Category: Exposition

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  27.08.09

  A bow at a venture

  By J.P. Thackway

  “And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness” (1 Kings 22:34). Reading the Bible, we are...

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  27.03.09

  A lesson for the day (or year)

  By James Smith

  “Learn of me” (Matthew 11:29) THE Lord Jesus, having all things delivered unto him of his Father, lovingly invites poor, labouring, weary, and burdened sinners to him, and promises them...

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  27.10.08

  Emblems of the Word: Hammer

  By David Blunt

  David Blunt, Minister of the North Uist and Grimsay Congregation of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) This emblem of the Word of God is an implement held in the...

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  27.07.08

  Daily Readings

  By Dr. John M. Brentnall

  Introduction Robert Hall once gave his hearers the advice: “Never be without a book, in daily reading, of a direct Scriptural and devotional tendency.” Over the years, many believers have...

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  08.01.08

  The Lord’s Presence – some thoughts for 2008

  By J.P. Thackway

  “And he said, Certainly I will be with thee” (Exodus 3:12) For Moses, this was the worst news he could receive: “Come … and I will send thee unto Pharaoh,...

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  08.01.08

  A new year’s appeal to faith and reason

  By James Smith

  “Should it be according to thy mind?” Job 34: 33 Poor Job found his trial too great for his patience, and he complained, he fretted himself, he reflected on God’s...

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  08.01.07

  Making the righteous sad

  By Dinsdale T. Young

  With lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad (Ezekiel 13:22). Making the righteous sad! ­ That is a severe indictment. It...

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  27.01.06

  And not to faint

  By J.P. Thackway

  “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint” (Luke 18:1). The parable of the Importunate Widow is a...

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