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2021 Volume 76 Issue 2
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An Assembly of the Lord’s people will be a people among whom – The Scriptures are Obeyed – Part 11
From the dawn of time, a loving God has only asked one thing of man, His supreme creation, and that one thing is obedience. Not because He desires a servile, craven humanity, languishing under a Nebucha…
John Scarsbrook
An Assembly of the Lord’s people will be a people among whom …
Exposition
Balaam – Part 4: Numbers 23. 13-26
Just as Balak was not a man to accept the answer ‘no’ when he first sent messengers to Balaam, neither was he a man to give up at the first disappointment. Balaam’s failure to curse the children of Isra…
R. Catchpole
Balaam
Exposition
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‘The same is Hebron in the land of Canaan’, Gen. 23. 19  The modern city of Hebron sits in the West Bank territories and is divided into two sectors, one controlled by the Palestinian Authority and one …
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Ecclesiastes
Introduction The title ‘Ecclesiastes’ is found in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) and is derived from the Hebrew word Koheleth, found seven times in Ecclesiastes. Koheleth me…
Warren Henderson
Exposition
Editorial – ‘My brethren, these things ought not so to be’, Jas. 3. 10.
There is a famous children’s rhyme which suggests that ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me’. The rhyme was intended to be used as a defence mechanism against name-callin…
Brian Clatworthy
Editorial
The Fatherhood of God in the Old Testament
There are several instances in the Old Testament where God is called the Father of the Jewish nation and to the special representatives of the nation, David and Solomon. The chosen nation owed its origi…
David E. West
Devotional
The Gospel of Mark – Part 14
As we draw to the close of chapter 4, these verses are the final section marking the end of the first phase of the Lord’s Galilean ministry. Of this, Hiebert comments, ‘Four separate withdrawals from Ga…
John Bennett
The Gospel of Mark
Exposition
His Eyes
As John comes to the end of his Gospel, he informs us ‘there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not co…
John Tinkler
Devotional
Tamar
Tamar is not one of the more prominent characters of scripture; she is afforded one chapter in Genesis, a verse in the book of Ruth chapter 4, a reference in 1 Chronicles chapter 2, and a mention in Mat…
John Scarsbrook
Old Testament Women Who Appear in the New Testament
Devotional
Personal notes and final greetings Colossians 4.7-18 13
Introduction As the apostle brings his Epistle to the Colossians to a close, he wants to mention those who have been his helpers in a variety of ways. Paul valued his friends and companions and seemed a…
William Banks
Exposition
Question Time – Should I be concerned about the Judgement Seat of Christ?
Question Should I be concerned about the Judgement Seat of Christ? Answer In considering this question let us first state clearly what we mean by the ‘judgment seat of Christ’. The expression is found t…
Frank Proudlock
Question Time
The Siege of Samaria – Part 1
This is part 1 of a two part series. Introduction The period covered in 2 Kings is a period of around 300 years. The first half of the book is largely taken up with the account of Elisha’s ministry, a m…
Andrew Bennett
The Siege of Samaria
Exposition
The Son – His Rule on Earth
In the past we have the incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of the Son of the living God, Christ Jesus. In the present, we have the intercession of the Son of God, the Lord Jesus, as o…
Randal Amos
The Son
Devotional
Street Preaching
Street preaching is not an easy task, but it is one that can be clearly seen in the New Testament. No doubt when Paul met people in the ‘market daily’, in Acts chapter 17, he would have preached and cer…
Stuart Scammell
Contemporary Issues
The Tabernacle Court
The tabernacle court, 27. 9-19; 38. 9-20, was a 100 by 50 cubit cordoned off area (about a quarter of the size of a modern football pitch). Both north and south walls had twenty silver-capped pillars, s…
Jeremy Gibson
The Tabernacle
Study
Things That Concern Us Philippians – Part 3 ‘Your fellowship’, ‘your love’ and ‘your prayer’
Your affairs, v. 27 – concerns In this expression, we find the apostle is taking a keen interest in the saints and their progress in the things of Christ. It is not the idea of being nosy, trying to fin…
Fred Whitelock
Things That Concern Us Philippians
Exposition
The Twelve Tribes of Israel – Benjamin
We have come to the end of our series on the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Along the way we have seen the hand of a gracious, sovereign God working out His purposes in spite of human failure. It is the same …
Lloyd Stock
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
Exposition
What does the Bible tell us about the future? – Part 4 – Israel – What is the nation’s role in the 1,000-year reign of Christ?
The Old Testament prophecies are full of references to Israel’s regathering from all parts of the world and to their full restoration to the Lord under the New Covenant. These events will immediately fo…
Malcolm C. Davis
What Does the Bible Tell Us About the Future?
Contemporary Issues
What is it to love like Jesus loves?
This short article is a consideration of some of the features of the love of the Lord Jesus. Truthful love, John 18. 37; 1 Cor. 13. 6  Love without truth is deceitful and hurtful. We might tell a person…
Randal Amos
Devotional
William Kelly (1821-1906)
William Kelly, born two hundred years ago this year, has been called ‘the last prominent survivor of the first generation of Brethren (so-called)’,1 and was widely acclaimed as an outstanding biblical s…
Howard A. Barnes
History
Word for Today – Shebuah
Shebo (Agate)Shebuah (Oath, curse)Shebuth (Captivity) We usually think today of the word ‘oath’ or ‘vow’ in a number of specific contexts. This could be, positively, the swearing of an oath in a court o…
Brian Clatworthy
Study
Book Reviews in this Issue
Global Crises in Bible Prophecy – Donald Cameron
Paperback, 75 pages. Published by Crimond House Publications, 48 Francis Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 7DN. ISBN 978-1-908618-25-2. The author notes that this book was intended to be available b…
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