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2007 Volume 62 Issue 4
Articles in this Issue
1 Corinthians 11
INTRODUCTION The previous article included (i) an introduction to 1 Corinthians 11. 17-34, (ii) an outline of the passage and (ii) expository comments on verses 17-21. The present article provides expos…
Malcolm Horlock
Studies in 1 Corinthians
Study
Balancing Your Dispensations
In a letter to Christians, MILES J. STANFORD took exception to the thought that Matthew chapter 18 verse 20, ‘For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them’, m…
Donald L. Norbie
Exposition
Bethel Gospel Chapel
BETHEL GOSPEL CHAPEL, MONTREAL, CANADAIn the early years of the twentieth century a number of immigrants arriving from the United Kingdom who had met in simple fashion to worship the Lord in the ‘Old Co…
Keith Clayton
History
Bits & Bobs
QUAKE CLAIMS WORSHIPPERS AT PRAYERAt least 17 worshippers died and over 200 were trapped as two churches collapsed in a massive earthquake in Peru in August 2007. Falling masonry in the Senor de Luren c…
Stephen Baker
Report
Editorial
‘Take unto thee sweet spices … the perfume … shall be … holy for the Lord’, Exod. 30. 34, 37. For many years now ministry taking up the minute details of the instructions to Moses regarding the tabern…
Ken Rudge
Editorial
Forgiveness Regardless?
Is forgiveness by a Christian unconditional?It is commonly taught that a spiritual Christian will always forgive anyone who wrongs him. Yet, common sense indicates that there are circumstances in which …
Ronald H. Steele
Exposition
Golden Bells
Children’s Magazine Golden Bells is a children’s outreach magazine published to present the gospel and teach the word of God to the young people living in today’s world. The main purpose of the magazine…
Keith Clayton
Report
Gospel Work and Other Activities
ENGLAND: MIDLANDS AND SOUTH Dartmoor Christian Camp This camp is run by believers from Whipton Chapel, Exeter, and Belmont Hall, Harrow. They see the summer camp week as an activity that builds on the r…
Stephen Baker
Report
He is coming
There’s a Man in yonder glory, I have loved for many years, He has cleared my guilty conscience and has banished all my fears. He is coming in ‘a moment' in ‘the twinkling of an eye’, And no time will …
Unknown
Poetry
Honesty – Does Truth Matter?
IntroductionPilate asked Jesus the question, ‘What is truth?’ John 18. 38. His question is very modern. Today, in a philosophical post-modern world, the notion, concept and practice of what past generat…
Howard Coles
Exposition
Introducing Islam
Islam stands and falls by the statement that Muhammad is the last prophet who brought the final revelation from God to humanity. So that in addition to a rejection of the doctrines of the Trinity, Atone…
Malcolm Steer
Introducing Islam
Exposition
Love in Marriage
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Which came first, love or marriage? The first question is not the subject of this article but the book of Genesis tells us that God made every animal so the chi…
Stephen Baker
Exposition
Making the Right Decision
The importance of making decisions, and the right ones It is very important to make the right decision. Think of the decisions we have made in our lives, good and bad, about a career, employment, marria…
James R. Cochrane
Daniel, a Man for all seasons
Exposition
Not under Grace But under Law
COPYRIGHT LAW AND THE ASSEMBLY Copyright in the United Kingdom The question of copyright used not to be a problem for the assembly; but it is now. Assemblies have a responsibility to make every endeavou…
Roy Hill
Exposition
Possessions: Hindrance or Help?
Those of us who live as Christian believers in the Western world need to come to terms with the affluent society and materialistic culture in which we find ourselves today. Despite all its evident advan…
Malcolm C. Davis
Exposition
Setting Up a Toddler Group
Having decided that facilitating a Toddler Group may be a way forward for evangelism in your area, careful and prayerful preparations can begin. 1. PRAYER AND COMMITMENTApart from examining spiritual he…
Louise Stewart
Exposition
Slow Down
‘God … rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done’, Gen. 2. 2. We live in an action-oriented world, and it seems that simplifying our lives has never been more complicated! Doesn’t it…
Keith Clayton
Exposition
The Church at Thyatira
REVELATION 2.18-29 The city and the church Thyatira was the fourth city on the route of the messenger bringing the letters from the Lord to the churches of Roman Asia. Lying about 40 miles south-east fr…
Alan Gamble
The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia Minor
Exposition
The Frightened Prophet – Chapter 2 (running back to God)
Jonah’s plightFinding himself in the belly of the whale must have really frightened Jonah. Nobody before had ever been is such a predicament. It is probably with hindsight that he realized where he was.…
Roy Hill
Jonah
Exposition
Views from the News
China denounces USA Criticism of Religious FreedomChina recently denounced a USA report accusing it of curbing religious freedoms as groundless and an interference in its internal affairs. In an annual …
Stephen Baker
Report
What does the Bible say about same-sex marriage?
Question What does the Bible say about same-sex marriage? Answer Before we look at same-sex marriage (gay or lesbian), we need to first of all look at what the Bible says about homosexuality. The Bible …
Howard Coles
Question Time
Book Reviews in this Issue
Apocalypse Facts and Fantasies
Paperback, 426pp. Published by Twoedge Sword Publications, PO Box 266, Waterlooville PO7 5ZT, UK. Available from John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock KA3 1RH, UK. Price £15.00, ISBN 1 90544707 8.…
Donald Cameron
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Cross Words
Paperback, 252pp. Published by Christian Focus Publications, Geanies House, Fearn, Ross-shire IV20 1TW, UK. Price £7.99, ISBN 1 84550 118 7 Cross Words is sub-titled ’The Biblical Doctrine of the Aton…
Paul Wells
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Day by Day – Paradise to the Promised Land
Paperback, 384pp. Published by Precious Seed Publications, PO Box 573, Fareham PO14 9FB, UK. Price £8.95, ISBN 978 1 871642 21 6. Paradise to the Promised Land, being the eleventh volume in the popula…
Authors Many
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Morning Meditations – For each Lord’s Day of the Year
Paperback, 136pp. Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, Ontario, L3K 6A6, Canada. Price £5.95, ISBN 1 897117 43 4. ‘And they shall not appear before the Lord empty’, De…
Alex Ross
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Opening up Luke’s Gospel
Paperback, 224pp. Published by Day One Publications, Ryelands Road, Leominster HR6 8NZ, UK. Price £8.00, ISBN 1 846250 30 9. As part of the ‘Opening up’ series, this book seeks to re-tell Luke’s gospe…
Gavin Childress
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Romans Chapters 1-8
Paperback, 144pp. Published by Precious Seed Publications, PO Box 573, Fareham PO14 9FB, UK. Price £5.95, ISBN 978 1 871642 22 3. For nearly thirty years Albert Leckie conducted annual Bible Readings …
Albert Leckie
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The Challenge of Revival
Paperback, 64pp. Published by Fairmeadow Books, 31 Fairmeadows, Cwmfelin, Maesteg CF34 9JL, UK. Price £4.50, ISBN 0 9523478 6 5. Paul Young is no stranger to the readers of Precious Seed as he has con…
Paul Young
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