1972
In the last few years there has been a flood of investigation with many tapes of tongues and interpretations. An article in Christianity Today related the results of the analysis of taped tongues-speech by a group of U.S. Government linguists. …
We have developed the proposition that modern Pentecostal practice is basically a form of self-hypnosis. It is not surprising therefore, to find examples which are no more than the training of the subconscious. Koch gives two examples which illustrate this. …
The reference to the above words — “very good” — in connection with the discussion of Adam’s condition before and after the fall, as reported in “The Believer”, of Jan./Feb. ’73, is encouraging; and the C.S.C. are to be commended …
Paul says that anyone in Christ is a “new creature”. Our reformation is the evidence of our faith. Further, the Scriptures endorse the principle of progress “unto perfection” or maturity. A simple test based upon Galatians 5 v. 22 should …
It was David who put the question to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men?” David was a fugitive at En-gedi, and Saul, with 3000 chosen men, was pursuing him. David spared his life in the cave, …
About 400 years after the time of Christ, Jerome translated the Scriptures into Latin. This, the Vulgate, became part of the Bible, in fact it became the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1525, while England was still a …
Now we must address ourselves to the problem — can we know what physically happens to the modern day Pentecostal? It cannot be all a hoax — they cannot be all faking? I have heard one report of definite faking …
It is not accidental or coincidental that Paul couples these words with each other and also with unleavened bread. 1 Cor. 5:8. The thought is obvious with “Truth”. A little leaven spreads through the whole lump of dough to sour …
Since penning the opening article in this series, considerably more evidence has come to hand of the great upsurge in Roman Catholic circles of claims to have the gift of tongue-speaking. One Catholic paper has reported.[1]
“The Catholic …
The record of the prophet Ezekiel is one in which many principles can be seen which are “profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all …
Once upon a time the trees went forth to anoint a king, and they said to the olive-tree; Be king over us. But the olive tree answered: What, leave my rich oil by which God and man are …
Truth in Jesus should build its own buffer to these influences. The more the love of him constrains us the less becomes the world’s erosion. This is the ideal but there is a need to define the ‘influences of the …
Undoubtedly! But, mark you, his keeper, not his loser! Moses’ law directed, “Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring …
Maintaining the standards of Christ in a world of rapidly declining moral values, requires vigilance and continuous application. It also needs some monitoring, some sort of warning system to detect and rectify any decaying trends —failure to do so effectively, …
The Lord Jesus commanded His disciples to love one another “as I have loved you” (John 13:34). This is far more than tolerance and occasional co-operation. Christ’s love for us was more than tolerance and co-operation …
This morning we have meeting with us one who has done a lot for us. You won’t see him by looking around, for he is with us not in body but in Spirit. That is a familiar enough expression, isn’t …
We hold up as an example of this serious misrepresentation the multiple accusations of the monthly periodical “Watchman” circulated from Queensland with the catch-cry of returning to the old “Shield” beliefs. Harsh criticism, some of it personal, is aligned against …
This second command “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” contains only seven words, yet embraces the major part of the Ten Commands and in fact orders most of our actions. It is a …
It has its fundamental error in the Garden of Eden, which develops into a theory of the atonement which is so foreign to the Truth of the Scriptures that we cannot countenance it as a …
The “Two Great Commandments” came from the lips of the most profound of all teachers — Jesus Christ. As in all his words, he had the capacity to summarise complex and deep thought in simple …
How often we quote these words and relate them to one who has just commenced his walk of service to his new Master, the Lord Jesus Christ. But the power of these words needs to be constantly applied in examination …
It is the conviction of the present writer that the broad, general answer is a clear — “No”. Those communities which claim the name “Pentecostal” are far removed from the communities pictured in the Acts of the Apostles and letters …