Dr. A. J. Higgins M.D. (New Jersey, USA) addresses the issue of feminism from a Biblical perspective, with particular emphasis on how feministic thinking, in the form of “evangelical feminism”, is challenging the way the Bible has been interpreted for many centuries. Its Roots What should be our Scriptural worldview of the feminist movement? How […]
This measured and incisive article by Dr. A. J. Higgins M.D. (New Jersey, USA) sets out the Bible’s teaching on the human body. Dr. Higgins helpfully addresses issues rarely tackled by Christian writers, such as gluttony, plastic surgery, body piercing and tattoos. “It’s my body and I can do with it what I please!” Really? […]
This article by Dr. A. J. Higgins M.D. (New Jersey, USA), giving a Biblical position on the subject of body piercing, appeared as an editorial in the July 2003 edition of Truth and Tidings, and is used by permission: “It is not often that we borrow from the secular literature in an editorial. Yet a […]
W.E Vine (1873-1949) was a mighty Bible expositor and theologian, a master of New Testament Greek, and the author of the world-famous Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, yet his high learning never dulled the keen practical edge of his ministry. Here are his uplifting meditations on Isaiah 40:28-30 “Hast thou not known? Hast thou not […]
The author Erich Sauer (1898-1959), in chapter 4 of his classic work From Eternity to Eternity (Paternoster Press, 1954), outlines the purpose and history of the “Temple of God” from its beginning through to the eternal day of God. This insightful article, dealing with a much neglected subject, opens up a theme that runs throughout […]
by Alexander Marshall (1846-1928) This article has been a blessing to thousands of people over many years. In booklet form it has been published in more than 20 languages with over four million copies in print. It highlights around 30 questions, excuses and enquiries about the vital topic of God’s salvation and the way to heaven. In […]
In October 2015 a Christian apologetics conference on the subject of “Origins” was held at the Gospel Hall in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Over seven sessions, a wide range of fundamental issues were taken up by Michael Penfold, all relating to the question of origins. Session 1 dealt with The Origin of Truth. What is truth? […]
The author Erich Sauer (1898-1959), in chapter 20 of his classic work From Eternity to Eternity (Paternoster Press, 1954), includes an impeccably argued passage in which he addresses the importance of taking literally the Bible’s prophecies of a future Millennial kingdom of God on earth. His analysis will repay careful reading: “The expectation of a […]
“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, And meted out heaven with the span, And comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, And weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? […]
John Gifford Bellett (1795-1864) was an Irish Christian writer and theologian whose wide range of writings display a deep understanding of Holy Scripture and a spiritually intelligent grasp of the truth of God. His meditations on Genesis Chs 3-5 will repay careful meditation, for in them Bellett reveals the dramatic and fascinating source of both ‘the […]