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2020 Volume 75 Issue 4
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1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 – Readiness for his coming
This chapter clearly follows on from the previous chapter, ‘But of the times and the seasons, brethren’, v. 1. Paul has already been teaching them about the Lord’s coming for His own, what we know as th…
Peter Davies
1 Thessalonians
Exposition
An Assembly of the Lord’s people will be a people among whom – The Scriptures are Taught and Obeyed – Part 9
Why? Because all scripture is given by inspiration of God, 2 Tim. 3. 16. It is therefore the final authority in matters of doctrine and practice. Indeed, fellowship is founded upon it, and conduct deriv…
Daniel Rudge
An Assembly of the Lord’s people will be a people among whom …
Assembly Principles
Aspects of Calvary – Part 3
The Cross of Christ in Galatians The subject of the cross of Christ is dealt with largely in the Epistle to the Galatians. Distinction is to be drawn between the term ‘the death of Christ’, which relate…
Stephen Fellowes
Aspects of Calvary
Devotional
Balaam – Part 2: Numbers 22. 36 to 23.12
When Balak sent for Balaam to come and curse the children of Israel, God clearly stated, ‘Thou shalt not go with them; thou shall not curse the people: for they are blessed’, Num. 22. 12. Nothing could …
R. Catchpole
Balaam
Exposition
Charles Henry Mackintosh
Charles Henry Mackintosh (better known as ‘CHM’)was born in 1820, at Glenmalure Barracks County Wicklow, Ireland, the son of a captain in a Scots Highland regiment. He was converted at the age of eighte…
Howard A. Barnes
History
Editorial – ‘Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light’, John 3. 19.
At this time of the year in the United Kingdom, daylight hours are very short, and darkness seems to pervade most of our lives. Nature seems to be moving inexorably towards the winter solstice marking t…
Brian Clatworthy
Editorial
Image Cover – Volume 75 Issue 4
‘He shall feed his flock like a shepherd’, Isa. 40. 11 Isaiah chapter 40 begins a new section of the prophecy of Isaiah. It looks on into the future to see Israel’s return and restoration as the people …
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Cover Image
The Gospel of Mark – Part 12
Continuing our studies into chapter 4, we remain in the Galilean ministry of the Lord. The continuing opposition and conflict from the religious authorities of the day, observed in chapter 3, leads the …
John Bennett
The Gospel of Mark
A Word for Today
Introducing Gospelwales.com
In recent decades there has been a seismic shift in the way people obtain and share information. The home computer and the innovations of the smartphone and tablet have all been integral to this steady …
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A Word for Today
Lockdown Lessons
During our enforced sabbatical, my wife and I have been taking long walks in beautiful East Sussex. The heaths and woodlands of the Ashdown Forest, the verdant, rolling countryside around Bodiam and Bri…
Ian Jackson
Contemporary Issues
Rebecca
The sovereign hand of God can be seen in all our lives and so it is helpful to look at those who have gone before to see how it worked and their response to it, both good and bad. While in one sense the…
Michael Buckeridge
Old Testament Women Who Appear in the New Testament
Devotional
Psalms
Introduction The book of Psalms was Israel’s national hymnbook. The book title is from the Greek word psalmos, which was a poem normally sung with musical accompaniment. The Hebrew psalms, or songs, enc…
Warren Henderson
Exposition
Question Time – Is the COVID-19 crisis the judgement or intervention of God?
QUESTION Is the COVID-19 crisis the judgement or intervention of God? ANSWER ‘Unprecedented’ is a word that has been used frequently to describe the current COVID-19 crisis. Yet both the Black Death of …
Frank Proudlock
Question Time
The Epistle to the Colossians – Part 11
In part 10 of this series, we began to look at the paragraph dealing with the imperative to ‘put off all these’, 3. 8-11. We saw that this paragraph, from verses 8 to 11, had two subsections: the featur…
William Banks
The Epistle to the Colossians
Devotional
The High Priestly Ministry of the Lord Jesus
Every child of God has a part in the priestly ministry of the Lord Jesus, and this is comforting to know, especially when trials cross our paths in the normal course of life. It is good to realize we ha…
Peter Scammell
Devotional
The Twelve Tribes of Israel – Zebulun
As we near the end of this series on the tribes of Israel, we notice an awakening in Jacob’s home. Leah has put an end to relying on her handmaid, and God is back in her consciousness again – she clearl…
Lloyd Stock
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
Devotional
The Work of the Lord in Central Brazil
By William Watterson Pirassununga, Brazil ‘In Brazil, a land of religious liberty, all religions are represented and active. Most profess to be Roman Catholic but Spiritism in two distinct forms influen…
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Report
Things That Concern Us Philippians – Part 1 ‘Your fellowship’, ‘your love’ and ‘your prayer’
‘Your fellowship’, ‘your love’ and ‘your prayer’ | Your fellowship: companionship, participation. ‘For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now’, 1. 5. In this opening chapter Paul spe…
Fred Whitelock
Things That Concern Us Philippians
Exposition
What does the Bible tell us about the future? – Part 9 – The 144,000 of Revelation chapter 7
A question is asked in chapter 6 verse 17, where the subject has been the events that will take place during the time of the tribulation that is to come upon the whole world to try the earth dwellers, a…
Norman Mellish
What Does the Bible Tell Us About the Future?
Contemporary Issues
Word for Today – Qorban
Qirba (Approaching) Qorban (Offering, gift) Qrh (Happening) The Hebrew noun qorban gives prominence in the Old Testament to the word ‘sacrifice’, and the nature of that sacrifice. It occurs some eighty…
Brian Clatworthy
Study
Book Reviews in this Issue
Election and Predestination – Peter A. Kerr
Paperback, 298 pages. Published by Everyday Publications Inc.,310 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, Ontario, L3K 6A6, Canada. ISBN-13:978-0-88873-747-2. The sub-title of this new publication dealing wi…
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Have you caught the 3:16? Have you gone down in the 8:36? Are you following the 2:42? – Robert Plant
Paperback, 34-60 pages. Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ISBN-13:978-1-910513-34-7; 978-1-912522-59-0; 978-1-910513-66-8. These three 15cm x 10.5cm booklets have bee…
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