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2024 Volume 79 Issue 4
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1 Peter 1: Pilgrims of the Heavenly Way
1 Peter 1: Pilgrims of the Heavenly Way1 The Christian life is a pilgrimage. Our sojourn here is temporary, and we are travelling through this fallen wilderness of a world on our way to a heavenly inher…
Keith R. Keyser
The First Epistle of Peter
Study
The Battle for the Mind (3): Be of One Mind
‘Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind’, Phil. 2. 2. The battle for the mind has to be fought on many fronts. Our first study explored this very…
Mark Lacey (2)
Study
Editorial – November 2024
‘The God of the armies of Israel’, 1 Sam. 17. 45 How do you look at situations? Do you assess things merely from a human perspective, or do you instinctively include God and His claims as part of the pi…
Ken Totton
Editorial
Elisha: His Background and His Emergence 2 Kings 2
At the time of the ministry of Elisha, and his predecessor Elijah, Israel had turned from God and was following after Baal. It was through her husband, Ahab, that Jezebel had established the worship of …
Andrew Bennett
The Life and Times of Elisha
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The High Priesthood in Hebrews
Alone among the writers of the New Testament, the title ‘High Priest’ is applied to the Lord Jesus by the writer to the Hebrews. He uses the term eighteen times. On eleven of these occasions, he applies…
Alan Gamble
The Teaching in the Letter to the Hebrews
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Jehovah Ropheca
The years of wilderness wandering are a tragic period in the history of Israel. The greatest tragedy of those years does not, perhaps, lie in the trail of graves that marked the fulfilment of the divine…
Mark Sweetnam
Titles of Jehovah
Study
Letter to Philemon – Part 2
The stated aims of the late 18th-century French Revolution were ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’. In order to try and achieve this, 17, 000 men, women, and children died on the guillotine and the country…
John Scarsbrook
Study
A Man of Preparation – Personally
The earlier part of this chapter, chapter 2 verses 1 to 10, records Nehemiah’s audience before King Artaxerxes. Taking the opportunity offered by the king’s enquiry, he asked to be released from his dut…
Tom Merriman
Nehemiah
Study
Medical Missionary News: Supporting Christian Mission through Healthcare
From the early beginnings of Medical Missionary News, when a group of doctors saw the need for prayer for medical mission across the world, MMN has been seeking to support those involved in making the L…
Anonymous
Report
‘Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread’, Mark 8. 14
‘Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread’, Mark 8. 14 It is of note that the verse that accompanies our cover picture sits in the context of Mark’s account of the feeding of the four thousand. In …
John Bennett
Front Cover
The Prophecy of Zephaniah
As I write these notes in November 2023, the world focus is once again, as often before, upon the State of Israel. The response of the Israeli Defence Force to the unprovoked and murderous attack upon t…
John Scarsbrook
Studies in the Twelve (Minor) Prophets
Study
The Shoulder of God
Introduction We are very familiar with the shoulder being used as a figure of speech. I am shouldering the responsibility of this article. However, you may give me the cold shoulder if you do not like w…
Steve Buckeridge
Anthropomorphisms
Study
Sychar
Scripture speaks of a city called Sychar. Although it is mentioned only once, the passage is one of the most important for telling us fundamental truth about our Lord, about our way of evangelism, and a…
Ian Rees
Towns and Cities in the Life of the Lord
Devotional
Thoughts on Second Kings Chapter 5 – Part 1
The Old Testament gives us four men named Naaman, three of whom we know very little about.1 The Bible presents to us many characters, some of whom we know and delight to meditate on, whilst of others ve…
John Tinkler
Study
A Time to Love – Part 2
All quotations are taken from the New King James Bible Hearts before God - a righteous heart/a heart that plans evil Just as our physical health depends on food and drink, so our spiritual well-being is…
Nathanael Reed
Study
William Yapp 1807-1874
Although unknown to most believers today, few readers would realize that the Bible that they carry and read is a testimony to the man who is the subject of this short article. As one writer states, ‘Cov…
John Bennett
History
A Word for Today: Envy / Jealousy (Hb. Qanna)
Qaneh (cane, reed, stalk)Qanna (envy / jealousy)Qanno (jealous) The Hebrew adjective qanna is derived from the verb qana meaning either to be jealous or zealous. It is used in the Old Testament both pos…
Brian Clatworthy
A Word for Today
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Words at the Cross – Part 3
Second saying from the cross,‘Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise’, Luke 23. 43. It was no accident that the Lord Jesus was crucified between two thieves. The One who at His…
Mervyn Wishart
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