July – August 2011
In this 58th chapter of Isaiah true fasting and Sabbath-keeping are contrasted with false observance of them. It is a question of the motive. Were these acts of worship genuine and from the heart or merely for outward human consumption? Fasting is a form of self-deprivation voluntarily undertaken to…
Isaiah 58:1–7 True Fasting Contrasted with the Counterfeit Read More »
Last September we looked at the “Merchants of Tarshish and her young lions” – the role of Britain and her commonwealth allies in the Middle East. With recent developments it seems apt to look at the other two countries mentioned in the same verse in Ezekiel 38 – Sheba and Dedan. We have be…
The View from Over There – Sheba and Dedan Read More »
“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13
The following article records the remarkable events that took place in the life of Sister Sophie Derecki which led her, and in due course her family, to accept the Truth of the Gospel. Though in…
What would you do if you had $20,000,000? Would you go on a spending spree and buy all the things that you’d thought you’d never be able to afford? Or would you perhaps splash out a bit to celebrate, but then save the rest or invest it in some form or other? If you found yourself in possession o…
A 20 Million Dollar Question! Read More »
A portrait is intended to convey to the observer an image of the subject’s physical features and aspects of the person’s character.
A ‘word picture’ of the man of God
The Bible does not contain portraits but it does provide ‘word pictures’ by which we can visualise the particular p…
Portrait of a Saint – “putting on the new man” Read More »
In our last article we considered Wycliffe and his translation through to the time of the Council of Constance, 1414-1418, at which Council Hus was burnt at the stake as a heretic and Wycliffe was posthumously judged to be a heretic and his body exhumed and burnt in Lutterworth, England. We will now…
2011 – 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible Read More »
This was the great Divine purpose from the creation of this planet and it has been the dominating principle governing the history of the human race since the garden of Eden. God has chosen to reveal many details of His wonderful programme to selected individuals in different ages in order to strengt…
When the Moabite Stone was discovered in 1868, it provided firm support for the historical accuracy of the Bible at a time when little direct evidence existed. The nineteenth century saw the growth of exploration in the Middle East and especially the Holy Land. Scholars and travellers moved througho…
The Moabite Stone: An Important Nineteenth Century Discovery Read More »
“He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.”
We certainly did not ask to be born but God knew about us before our parents ever met. In speaking of Jeremiah God said, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before your were born I set you apart; I appointed y…
It is impossible to stay neutral to the character of Deborah. Some have seen her as a formidable war engine, riding Joan of Arc style into battle. Others have portrayed her as a matriarchal prophetess, sitting sagely under her palm tree. Still others use her as a precedent for promoting women as spi…
Deborah – the Self-styled ‘Mother in Israel’ Read More »
