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  • A Naughty Question.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 1, 2024
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     | 830 views

    'For the hardness of your heart he wrote this precept' (Mark 10:5).

    A NAUGHTY QUESTION. Mark 10:2-12. The Pharisees’ question about divorce was worse than mischievous in that it, like many of their questions addressed to Jesus, was asked with the intention of “tempting” Jesus into saying something that would cause offence (MARK 10:2). I assert this on two ...read more

  • The Grave Of Lazarus.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 5, 2024
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     | 1,265 views

    Jesus wept tears of righteous anger against the violent tyranny of death.

    THE GRAVE OF LAZARUS. John 11:32-44. Hearing of Jesus’ call, Mary ran to Jesus, prostrated herself at His feet, weeping, and complained: “Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died” (John 11:32). Jesus became vexed in His spirit, a champion fired up for the fight to the death ...read more

  • Matthias Chosen.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 26, 2023
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     | 1,178 views

    A replacement for the now apostate apostle.

    MATTHIAS CHOSEN. Acts 1:15-17, Acts 1:21-26. When Jesus appeared to ‘the eleven’ and the rest of the Upper Room assembly after His resurrection, He demonstrated the need for His death and resurrection from the Scriptures of the Old Testament, viz. ‘the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the ...read more

  • The Allure Of Worldly Conformity.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 11, 2024
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     | 1,283 views

    The Church should never want be "like all the nations."

    THE ALLURE OF WORLDLY CONFORMITY. 1 Samuel 8:4-20, 1 Samuel 11:14-15. Samuel appointed his two sons to be judges in Beersheba in the south of Israel, but ‘his sons walked not in his ways’ and ‘took bribes and perverted judgement (1 Samuel 8:1-3). On account of this, the elders of Israel ...read more

  • How Are The Mighty Fallen!

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 14, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,217 views

    2 SAMUEL 1:17. "David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son."

    HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN! 2 Samuel 1:1, 2 Samuel 1:17-27. The first verse of the second book of Samuel follows on from the report of the death of King Saul and his three sons at the end of the previous book. They died in a battle against the Philistines in Mount Gilboa (cf. 1 Samuel 31:1-6). At ...read more

  • Rich And Poor In The Church Of Jesus Christ (Concluded).

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 26, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,871 views

    There are no untouchables with God.

    RICH AND POOR IN THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST (concluded). James 2:1-17. James 2:1. The Greek of this section of the letter of James begins somewhat abruptly: “My brethren, not with partialities!” The impact of the whole sentence is: “Do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ with respect of ...read more

  • The Complaint Of Jeremiah.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 3, 2021
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     | 2,504 views

    I was like a lamb, led to the slaughter.

    THE COMPLAINT OF JEREMIAH. Jeremiah 11:18-20. The last of the ‘good’ kings of Judah was Josiah, whose name means ‘he will be sustained of the LORD’ (2 Chronicles 34:2). Long story short, having purged the land of idols, Josiah sent men to repair the Temple (2 Chronicles 34:8), and they found ...read more

  • Jesus Born To Die.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 19, 2021
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     | 2,104 views

    He is not ashamed to call us brethren.

    JESUS BORN TO DIE. Hebrews 2:5-12. The writer to the Hebrew Christians has been demonstrating, from Scripture, Jesus’ superiority to the angels. Of the angels he says, ‘Are they not all ministering spirits being sent forth for service on behalf of those being about to inherit salvation?’ ...read more

  • Not Good To Be Alone.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 24, 2021
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     | 2,029 views

    Acknowledging woman as the complement of man.

    NOT GOOD TO BE ALONE. Genesis 2:18-24. Man is not just another animal. Both physically, and morally, ‘Man was made upright’ (Ecclesiastes 7:29). After all, man was made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27). God ‘breathed into his nostrils the breath of life’ (Genesis 2:7). (‘Breath’, ...read more

  • A New Vision Of God (Concluded).

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 11, 2021
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     | 2,193 views

    The restoration of Job.

    A NEW VISION OF GOD, AND THE RESTORATION OF JOB. Job 42:1-6; Job 42:10-17. The prose narrative bookends of the epic poem which is the Book of Job provide us at either end with the same judgment of Job’s character. Twice in the first two chapters the LORD taunts Satan with the integrity of Job ...read more

  • The Globalisation Of The Gospel.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 13, 2022
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,219 views

    And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. John 12.32.

    THE GLOBALISATION OF THE GOSPEL. John 12:20-36. (John 12:20-22): Some serious minded Greek worshippers expressed a desire to have a conversation with Jesus. They approached Philip, who came from Galilee of the Gentiles, and he and Andrew made the approach to the Lord on their behalf. It is good, ...read more

  • Where Were You?

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 2, 2024
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     | 1,142 views

    Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Job 38:4.

    WHERE WERE YOU? Job 38:1-11. After all the crying and sighing, moaning, and groaning of Job (and I do not blame him for it); after all the blaming and shaming, sharing and tearing of his ‘miserable comforters’ (Job 16:2): “Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind” (Job 38:1). ...read more

  • The Effect Of Repentance.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 10, 2023
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     | 1,178 views

    Discovering the capacity of God to forgive.

    THE EFFECT OF REPENTANCE. Jonah 3:1-5, Jonah 3:10 When Jonah at last arrived in Nineveh after his circuitous journey, his message was simple: “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown” (JONAH 3:4). People may laugh at messages of doom and gloom, but not the people of Nineveh. The ...read more

  • The Example Of Jesus' Suffering.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 12, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,058 views

    It is in His victory that we are made victorious.

    THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS’ SUFFERING. 1 Peter 3:18-22. The example of Jesus’ sufferings is set before us as our paradigm (1 Peter 3:18): we suffer, just as Christ suffers. Yet His suffering is unique in that it is vicarious: He suffered for us to bring us to God. He was put to death as to this ...read more

  • Jesus Lifted Up On The Cross. Abridged.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 13, 2023
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     | 1,100 views

    I will draw all men unto me. John 12 verse 32.

    JESUS LIFTED UP ON THE CROSS. John 12:20-33. When Jesus made His last entry into Jerusalem prior to His crucifixion He was met, we are told, by an excited crowd waving palm branches and shouting “Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord” (John 12:13). John makes the sober comment that ...read more