After The Christadelphian, The Testimony is the oldest magazine still in publication. Edited from the UK and distributed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States the magazine has a fairly wide readership. Editorial aim is “the study and defense of holy scripture”.
I should like to thank The Testimony for producing a special issue on the subject of the Atonement, which I read with interest. I believe more attention should be paid to this aspect of God’s work in Christ, the very …
So Far as we are concerned, the work of the angels began when, as we read, “God (the Elohim, or ‘mighty ones’) created the heaven and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). We are told that …
With reference to the matter of the 1,335-year period of Daniel 12:12 it is interesting to note that the flight of Mohammed from Mecca is dated as July 16th 622 A.D. in our calendar system. This was the date of …
“IT is not in man to direct his steps!” So wrote the Psalmist—words inspired by the Spirit of the Almighty, and confirmed by the bitter experience of mankind before and since those days. The only one who has fully directed …
A Year after the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) came to power, Madrid’s relations with the Middle East have changed less than was anticipated when the party was in opposition. The PSOE was expected to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, something …
For The brethren and sisters in Christ, all life’s experiences are controlled by their Heavenly Father. Either He causes them or He allows them to happen. We can never tell if an event is specially caused by God or not, …
There are many lessons that we could learn from each one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. For each one, in their various relationships with our Lord, presents his own unique facet of what discipleship means. As we consider them …
Many who read the Word of God with attentive minds, will have queried the reason why Canaan is spoken of as cursed’ when it was Ham, his father, who had transgressed. To understand this fully, it will be profitable to …
The Lord by His Spirit is everywhere present, and has power over all things and all life, in heaven and on earth. “In Him we live, and move, and have our being” (Acts 17:28). All things are of God, and, …
The study of the prophet Elijah, of his mission with the ten tribes of Israel and of his future work, provides food for thought and reflection. We may possibly consider the question as of little religious value, but when it …
Our readers who visit London probably put the British Museum first on the list of places of interest to be visited, and rightly so, both because of the wealth of archaeological exhibits which are connected with Bible history and because …
A Canadian correspondent writes :
In your note on Mk. 1:13 in the September Testimony you say, “The record seems clearly to mean that there were other temptations during the forty days that Jesus sojourned in the wilderness, tempted of …
Self-examination is a necessary part of Christian living. It should be practised diligently by all who would be clothed upon with the ” fine linen ” which “is the righteousness of saints.” If it were given more attention by more …
In Shechem “the Lord appeared unto Abraham . . . and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, Who appeared unto him.”1 Between Bethel and Hai he pitched his tent, ” and there he builded an altar …
The events connected with the Lord’s return form a very interesting and thrilling subject, both the events which precede, and those which immediately follow the advent.
This is especially so in our day, because the signs which indicate that this …
“In the beginning was the word.” (Jno. 1:1)
Nearly all commentators regard this verse as evidence for the theory that Jesus had a personal pre-existence before he was born in Bethlehem, but this idea is by no means inherent in this …
The passing of the old year and the birth of the new involves no real break in the continuity of world affairs, yet it affords the opportunity of taking stock of the position of looking back over the route traversed …
When Mr. Bernard Shaw’s black girl in darkest Africa sets off in search of God she takes with her, in addition to a knobkerry, “the Bible as her guidebook”.1 As the girl goes to strike the gods she finds, they …
Many fallacies have existed about this disease for centuries, and it was not until a concentrated scientific study was started by Maj. Gen. Sir Leonard Rogers, K.C.S.I., F.R.S., in 1923, that the real facts became known, or any real hopes …
The recent discovery in Egypt of a New Testament manuscript earlier in date than any hitherto known, has raised once again questions concerning the nature and status of the mysterious “Book of Enoch” because that book is included in the …
To be of “an enquiring turn of mind” is both natural and good. It was a quality implanted in unspoiled human nature, for the fact that the fruit of the forbidden tree was to be “desired to make one wise” …
The supreme value of mental pictures as aids to memory and clear understanding, is so well recognized to-day, as to be regarded as an accepted principle. Like most principles, it has no claim to novelty. Like many, it has in …
The word Uphaz occurs in Jeremiah 10:9, where the prophet in denouncing idolatry refers to the use of thin plates of silver and “gold from Uphaz” for the covering of images of wood ; and in Daniel …
“Where wast thou when ” laid the foundations of the earth’?
Declare if thou hast understanding Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest?
Or who stretched …
Our contributor sends us further correspondence. Earlier letters appeared in The Testimony for October and November.
Will correspondents who wish to discuss points raised in The Testimony please note that their letters should be addressed to the Editorial Secretary, …
One of the outstanding features of the Miracle of Christ is that He appeals to us all ; and the appeal is not only that of an ideal, but of an ideal that we are called upon to realise in …
“With all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt.” (Lev. 2: 13)
Earlier instructions prohibiting the use of leaven in connection with most oblations seem to suggest at least one reason why salt was to be used in all …
The Four Gospels are avowedly biographical. They narrate the life of one person Jesus Christ. Beside him all other characters fade into comparative insignificance; but of them, none stands out with greater clearness than does Judas. The reason for this …
The analysis of this subject in the previous installment showed that the matter of the epistles enabled them to sustain a connection with each other due to the order in which they are placed in the New Testament. This connection …
One feature of recurring interest in the study of the Bible is the way it illustrates the mystical value which the ancient nations attached to numbers. A well known example of this kind is recorded in the last verse of …