February 1997
The doctrine of “the immortality of the soul” and the associated teaching of “heaven and hell going at death” is a fundamental pillar of the apostasy which was drawn from pagan philosophy. Brother Roberts, in this lecture in Christendom Astray, not only gives the sound scriptural basis fo…
The roles of man and woman outlined in Genesis 2 clearly state that the woman is a “help meet” for the man. A
husband and wife in the Truth will be aware of the failure of our first parents to uphold this standard. Today’s
world is the result of their failure. As we review the breakdown of t…
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Israel
January 15 saw the acceptance of a “land for peace” agreement in Hebron between Israel’s Netanyahu and Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. The irony is that the final impetus for agreement was an act of desperate terrorism by a nineteen year old Israeli soldier, Noam Friedman, firin…
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Our new series of the “Cameos of the Kingdom” takes us back to the pressures, fears and hopes of an imaginary
young brother living in the shadow of AD 70. As the years approached that ominous date, so the pressures on our
early brethren increased. How they handled these pressures and the way t…
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Another year has passed as we await the coming of our Lord. We may well wonder: the days are quickly flying and
here we are at the commencement of another year. The days, weeks and months seem to have flown by and our Master has not yet returned. The following essay was prepared at the close of 19…
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It is not surprising that in these perilous last days the lives of men and women are being governed by their own intrinsic thoughts and lusts. The apostle Peter in his final epistle warned us that in the last days there would come scoffers, “walking after their own lusts”, who would deny the Cre…
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Our special feature in this issue deals with Humanism. To many, particularly the older brethren and sisters, this may seem to be an unusual topic to devote so much space to in the Magazine. Let us firstly state that many brethren feel that Humanism is one of the greatest threats we face in the Tru…
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The apostle Paul described the last days as “perilous times”, and in so many ways we see that description reflected in the godless society in which we live and work. Work occupies half of our waking hours, and unless we are selfemployed, we spend that time in an environment largely dictated by o…
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What happens when respect breaks down? And what are the causes of the lack of respect in our current society?
The purpose of this article is to investigate the effects of the humanistic spirit on respect, explore the reasons and
examine the answers which are set out in the Scriptures.
Stretching …
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We often hear many warnings about the dangers of Humanism without really stopping to think what they might be and appreciating how much they are subconsciously shaping our world and even making an impact upon our walk in Christ. The foundations of Humanism can be outlined as follows :
Man is not…
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