January – February 2001
When Paul quoted the well known words of this household proverb to the Corinthian and Galatian Ecclesias, all would have understood what he was saying. For millennia children had watched their mothers take a little leaven, carefully knead it into a large lump of fresh dough and then over the next fe…
A Little Leaven Leaveneth the Whole Lump Read More »
Have you ever noticed that some quotations from the Old Testament seem to be ‘broken’ or incomplete? On other occasions the sense of an Old Testament quotation seems to have been changed because words not in the original are included. Such ‘anomalies’ should arrest our attention as students …
The Septuagint in the New Testament (3) Read More »
Having been found asleep, Jonah must now endure a very public scrutiny. No longer can he travel incognito; there must be a full disclosure of his background, identity and role. Jonah’s bold, though belated declaration fills the sailors with fear. And his suggestion that he must be sacrificed to en…
The Flight and the Storm Read More »
In the Epistle to the Ephesians Paul shows us how we must be imitators of God. This can only come about by allowing the Word to dominate our thoughts and emotions and it will then be seen in all aspects of our life. It involves a “putting off” and a “putting on” or, in actual fact, a “putt…
Be Ye Followers of God Read More »
This article is not about marriage. It is about our expectations in life. Although in part written from the perspective of two young people baptised into Christ and deeply in love who enter into marriage with all the anticipations this brings, the principles set out below apply equally to an individ…
For Richer, for Poorer… in Sickness and in Health Read More »
Oh how great the thoughts of Yahweh
And His ways above our own.
Oh how wondrous is His purpose
Unto us in mercy shown.
When the earth lay yet in darkness
On the deep His Spirit stirred
And His power formed Creation
At the signal of His Word.
Where were we when God divided
Light from dark an…
How Great the Thoughts of Yahweh… Read More »
We still live under that dispensation of divine wisdom which was announced on the day of Pentecost, when Peter called upon the Jews to repent and be baptised for the remission of sins, that they might become heirs of the grace or favour, which he told them in another place (1 Peter 1:13) would be �…
Times of Refreshing Read More »
This present copy of The Lampstand magazine includes the first in a series of feature articles that will be prepared from time to time dealing with “Our Warfare in Christ” and designed to assist us in battling the evil influences of the world in our endeavour to be a holy people unto the Lord. T…
Redeeming the Time Read More »
Arecent (September 2000) doctrinal state ment from the Vatican caused quite a stir amongst non-Catholic Christian churches and the Jewish community.
The document Dominus Iesus (Lord Jesus) and a leaked four-page letter from the Vatican’s Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to the world’s Cath…
Rome, Europe and the Middle East Read More »
There can be no greater unifying “Family Bible Project” than that the whole family of God throughout the world daily reads the word of their Father together. Let us remember our brethren and sisters worldwide, and as each day we commence our readings with prayer let us seek a blessing upon t…
Reading God’s Word Together Read More »
