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2014 Volume 69 Issue 4
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A Greater than Jonah – Part 1
When King Ahaz of Judah was offered a sign by the Lord, he rejected it. Nevertheless, the Lord promised the house of David a sign, ‘Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his na…
John Griffiths
Devotional
A Right Thing in a Wrong Way
In the Bible there are several instances in which God Himself struck men dead, and, in practically every case, the offence seemed trivial, that is, compared with what we regard as gross sin. On the othe…
W. Ross Rainey
Devotional
A Word for Today: Wisdom, Skill, Aptitude (Heb. Hokmah)
The story is told that on one occasion a prayer was delivered in Crathie Kirk, near Balmoral (to Queen Victoria’s amusement) ‘that the Almighty would send down His wisdom on the Queen’s Ministers, who s…
Brian Clatworthy
A Word for Today
Study
Abraham and the Names of God
THE DIVINE RECORD OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM BEGINS IN MESOPOTAMIA, WHERE HIS FAMILY ‘SERVED OTHER GODS’1 It was ‘the Lord God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the nam…
Robert Macy
Devotional
Art Thou He that should come? – Matthew 11
We might have expected that the Lord would have been guarded in His endorsement of John in light of this seeming lapse, but rather, the Lord Jesus takes occasion to give John the highest of accolades. H…
None Assigned
Devotional
Bits & Bobs – The Amazing Jewel Beetle
Scientists made a startling discovery in the world of insects. It involved a common beetle called the jewel beetle, which is designed with the uncanny ability to detect flames of a forest fire approxima…
Sandy Jack
Bible Bytes
Bright and Morning Star
If the title by which the Lord would assure Israel of the certainty of a glorious future is ‘the root and offspring of David’, the promise to the Church for which He died is encapsulated in the delightf…
Phil Coulson
Devotional
Daniel chapter 9, verses 24-27
Appendix: The Chronology of Daniel 9 One of the most fascinating elements in Daniel’s prophecy in chapter 9 verses 24-27 is its chronology of events. Thus, the prophecy is set to a schedule by five time…
Andrew Wilson
Daniel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks
Exposition
Editorial
‘Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting’, John 2. 13-14. Although the major supermarkets appear to have a strangl…
John Bennett
Editorial
Edward Dennett
Not long after the start of the First World War in 1914, the biblical scholar Edward Dennett died after a short illness. He was 83 years of age and had spent a considerable part of his life teaching the…
Brian Clatworthy
History
Everyday Publications – Making the Message Plain for Fifty Years!
In Habakkuk chapter 2 verse 2, the Lord instructs the prophet, ‘Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who reads it may run’. In 1964, the Lord burdened the heart of Dr. R. E. Harlow, c…
None Assigned
Organisations
Josiah – Part 2
The wise man in the book of Proverbs refers no fewer than fourteen times to ‘the fear of the Lord’. Among other benefits, it is ‘the beginning of wisdom’, 9. 10; it ‘prolongeth days’, 10. 27, and is ‘a …
John Scarsbrook
Josiah
Devotional
New Testament Second Epistles
It has been suggested that the second Epistles, as we have them in scripture, have a distinct character of their own. The importance and significance of the second Epistles are not always sufficiently a…
John Jeyanadam
Exposition
Question Time – Why are people leaving assemblies and meeting elsewhere?
Question Why are people leaving assemblies and meeting elsewhere? Answer It has to be recognized that the situation described in the question does not apply everywhere, for in some countries, and possib…
Richard Collings
Question Time
Regulating the Renaissance
The digital age has spawned an amazing spread of knowledge, and the younger generations in particular are drinking it up. Lots of people have written about this from a secular perspective, but a questio…
Lloyd Stock
Contemporary Issues
Reports
ENGLAND Northumberland The Red Row assembly, in Northumberland, had a visit from the small Church of England school in Acklington, a neighbouring village, where they have an opportunity to take school a…
Sandy Jack
Report
Servant Songs of Isaiah
Continuing our study in Isaiah chapter 53, in verses 7-9 Israel confesses the mock trial and death of the Servant. Verse 7 He was oppressed: (nigas) could mean either or both of the following: To be ha…
Adam Thropay
The Servant Songs of Isaiah
Devotional
The Health, Wealth, and Prosperity Gospel
We are living in a time when a confusing Christian doctrine is being popularized by some preachers, and many radio and TV ‘evangelists’. Some, claiming to teach the truth, mislead their followers into b…
Ian Taylor
Contemporary Issues
Views from the News
Richard Dawkins apologizes for causing storm with Down’s syndrome tweet Richard Dawkins has apologized for the ‘feeding frenzy’ triggered by his tweet claiming it would be immoral to carry on with a pre…
Sandy Jack
Views from the News
What does it mean to die with Christ? Luke 9. 18-27 – Part 2
i. The Cost of His words – ‘let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me' It is a very searching question we ought to ask ourselves. Would we still have confessed Christ as Lord and Saviour …
Eddie Honeyball
What does it mean to die with Christ?
Devotional
Why does God allow Evil Men to Rule? – Part 2
Man’s evil rule can strengthen Christians The Second Epistle to Timothy, written by Paul as he is contemplating execution under Nero , gives us a mature believer’s perspective on evil rulers. First of a…
John Thropay
Why does God allow Evil Men to Rule?
A Word for Today
William Rhodes Lewis 1877-1964
As one of the editors wrote of Lewis, ‘His … unfailing grace, his old-world courtesy and his devotion to his work, to his wife and to his Lord would be hard to match anywhere’.1 For a man who was an edi…
John Bennett
History
Book Reviews in this Issue
Biblical Principles of Leadership – Dr. Alexander Kurian
Paperback, 120 pages, Published by GLS Publishing, Udygog Bhavan, 250D, Worli Colony, Mumbai, 400030, India. ISBN 978-81-78203-49-2. This is a valuable book on a most important aspect of the corporate…
John Bennett
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Christ the Lord – surveying the glories of the Saviour – Frank McConnell
Paperback, 254 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, IBSN 978-1-909789-05-0. This book was originally published in 1971. It is an excellent devotional book of the …
B. Charles
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Making Disciples – The Thessalonian Way – Tim Mather
Paperback, 190 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1-926765-99-0. The notes on the back cover of this book provide a helpful…
John Bennett
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Possessing the Inheritance – a Concise Commentary on the Book of Joshua – Malcolm C. Davis
Paperback, 125 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-1-909789-12-8. What exactly is a ‘concise commentary’? This seems to be a key question in reviewing…
John Bennett
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Replacement Theology – David Dunlap
Paperback, 141 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1-926765-87-7. In many places, ‘Replacement Theology’ is gaining ground. …
John Bennett
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