“Russia’s vast military superiority at all essential points of contact with the West is now the dominating factor in the world balance of power.”
So ran a recent editorial in the Daily Telegraph (2.8.1971). It went on to …
The above title might easily put one off reading a book of great value. Carefully written with up-to-date reference to beliefs or lack of them, Trueman Dicken analyses the impact of modern thought on the Gospel as taught by Christ …
“Like the Malarious upas*, it infects and deadens everything beneath its shade. We repudiate it in all its details of theory and practice as irremediably corrupt.”
So wrote John Thomas of the established Church. What then distinguished the gospel he …
This is primarily a book for teachers and as suggested in the preface can be used in a variety of ways. For example, the material in each chapter can be adapted to the age and ability of the class; or …
One of our most important tasks whether in public lectures or private conversation is to show the complete trustworthiness and reliability of the Bible in every respect. Upon this foundation faith can be built, faith in the salvation promised.
This …
We find there is much confusion on this subject, so let us state certain basic facts.
The record in Exod. 12:6 says with regard to the lamb “Ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month (Nisan) …
The account of Jonah and Nineveh is one that holds its fascination for us all. Particularly so when we remember the application of these events by Jesus. This book is very readable, almost poetic in form and full of good …
Both the plain and the intricate features of nature and revelation are so explanatory of each other that we can look upon them as complementary. Reading the Scriptures is like taking a walk in the country. Some enjoy the physical …
In Genesis 15:13 God tells Abraham that his descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs. Obviously this “sojourning” of Abraham’s seed could not begin until he had a seed, and Isaac was not born until Abraham …
Half an hour’s walk by our neighbouring river will be sure to afford us a chance of seeing a water-ousel. Every reach contains a pair, and as they never leave the river-bed we have but to walk along the bank …
Matthew, Mark and Luke tell us that the women who had ministered unto Jesus stood afar off, but John tells us of some who stood “by the cross”. Let us first of all see who all these were.
Matt. 27:55,56. …
CEASE-FIRE DEADLINE REACHED AGAIN. Once again in mid-March the world awaits anxiously as the Middle-East cease-fire deadline date is reached. And once again U.N. Secretary-General U Thant issued an urgent appeal to Egyptians and Israelis to extend the truce that …
All sincere believers in Jesus are very interested in what is happening in the Middle East today, but not all of them are sure in their minds as to the proper attitude to be taken to these happenings. People are …
When Jesus chose his disciples “he ordained twelve that they should be with him and that he might send them forth to preach”. That is why he called them “apostles”, for an apostle was distinguished from a disciple in that …
Psalms 120-134 are a group of fifteen psalms entitled in the A.V. the “Songs of Degrees”, and in other versions “Songs of Ascents” (R.V.), “Goings-up” or “Songs of Steps”. A variety of suggestions has been advanced by commentators to …
Significant words these. Let us look closely at the man who uttered them.1
“The councils and kings, the orators and lawgivers of Rome, tower out in the backward book of history, when men nearer us in time are lost …
There is little doubt that the Brotherhood in the past generation or so has shifted ground in its belief in the nature of God. Dr. Thomas said repeatedly that the Almighty is “corporeal” (Herald, 1861, p. 135) which means …
For the first seventy years or so of his life Abram had lived in Ur of the Chaldees, very probably, at that time, a very busy seaport town although it is now far inland. It would appear that despite the …
The doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul is very widespread throughout the world. The Red Indian looked forward to his happy hunting grounds. The ancient Viking expected to spend eternity in the Halls of Valhalla. The Grecian mythology was …
The author has read a number of books by well-known, successful ministers and others, in which the writers claim that their financial success and power have come to them through prayer, and that all these things were the result of …