches, Donald L. Norbie, 126pp. Published by Christian Missions Press, P.O. Box 2222, Oklahoma City, OK 73101, U.S.A. The vast changes that have taken place in our own s…
Donald L. Norbie
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The UK Assembly Address Book
224 pages, ISBN 1 872734 25 1, £6.50 including p. and p., from Christian Year Publications, The Glebe House, Stanton Drew, Bristol, UK, BS39 4EH. This, the fifth edition of the popular Address Book, i…
Keith Clayton
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