“For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls” (1 Peter 2:25). Excerpted from the Morrish Bible Dictionary Bishop The Greek word ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) is once translated as ‘overseer’ (Acts 20:28), and this occurrence shows conclusively that the ‘elders’ and the ‘bishops’ were the same….
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God’s True Ground
By Leslie Grant A Key to a Diagram of the Same Title From “Things New and Old” If one has been redeemed and saved eternally by means of God’s provision of the Lord Jesus Christ, as the great and sufficient sacrifice for his sins, can he have any doubt that this same Almighty and loving…
A Visit to Tunbridge Wells, England
by J. Gregoire “…I felt pressed by the Lord not to accept without proofs the accusations of iniquity which were circulated, and not having found any proofs among the various brothers which put forward these accusations, I believe it my strict duty before God to go to the place (T. W.) to find out for…
The Lord’s Coming
From a Bible Reading on John 14:1-3 (Some comments by R. A. Huebner) Index: I. “I go to prepare a place” II. “I will come again, and receive you unto myself!” III. “Where I am” IV. The Lord’s Coming, and a Waiting Posture V. 1 Thessalonians: Its Bearing on the Lord’s Coming VI. Made Fit…
Various Lessons on Isaiah
Audio from various Bible readings on Isaiah INDEX I. What is the Government of God? II. The Glory Cloud and a Covering III. Self-Indulgence Precedes the Perversion of Moral Judgement IV. The Temple Aspect V. The Seraphim above, and the Cherubim below – and a Note on the Four Living Creatures of Revelation *NEW* I….
The Christian Woman: Headship, Head Covering, and Long Hair
Extract from a larger treatise on the deportment of Christian women according to Scripture. The complete copy can be obtained by clicking on the link below. The Deportment of Christian Women, by R. A. Huebner
Something to be Valued
G. Lewis Recently, in a Bible reading on 1 Samuel, when speaking about the value of the ark of God, a brother made the statement, “there’s something to be valued in Matthew 18:20!” He quoted the verse. “For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of…
“Inside and Outside”
Walter Thomas Turpin Hebrews 13:12-13 Will you turn with me to another side of this very same truth in Hebrews 13? It is presented to my thoughts and heart just at this moment. It will serve as an illustration of the principle I am seeking to press upon you. Verse 12: “Wherefore Jesus also,” (I ask…
The Darby Translation, and a Note on Isaiah 4:2
Roy Huebner “In divine things, you must learn the things to understand the words.” John Nelson Darby The Darby translation of the Bible is the only dispensationally informed translation that we have. There are a lot of translations out there, but it is the only one, done by a very capable man that was well-established…
What is Our Power for the Christian Walk?
Edward Dennett From the magazine, The Christian Friend (1884), volume 11, page 108 This question was recently addressed to us, and, as it may be helpful to others, we propose to answer it somewhat in detail. That the difficulty may be first understood, we give the exact form in which it was put; viz., Is…