2018/07 Why am I Spared?   The habit of keeping a diary was once more common than it is today. In Christian circles, the diary of Andrew Bonar (a Presbyterian minister in Scotland in the nineteenth century) has been greatly used of God. It is very profitable to read over the account that he kept of

2018/07 The Primacy of Preaching Preaching reaches its pinnacle when the message is Jesus Christ and Him crucified. What is a dinosaur? One definition is that it is a large reptile that once lived on the earth but is now extinct. In our era, it seems that such a term could be used, in a

2018/09 Strong as Oaks When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of America on 29th August 2005, its 175mph winds and torrential floods were devastating. One million people were displaced; the city of New Orleans was buried in water; the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared the hurricane to be “the single most catastrophic

2018/07 All The Way My Saviour Leads Me   As Moses approached the end of his life, God used him to give words of counsel and encouragement to Joshua, his successor. He reminded him that he was God’s man for the task and said, “…thou must go with this people unto the land which the

2018/07 The Importance of Sound Doctrine Increasingly and sadly, within evangelicalism, there is a diminishing appetite for what the Spirit of God identifies as sound doctrine. Towards the close of his ministry, Paul warned the church of Christ, “the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine” (2 Timothy 4:3). The word ‘endure’

2017/11 Profitable Bible Study - Some Practical Tips The more time you spend contemplating what you have read in your Bible, the more beneficial it will be to your soul. Bishop JC Ryle of Liverpool said: “next to praying, there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading.” He went on to say “the man

If a religious leader like Nicodemus could ask: ‘How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?’ (John 3:4), is it any wonder that many today are confused regarding the rebirth.

2013/09 A Look at the Book: Numbers In the spiritual arithmetic of the Bible ‘four’ is the number of the world. Not surprisingly, therefore, the theme of the fourth book of the Pentateuch is the earthly pilgrimage of the people of God. Numbers takes its title from the Septuagint (LXX), obviously on account of the

2013/11 SANCTIFICATION When did you last have a conversation about sanctification or holiness? Perhaps you are already about to turn the page and see what else is in this magazine? But this is a vital issue!    I may surprise many by stating that the decline in evangelical circles in our nation is largely due to

2013/11 A Look at the Book: Deuteronomy Standing on the far side of Jordan, on the verge of the land of promise, Moses addresses Israel, the flock of God, for the final time. These addresses and exhortations make up almost the entire book. The name Deuteronomy is taken from two Greek words meaning ‘a second