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2006 Volume 61 Issue 3
Articles in this Issue
1 Corinthians 9-10
1 Corinthians 9 and 10 – Part 2 INTRODUCTION The previous article offered (i) an introduction to 1 Corinthians 9, (ii) an outline of the chapter and (iii) some expository comments on verses 1-18. The fi…
Malcolm Horlock
Studies in 1 Corinthians
Study
A Christian Worldview
A worldview can be defined as ‘a fundamental orientation of the heart concerning what is reality’. Your worldview will determine how you answer the big questions in life. These are questions like the ex…
Shawn Abigail
Exposition
A Lesson from the Past
Can we really learn anything from the past? The present is the child of the past. Situations and events of the present cannot be really understood without some knowledge of the situations and events of …
John E. Todd
Exposition
A Paraphrase of Psalm 4
Verse 1. The cry of the godly O hear me Lord, to Thee I cry, God of my righteousness, Oft have I known Thy presence nigh, When I was in distress. Verse 2. The critics of the godly O sons of men who are …
Sid Knowles
Poetry
A truthful tongue avoids half-truths
Telling only part of the truth or combining truth and falsehood in one statement. Someone has said, ‘Beware of a half-truth; you may get hold of the wrong half’, Matt. 5. 37. A truthful tongue speaks u…
Unknown
Exposition
Are you still in fellowship?
This article is the substance of an email sent to a young believer who has been questioning whether to remain in assembly fellowship or not.The sentiments expressed above are the writer’s personal opini…
A. N. Other
Young Precious Seed
Commission-Minded Assemblies
From the beginning of creation God has disclosed Himself to mankind. He wants to manifest Himself to the world, even if humans are unwilling to hear from Him. The Christian faith is the capstone of the …
Keith R. Keyser
Exposition
Cranmer Christian Fellowship Croydon
There was a note in the Believer’s Magazine for February 1906 saying that, ‘Christians at Croydon, having acquired Cranmer Hall, met on December 8th for the opening meetings’. And so it was that believe…
Harold Hucker
Report
Editorial
‘But … he had compassion on him and went to him’, Luke 10. 33, 34 I am writing this editorial sitting in the dinning room of the home of our sister Ruth Hadley in Saurimo, Angola. For the first time in…
Ken Rudge
Editorial
Eternal Security
We are all prone to doubt. It is a characteristic of human nature. In our lowest moments, at times of greatest trial and testing, we are liable to question our salvation and the goodness of our God. The…
John Bennett
Eternal Security
Exposition
Gospel Work and Other Activities
ENGLAND: MIDLANDS AND SOUTH An outreach in Towcester (Northamptonshire) was well supported by local assemblies. Dozens of unsaved were present to hear Ian Jackson of Eastbourne speak on ‘Can an Intellig…
Stephen Baker
Report
His never-failing Love
There’s nothing like Thy trusted love,Lord Jesus here below;Its sweetness we would daily proveAnd all its fullness know. Thy love is more than we can tell,It every test has stood;And though O Lord, we’v…
H D‘A Champney
Poetry
In my Place
Luis and Sebastian were twins and their home was a flat-roofed white house outside the walls of a little mountain town. Their parents had died but had left them a small inheritance and the boys lived on…
Ian Rees
Young Precious Seed
Spiritual Reality/Unreality
A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE We have been looking into some of the reasons for the growing lack of belief in God and Christianity in Western Europe generally and in Britain in particular. In this piece I want…
Peter Hedley
Exposition
The Da Vinci Code
An exposure of this powerful a widely read attack upon biblical Christianity The Da Vinci Code is a novel, a work of fiction, written by Dan Brown and published in 2003. In the following year it sold si…
Paul Young
Exposition
The Englishman’s Bible
This Bible, used and valued by so many of the Lord’s people over the years was the result of more than: 60 years’ daily reading of the Sacred Scriptures; 50 years’ study of them; 40 years’ perusal in t…
Thomas Newberry
History
The Eyes of the Heart
Time was when to read was a pleasure,To search out the truth a delight.Time was when my pen was my treasure,In practice both morning and night. But though I can read no longer,And though I can write no …
Thomas Newberry
Poetry
The Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness
This has been defined by TRENCH and VINE as ‘an inwrought grace of the mind’ (TRENCH - ‘soul’). It is translated ‘gentleness’ by RSV and NEB. It has connotations of goodness and generosity. It is submis…
Bernard Osborne
The Fruit Of The Spirit
Exposition
The Ground
The exciting phenomenon of the burning bush which Moses saw in the wilderness is introduced to us in Exodus chapter 3. Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro and this work took him …
Roy Hill
Exposition
The Letters of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor
An Introduction to Revelation Chapters 2-3 Part 2 We thought mainly in the first article about the political and social background to these letters. We now look at their structure and other common trait…
Brian Clatworthy
Revelation Chapters
Exposition
The One Gospel and its New Style
CHAPTERS 2.16 - 5.12 A Question of Salvation (Continued) Terms: Is the gospel what God does for man or what man does for God; or a bit of both? Central question: What do we believe? In Part 3 we consid…
Randal Amos
Studies in Galatians
Study
The Race
In any race there are at least three stages: starting; continuing; finishing. Each is equally as important as the other in that any one missed means there will be no result. In some sports the strong an…
Roy Hill
Young Precious Seed
The Shock of Unexpected Change
Having to face the problem of sudden change A basic element of human nature is the need to belong to someone or something. We look for permanence in our surroundings. We all need something that makes se…
James R. Cochrane
Daniel, a Man for all seasons
Exposition
The Two Prayers
Father … make me,Luke 15. 19. ‘Give me,’ he prayed, the foolish, wilful boy. He thought that but to have was to enjoy. A broken, sobered man, robbed, hungry, bare, ‘Make me,’ he prayed, and ‘twas a wise…
James M. S. Tait
Young Precious Seed
Views from the News
Charles Clarke opposes creationism Charles Clarke (recent Home Secretary) stepped into the controversy over creationism by declaring that he was ‘totally opposed’ to the concept. Mr Clarke, who said tha…
Unknown
Report
Why do I keep on making the same mistakes time after time?
Question Why do I keep on making the same mistakes time after time? Answer If you are like me you will constantly be making the same mistakes and often doing things time and time again that you know are…
Stephen Baker
Question Time
Wise words from the book of Proverbs
‘For him that is joined to all living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion’, Eccles. 9. 4. To understand where Solomon is coming from in the Ecclesiastes is to realize that he is s…
Ken Rudge
Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World
Young Precious Seed
Book Reviews in this Issue
The Return of Jesus Christ
Paperback, 136pp. Trafford Publishing Ltd., Enterprise House, Wistaston Road Business Centre, Wistaston Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 7RP. ISBN 1 41205484 2 Richard Salmon has written an interesting book…
Richard F. Salmon
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What God hath Joined
Edited by William Banks and Tom Wilson. Hardback, 140pp. Published by Gospel Tract Publications, 7 Beech Avenue, Glasgow, G41 5BY. Price £7.95. ISBN 0-948417-85-4 James Paterson, in his foreword to th…
Authors Many
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What the Bible Teaches – Song of Solomon and Isaiah
Authors: J. M. Flanigan and J. M. Riddle. Hardback, 636pp. Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH, UK. Price £18.95, ISBN 1 904064 30 2 Both writers of this latest volume in…
Authors Many
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