July – August 2013
I have recently been greatly encouraged, whilst reading Principles and Proverbs by Brother Islip Collyer, and in particular by the chapter titled ‘Blessing,’ and I quote a paragraph that I felt we could all benefit and be encouraged by.
“The patriarch Jacob illustrated the truth of th…
Jacob and Deborah, Rebekah’s Nurse Read More »
Having recently become a new parent, I learnt that within a day or two after the birth that it is quite normal for a baby to lose up to ten per cent of its birth weight. The midwife emphasised the need for growth saying that the main objective in the days after birth is to ensure that babies grow …
Commencing Spiritual Growth Read More »
Last year we looked at the situation in Israel with her growing wealth potential from the incredible gas finds off her shores and oil shale on land. Gas from Tamar, the first of the new gas fields, started to flow ashore at the end of March. We can see another piece of the prophetic jigsaw droppin…
Israel – Your ‘Friends’ Will Let You Down! Read More »
Lies have been used against the Jews, by their enemies, since the time of Haman. Perhaps one of the best known lies is the Protocols of the Elders of Zion published in Russia in 1905. The publication purported to be a plan by Jewish leaders to take over the world. The forgery was hatched by the Ru…
The Top Ten Anti-Israel Lies Read More »
Philippians 2:5–11 is taken by Trinitarians as a key proof that Christ was God and that he preexisted before his birth of Mary. How do we answer this assertion and what do these verses really teach?
The Trinitarian teaching on these verses suggests that Jesus as ‘God the Son’, being origi…
Does Philippians 2:5-11 Prove the Doctrine of the Trinity? Read More »
IF you are like me, you have a go at making your new gadget or computer programme work without reading the directions. The computer programme has a plaintive, ‘Read me’, section and even a ‘Help’ key to succour the desperate: nevertheless, most of us push ahead on our own. There seems to b…
When All Else Fails Read More »
“with all power and signs and lying wonders” 2 Thessalonians 2:9
The phrase is only used twice in the Scriptures and on both occasions it is in reference to Daniel’s fourth beast, the Roman Empire. The first occasion states in Daniel 7: “the same horn made war with the saints” (v2…
“War with the Saints” Read More »
This month, January 2008, marks the 51st year of the series of little articles that have come to be known as Minute Meditations. The first one appeared in the January 1958 edition of this magazine when we first became the editor.
Now, just think about how much has changed since then, th…
Love Never Grows Old Read More »
This article is the first in a series by Brother Michael Edgecombe which will explore the background and the serious issues that the Apostle Paul had to answer that had arisen among the ecclesias in Galatia, recently established by him and Silas
Shocked. Angry. Amazed and indignant. Anxious a…
Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians Part I Read More »
After a full year in the ark, Noah and his family stepped out into a new world. It was a new beginning. All flesh had died, all “in whose nostrils was the breath of life” (Gen 7:21–22; 2:7). But now Noah and his sons were given the same commandment as Adam had received as they bega…
Noah – Who Saved His House Read More »
