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2011 Volume 66 Issue 2
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A Brief History of the Authorised (King James) Version
Most people would agree that the two greatest influences on the English language are the works of William Shakespeare and the King James Version of the Bible. But, though Shakespeare has done nothing to…
Ian Rees
Contemporary Issues
A Word for Today: Price of Release, Ransom (Gk. Lutron)
In his famous paraphrase of Psalm 103 (‘Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven’), Henry Lyte compresses verses 3 and 4 of the psalm to simply read, ‘ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven’. In doing so, he c…
Brian Clatworthy
A Word for Today
Study
Are you standing by the cross?
In John chapter 19 verse 25 it is recorded that ‘there stood by the cross’ three Marys. They did not stand with the crowd. They stood by the cross. Are we standing by the cross? Of the three Marys there…
Frank Lonney
Devotional
Bible Bytes – Daily Reading Series
In the frantic rush of busy working life, I always appreciate moments of calm in the day when I can read a Bible verse or enjoy a spiritual thought. Here is a selection of Christian online portals that …
Jeremy Singer
Bible Bytes
Bits and Bobs
Rare King James Bible found in Wiltshire village church A rare original King James Bible has been discovered on a shelf in a Wiltshire church. The discovery was made by residents researching the history…
Sandy Jack
Report
Christ’s Meeting with Nicodemus John 2. 23-3. 21
The last three verses of John’s Gospel chapter 2 set the background to the account in chapter 3 of Christ’s meeting and discussion with Nicodemus. Nicodemus, a leading religious figure of his day, would…
Cyril Cann
Devotional
Editorial
‘God remembered Abraham’, Gen. 19. 29 Abraham had risen early in the morning and taken the journey to the vantage point he had occupied before. From that position he looked out over the plain to behold …
John Bennett
Editorial
Elder and the role of Leadership in the Local The Church
EDITOR‘S NOTE: This is the second of a short series on this very needy and practical area of elders. It is designed to emphasize the spiritual nature of this work and how we need to encourage younger me…
John Griffiths
The Elders
Contemporary Issues
Facing the Future – Part 1
This article considers from scripture the various mind frames in which we often view the future, varying from complete hopelessness, through deep interest, to joyful expectancy. Whatever our current spi…
Malcolm C. Davis
Facing the Future
Contemporary Issues
Gardenstown Assembley
Gamrie, Scotland 1946 to 2011 Gardenstown is a small fishing village on the Moray Firth in the North East of Scotland and up until the end of the Second World War there was no New Testament assembly gat…
Anonymous
History
God’s Pleasure in His Son
‘This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him’, Matt. 17. 5; 2 Pet. 1. 17. ‘Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him, he hath put him to grief, when thou shalt make his soul an offering f…
Drew Craig
Exposition
King Asa
‘Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?’ Gal. 5. 7. Thus might run the epitaph of Asa, King of Judah. His start was auspicious but his end lamentable. He started in fello…
John Bennett
Kings of Judah
A Word for Today
Life TV Al Hayat
‘That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth’, Acts 13. 47 Media tabloids frequently tag the 21st century as being the age of the Digital Revolution. This idea that individuals have the ab…
Romel Ghossain
Organisations
Personalities in the Pastoral Epistles (4) – Those who were a delight to Paul (continued)
TITUS Titus was one of Paul’s fellow-workers who, over the space of nearly twenty years, undertook some difficult and demanding tasks at Paul’s instigation. The apostle was involved with Titus from his …
Howard A. Barnes
Personalities In The Pastoral Epistles
Exposition
Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 6
Disunity was a problem in the Philippian church, affecting even veteran servants in the fellow-ship, Phil. 4. 2-3. The epistle’s second chapter uses the lives of four men as examples of the proper attit…
Keith R. Keyser
Philippians
Exposition
Question – Will there be different levels of reward for believers?
Question Will there be different levels of reward for believers? Answer Each person who becomes a Christian passes through three forms of ‘judgement’. Firstly, they were judged as sinners, a judgement t…
Richard Collings
Question Time
Reports
England Northamptonshire In March, the believers in Spencer Bridge Road, Northampton, hosted the Ayrshire Bible Exhibition for the seventh time. The programme of school visits was oversubscribed with tw…
Sandy Jack
Report
So Great Salvation
In Luke chapter 15, the Lord Jesus presents three variations on a theme that depict different aspects of the ‘great salvation’ we have come to know. In this article, we want to examine the scene at the …
Jeremy Singer
Exposition
The Local Church – Its Character and Constitution
Part A: The Church’s Character Character is a property that defines the apparent nature of something. Looking at the character of Christ’s church as revealed in the New Testament, we notice three main …
Randal Amos
Exposition
The Parable of the Pounds – Part 2
Luke 19. 11-27. Part 2. INTRODUCTION In Part 1 of our study of the so-called Parable of the Pounds, we considered the context and historical background of the parable, we noted several points of compari…
Malcolm Horlock
The Practical application of some of our Lord’s parables
Exposition
The Pattern
Exodus 25. 8-9 Proper order in worship and, indeed, in the affairs of life is exceedingly important to God, ‘for God is not the author of confusion but of peace’, 1 Cor. 14. 33, and He desires that ‘all…
Warren Henderson
Exposition
Train up a child in the way he should go; and …
Editor’s Note: The authors of this article are anonymous and this is appropriate for this anonymity derives solely from the depth of love felt for the family, even though their spiritual condition leave…
Anonymous
Contemporary Issues
Views from the News
Equality Commission sorry for Christian ‘infection’ jibe The Government’s equality agency has said sorry for a sneering remark that implied Christian moral values are like an ‘infection’ that could harm…
Sandy Jack
Views from the News
Why a pre-tribulation rapture?
The event described in passages such as 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, John chapter 14 and 1 Corinthians chapter 15, often referred to as ‘the rapture’, is mentioned to reassure, comfort and encourage God’s…
Alastair Sinclair
Contemporary Issues
Book Reviews in this Issue
A Practical Theology of Missions: Dispelling the Mystery; Recovering the Passion
A Practical Theology of Missions: Dispelling the Mystery; Recovering the Passion Eric E. Wright Paperback, 380pp. Published by Day One Publications, Ryelands Road, Leominster, HR6 8NZ. Price: £12.00. I…
John Bennett
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Empty Arms – Keren Baker
Empty Arms – Keren Baker. Hardback, 128pp. Published by Evangelical Press, Grange Close, Faverdale North, Darlington, DL3 0PH. Price £7.95. ISBN 978-0-85234-704-1. ‘This book is about my journey throu…
John Bennett
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On wings of prayer
On wings of prayer Reggie Weems. Paperback, 106pp, Published by Day One Publications, Ryelands Road, Leominster, HR6 8NZ. Price £5.00. ISBN 978-1-84625-178-8. One of the most difficult aspects of the …
John Bennett
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Psalm 119 For Life: Living Today In The Light of The Word
Psalm 119 For Life: Living Today In The Light Of The Word Hywel R. Jones. Paperback, 156 pp. Publisher: Evangelical Press, Faverdale North, Darlington, DL3 0PH. Price: £9.50. ISBN: 978-0-85234-703-4 U…
John Bennett
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The Church the Body of Christ
The Church the Body of Christ Andrew Craig. Paperback, 36pp. Published by Brooklands Gospel Centre, c/o 2 Cherryhill Crescent, Dundonald, Belfast, BT16 1JQ, Northern Ireland. Price £2.95. This booklet…
John Bennett
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