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Coping with the demands of life (Philippians 4:4-20)

October 10, 2018September 30, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

In the Revised Version part of verse 12 of Philippians 4 reads: “In everything and in all things have I learned the secret”.The Greek verb here used means “to initiate into the mysteries” and Paul here uses it both in the passive voice and in the…

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Destroy and kill: the command for Israel and for us

October 8, 2018October 7, 2018 by Andrew Barry

“When the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction… You shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and chop down their Asherim and burn their carved images with…

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Marriage: its place and pattern (Ephesians 5:31)

October 3, 2018October 2, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh” (Ephesians 5:31, R.V.) (See also Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:45; Mark 10:7-8.)These words refer, of course, to the action of…

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The goodness of Christian hope

October 1, 2018September 30, 2018 by Kirsten McKinlay

Do your friends know the goodness of the Christian hope? Do you?Recently I was talking to one of my most biblically informed non-Christian friends about life, the world, human nature and God, when she told me “I don’t want eternal life”. I was…

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Men’s world and God’s word (Matthew 24:35-44)

September 26, 2018September 10, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

This passage of our Lord’s own teaching challenges us, if we will heed it, to recognize the unique character, the supreme worth and the abiding practical value of the word of God.Reference to it is here put in the advent and eschatological context,…

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Evangelical protest: Its cause and content (Galatians 2:11-21)

September 12, 2018September 2, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

Those who know the truth of the gospel may find themselves compelled within the professing Church to become outspoken ‘protestants’, and to give their positive witness to the gospel in order to counter practical abandonment of its truth, and…

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The healing way (Exodus 15:23-26)

September 5, 2018September 2, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

Trials of the Christian pilgrimage“When they came to Marah they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter” (Exodus 15:23). This happened to God’s people, after their redemption from Egypt, when he was leading them.We may rightly…