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Portraits of the Patriarchs is based on Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. The four authors do an excellent job of not only bringing before us the important issues in the lives of the four patriarchs (i.e. lessons in history). However, they also, in considering the lives and experiences of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, they draw out lessons of faith and practice which are applicable to 21st century Christians.

At various times and in various countries of the world, including Britain, the law concerning what is permitted on a Sunday and what is not has been somewhat chaotic. At times governments have sought to change it but this has brought an outcry from various sections of Christendom. "It's the day of rest!" yell some. "There is to be no buying or selling!" shout others. According to a third section the majority have it wrong for the Sabbath should be the seventh day, Saturday. "Not so!" state the majority. It was changed from the seventh day of the week to the first. In this comprehensive ...

In writing this booklet, the author first explains what a covenant is, and then answers the following four questions: What is the New Covenant? Who is the New Covenant between? Is the New Covenant operating today? If not, when did it operate, or when is it to operate? In answering these questions, in a brief but comprehensive style, he considers: The New Covenant in the Old Testament; The New Covenant in the Gospels; The New Covenant in the Acts Period; The New Covenant in the Earlier Letters; The New Covenant in the Later Letters. Then, in a brief appendix he comments on all the covenants ...

All Christian denominations, churches, organisations, etc., have much in common but also have something that makes them different and distinctive. There is nothing wrong with that, unless that distinctive doctrine or practice is elevated to too high a priority. The Open Bible Trust wanted to avoid this and that was why, in its Doctrinal Basis, the doctrines were numbered and listed in a specific order. The “something” that makes the Open Bible Trust different and distinctive is not the most important part of its work. The most important concerns Jesus Christ: who He is and what He did ...

This publication commences by considering what the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed have to say about who created: was it the Father or the Son or both? After some discussion, it then moves on to consider to whom the Bible, especially the New Testament, attributes creation.

In Acts 4:36 we are introduced to a man named Joseph, but who was called “Barnabas” by the Apostles. This affectional nick-name means ‘son of encouragement’, but did “Barnabas” live up to his nickname? What do the Scriptures tell us about him? Who did he help? Who did he encourage? But why on earth did he fall out with the Apostle Paul, and were they ever reconciled?

Judas Iscariot is an enigma. Though his betrayal is legendary, the details in the Gospels are, in places, ambiguous. Was he intent on wrecking Jesus’s ministry, or was he trying to force a triumphant conclusion? Was he a man with a misguided mission, or was he afflicted by avarice? Did he embrace Satan’s possession, or was he unaware of it? And how did he die?This is a comprehensive account, searching for answers to these and several other intriguing questions.

This is not a commentary on Paul's letters to Timothy. Rather it is a commentary on Timothy, the man. The Scriptures mention him on many occasions and tell us much about him and what he did. Here we follow his life through chronologically, starting even before the first time we hear of him at Lystra (Acts 16), on Paul's second missionary journey. What was Timothy like as a man? As a Christian? How did he mature? Did he have any problems? How did they affect him? These are some of the questions which are considered. At the end of these writings, lessons are drawn from the life of Timothy, ...

In the early chapters of Acts all the Christians were Jews, that was until (1) Peter went to the God-fearing Roman Centurion Cornelius, and (2) some of the Jewish Christians who had fled Jerusalem, at the havoc wreaked by Saul, later started evangelizing the Greek speaking pagan Gentiles in Antioch in Syria. One of these was Titus, who accompanied Paul and Barnabas with their gift for famine relief to Jerusalem and then had a meeting with Peter, James and John. However, throughout the period of time covered by the Acts of the Apostles, all the leaders, all the teachers, all the evangelists ...