September – October 2011
The first seven verses of Isaiah 58 make it plain that acceptable worship touches all aspects of a believer’s life. Service to God must be accompanied by compassion to fellow servants otherwise it is invalid, even obnoxious. There must be consistency if a favourable response is expected. Fasting a…
Isaiah 58:8–14 “And I will Feed Thee with the Heritage of Jacob” Read More »
As we continue tracing events leading to the production of our King James Bible we will follow the remarkable effect that Erasmus’ Greek text had in opening scholars’ minds to clearer Bible teaching, which resulted in driving the Reformation. Through reading and thinking upon the Bible men gaine…
Martin Luther boldly makes his challenge Read More »
A correspondent writes: “Note 2 Chronicles 5:10: ‘There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb’; and compare Hebrews 9:4: ‘the ark of the covenant … wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant…
The ark of the covenant Read More »
A WORLD in recession has made us starkly aware that ‘money does not grow on trees’. The ‘never-had-it-so good’ syndrome was a delusion, anyway, but whatever it was it has rapidly disappeared from the western world. It is time to take stock and get our thinking straight.
Some of us have be…
“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night … till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.” (Isaiah 62:6–7)
On Sunday, 7th August, Mark Duggan was shot dead by officers of the Metropolitan Police firearms unit in…
Anarchy in Britain (and elsewhere) Read More »
Someone once said, “When it comes to helping others, some people stop at nothing”. Do we jump in to help when needed? Doing nothing can never be right. James tells us, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin”. We need to do more than just think of others,…
France had welcomed Jewish immigrants during the interwar period, many of them from Eastern Europe. But in the 1930s, as refugees fleeing Nazi persecution increased, France began to reassess this ‘open-door’ policy. When German forces invaded France on May 10, 1940, there were about 350,000 Jews…
The Fate of the Jews of France in World War 2 Read More »
(1) Bearing the Yoke in his Youth
Brother Roberts wrote an autobiography covering his years up to 1871, My Days and My Ways, and later it was completed by Brother CC Walker. There is also the biography by Brother Islip Collyer, written from 1943 to 1945 in The Testimony magazine. Brother …
The Life and Work of Brother Robert Roberts Read More »
We often hear the expression, “seeing is believing” but as we’ll see from a consideration of John 9, the opposite is also true, “believing is seeing!”
We read, “And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from his birth” (v1). That blind man couldn’t have seen Jesus. He wou…
Believing is Seeing Read More »
At the heart of the great Persian Empire was the royal palace of Shushan, an aweinspiring structure situated at the base of the Zagros Mountains. In stark contrast to the arid, treeless plateau around it, the palace was a delightful paradise reminiscent of the garden of Eden, set with exotic palms, …
Search For a New Queen Read More »
