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Becoming Born Again
Kenneth Evans

Paul visited Thessalonica on his second missionary journey but he was not there very long, just about a month, taking in only three Sabbath days. His time was cut short because, although some of the Jews believed, those who did not became hostile.

The extent of their hostilities was so great that Paul and Silas were sent away under cover of darkness, and they travelled to the next town, Berea. But so great was their hatred for Paul, that those unbelieving Jews followed him, and from Berea Paul escaped to Athens and then went on to Corinth.

It was from there that Paul wrote both of his letters to the
Thessalonians. This second one deals with a variety of problems and also with a grave misunderstanding of prophecy relating to the second coming of Christ.

Studies in 2 Thessalonians
Michael Penny

Paul visited Thessalonica on his second missionary journey but he was not there very long, just about a month, taking in only three Sabbath days. His time was cut short because, although some of the Jews believed, those who did not became hostile.

The extent of their hostilities was so great that Paul and Silas were sent away under cover of darkness, and they travelled to the next town, Berea. But so great was their hatred for Paul, that those unbelieving Jews followed him, and from Berea Paul escaped to Athens and then went on to Corinth.

It was from there that Paul wrote both of his letters to the
Thessalonians. This second one deals with a variety of problems and also with a grave misunderstanding of prophecy relating to the second coming of Christ.

The Song of Songs
Brian Sherring

The Song of Songs has exercised the minds of many of the most devout Jewish and Christian commentators down the centuries. Their dilemmas include:

	Why did it find a place in the holy Scriptures in the first instance?
	How can a book that contains such suggestive language, that does not mention the name of God, and that no New Testament writer has quoted, be part of the Scriptures?
	Is it an allegory?
	Is it typology?
	Or should we take the natural reading, and take it at face value?

The author considers these, and many more problems thrown up by the Song of Songs and, surprisingly, shows its relevance for Christians today.

The Signs in John's Gospel
WM Henry

At the end of his gospel John tells us the reason why he wrote his gospel and why he based it around the miraculous signs performed by the Lord Jesus.

Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (John 20:30-31)

If the signs occupy such a central role, then we need to appreciate what they signified. To do that we need to understand the effect they had upon the people who witnessed them, the Jewish Nation. How did they react to these miraculous signs? What did they say about them? What did they understand by them? And what did they do about them?