1974
In this year of Dedication and Preparation, we are concerned with making ourselves ready to witness to others about Christ in 1976. Part of that witness will probably be preaching. If our preaching is to be effective it must come …
A few years ago, the Writer was staying a few days in the Arab portion of Jerusalem (this was prior to 1967, and the iron fence divided Jerusalem into Arab and Jewish sections with the Mandelbaum Gate …
The Acts of the Apostles is that factual story of the triumphal progress of the faith once delivered to the Saints from Jerusalem — the centre of Judaism — to Rome — the centre of Paganism. There are many wonderful …
Question:
Thirty-six men perished in the first campaign against Ai, which calamity is directly attributed to Achan’s sin. Is there some form of injustice here? Why should these men have lost their lives because of someone else’s sin?
Answer:
A …
Brethren, what does fellowship mean in its fullest sense? Is it just the grasping of the hand of our brothers and sisters, at the ecclesial gatherings? Is it just the act of receiving in a newly baptised member? NO! It …
v.1. Presumably the one whom the angel stood up to confirm and strengthen was “the Prince of Greece”. We can imagine that this should be so, for when Alexander the Great assumed power he was quite a young …
Why, when Jacob had prophesied in Gen. 49:10 that God intended an abiding monarchy in Judah, was the notion of kingship apparently so abhorrent in Israel until the time of Samuel?
In the time of the Judges, thirteenth century Israel …
Two of the chief causes which make life less enjoyable are ill-health and poverty, and in many cases ill-health is brought about by poverty. In recent years, in what we call the developed or enlightened countries, there is now a …
This is a Year of Dedication. This is a year to prepare ourselves for witness! It is good for us all to suffer a period of self-search; to determine whether we are all that God wants us to be as …
As we should expect, Jesus based several of his parables on trade life — the Fisherman, the Trader, the Tailor, the Builder, the Pearl Merchant, etc. Amongst all Jewish families, not only was trade life not …
The Twentieth Century which you and I live in is not the Nineteenth Century, nor is it the First Century. In fact, the second half of the Twentieth Century in which we are living is not even like the first …
We have a gift which is priceless. The gift of salvation is too precious to be compared with any earthly treasure. Yet so often we treat this gift as if it were a mere twenty-cent coin.
So frequently we neglect …
Is there a basic theme in the Hebrew Prophets?
I would say the approaching “DAY OF THE LORD”, which because it is so fundamental is never really introduced or explained. Since the world is evil and righteous men do not …
Trusting in Jesus as Lord of one’s life touches one of the innermost yearnings of man. To be able to rely upon someone who will not let us down. Yet despite the assurance of infinite reliability we often fail in …
Chapters 10, 11 and 12 are chapter divisions of one complete vision, stretching from Daniel’s day right down to our own times. The structure of the vision reveals to Daniel that before the final consummation he will “fall …
It is obvious to students of Biblical Prophecy, that the Lord used Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon and Daniel in a second prophecy — showing the King what would befall the kingdoms of men — not simply to alleviate his troubled …
Israel had forty drab and exciting years behind them. And now a great challenge lay before them — a Land which was, by any standards of judgment, lovely and alluring; but a Land, alas, with strong-walled cities and warriors of …
Right from the first century the Christian Church has always looked upon marriage as being “indissoluble”. At an early date the primitive Church took the step of applying this principle to the pagan world, assuming that there also, any marriage …
Ecclesiastes is a study of mankind in his natural surroundings analysing his reaction to his environment, in order to perceive the purpose of life. This exploration of all things done under heaven ends only in an empty void… “all is …
For his illustrations, Jesus used all kinds of material, and on several occasions he used historical happenings which were well-known to his hearers.
When Herod the Great died (and this would be something like 30 years …
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that an archangel named Lucifer, jealous of God’s power, organised a rebellion in heaven: that Lucifer and his angelic supporters were defeated by the archangel Michael and his heavenly host: that Lucifer and his helpers …
Despite the fact that fasting became very much a ceremonial part of Israelitish worship, it is interesting to note that the word “fasting” does not occur in the Pentateuch at all. It has no place in the early establishment of …
The aim of these articles has been to show that our differences are not incompatible. Readers will remember Bro. Roberts’ excellent defence, in the preface to ‘Nazareth Revisited’, of the differences in the various records left us …
No word in the Scriptures has given the translators more trouble than the word ‘curse’. There are about 20 words in the original tongue which the translators have rendered as curse, but many have little relationship to the subject matter …
The above prophecy by Daniel has only been fulfilled within recent years. Firstly, by the organisation of domestic and international airlines, thus enabling more and more to “run to and fro” and, secondly, by the liberalising of facilities for higher …
Could Hosea 13:6-9 be a precursor to the four beasts of Daniel 7?
Yes, I think so. Daniel 9:2 shows that Daniel was a keen Bible student and studied the written works of the previous prophets; and Hosea (op. …
All the parables of Jesus were based on the simple things in life, so, as we should naturally expect, agriculture forms the basis of many of them. Two of the earliest were ‘The Sower’ and ‘The …
The Gospel accounts of Christ’s resurrection differ. Are these differences reconcilable? For instance, when the women come to the tomb Matthew’s angel is seated astride the stone outside, but Mark’s within. Luke mentions two angels within, both of whom are …
One of the two Australian stamps issued for Christmas this year reproduces Durer’s engraving of the Adoration of the Magi. Oddly enough, hardly any of the facts linked with them and portrayed in the picture are Scriptural.
One of the …
To see the shepherd leading his sheep was a sight with which all were familiar, and the relations between the two were totally different from what they were, and are, in western lands.
The shepherd …