July – August 2006
44:9–20 The Idolater and His God
This section is in stark contrast with verses 6 to 8 in which Yahweh asserts His power and proclaims His involvement and activity on behalf of His people. In the case of idols, all the activity and initiative rests with men! There would not be an idol-god if the…
Poor Job knew only too well the experience of “wearisome nights”, tossing back and forth on his bed, as tormenting anxieties left him sleepless and depressed. The aim of our current series is to explore the theme of “Psalms for the Night Seasons” and for the most part we will limit our exhor…
Why Art Thou Cast Down, O My Soul? Read More »
This monumental Epistle, written from Corinth towards the end of Paul’s stay there, forms a significant part of our daily New Testament readings for July and August. Surely no other single book in Scripture contains so much on such vital and basic principles as this Epistle to the Romans. The righ…
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When we think of Syria, we tend to remember incidents such as Saul travelling on the road to Damascus, and hence a land locked country to the north-east of Israel. It can be easy to forget that squeezed between Lebanon to the south and Turkey to the north, Syria has a sea coast of some 193 kilometre…
Russia, Syria and the Black Sea Fleet Read More »
Jesus’ disciples once asked him why he spoke in parables and the answer he gave was quite astonishing. The stories he told were very simple; anyone who heard them would easily remember them. However, they were not designed to make the real message easy to understand—just the opposite. Our Lord s…
Men Ought Always to Pray with Confidence and Not Faint Read More »
Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” This quotation is taken from a plaque said to have been posted over the desk of General Douglas MacArthur. Someone else has sai…
This final article gives a brief overview of many opportunities that abound in the ecclesia(s) for brethren and sisters to play a meaningful role, that is, to help contribute to the health and vitality of the “body” and in serving each other, to serve Christ. If all such tasks/duties, however in…
Ye Servants of the Lord Read More »
The first of three articles on the theme of “One Body, Many Members” highlights the need for the ecclesial “body” to respond to the mind of Christ, its “Head”. The unity yet diversity of the body of Christ with all parts “tempered” by God is well equipped to contribute in love to the…
The Body of Christ Read More »
The following article is taken from Principles and Proverbs by Brother Islip Collyer. It is to be found as chapter 7 in Part 1 of the book entitled Principles.
Of all Scriptural principles, this may seem the simplest. Almost any brother or sister could expound it, could exhibit the beauty of the ap…
It is increasingly obvious that our community can so easily lose sight of its relationship with Christ as “head of the body” and, lacking commitment to Christ, drift into a self-orientated attention to many other temporal things. So the second of these articles emphasises the importance of the t…
Primary Activities in Ecclesial Life Read More »
