On arrival in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel and Joshua withstood the initial challenges bravely but they couldn’t, or didn’t, overcome the difficulties that followed; not for 15 years anyway. How sad. Too soon, the ongoing trials wore them down. In the end, it seems a letter from Persia demanding suspen…
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The book of Jeremiah is the largest book by one author in the whole Bible. It is a challenging book because, apart from its size, it is the book most judgemental of God’s people. It is also a chronological nightmare to work through! But despite this, it is inspired, so its design is God-given. It …
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You know, when I was asked to do this address, I thought to myself, how am I going to speak upon the subject of praise? It’s such a vast subject!
So what I did, was, I got out my Concordance, and I said, ‘Praise’, this is my theme; all right, let’s speak about praise. I looked up my Conco…
The tabernacle was at Gibeon
Having been accepted into the nation of Israel and given an important role as “hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh”, it is possible to trace the impact these Hivites and their cities had in the history of the covenan…
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In the epistle of John, the apostle is writing to counter the false teachings of the Gnostics, but also to encourage the brothers and sisters left behind when the Gnostics had left the ecclesia. The table below shows the structure of the epistle. This article will finish the last few verses of the �…
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The substance of an address delivered by Bro John Martin on 1 October 1966, to the young people gathered at the Victor Harbor Study Weekend to discuss the psalms.
Brother Chairman, brothers and sisters, and my dear young people.
If someone were to ask you what was the highest form of voluntary wor…
In the western world, we have become complacent due to societal-wide affluence and prosperity. Until recent times, this has caused us to become largely insulated from many of the uncertainties of life.
However, in recent times, we now live in a world increasingly given over to fear, with the medi…
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They gathered themselves together
A powerful force of five kings led by Adoni-zedek, who were already concerned about the Israelite threat, were now additionally disturbed over the four Gibeonite cities making a league with Joshua. Their tactics were thus altered from being “gathered together to …
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The first epistle of John was written around AD90 to provide guidance and comfort to those brothers and sisters that had just experienced an ecclesial split following the Gnostic heresy. As John wrote: “They went out from us” (2:19).
The Gnostics taught that they had a superior experiential k…
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Following the foiled assassination attempt, Haman had created an atmosphere of fear in the court of Ahasuerus, which was no doubt what the king appointed him to do. When Mordecai alone, even of all the Jews, refused to bow to Haman, his friends tried to convince the old man to change. But he wouldn�…
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