Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians
J Riddle
9781910513224
384 pages
John Ritchie Ltd
Overview
New Testament churches were sometimes troubled
places, and we might be forgiven for wondering why an
all-wise God should allow problems and difficulties to
arise so early in church history without giving His people
much time to adjust. Had He done so, the apostles, men
eminently qualified and authoritative to deal with those
problems and difficulties, would have passed on, leaving
His people ‘exposed to the wiles of the devil’, but in His
marvellous wisdom, God allowed the storms to come so
early in order that His people then, and ourselves today,
often facing the same pressures, would have teaching
to help them. He had in mind, not only first-century
believers, but all believers in the ‘church age’, including
ourselves.
Author Bio
John Riddle was born into a christian family in north London, saved as a boy of 13, and received into fellowship in New Barnet,Hertfordshire at the age of 15. Throughout his business life he was employed by shipping companies, latterly as a pension fund manager. On early retirement in 1989 he undertook part-time consultative work for some years. He travels widely, principally in the British Isles, conducting Bible Readings and ministering the Word of God and contributes to assembly periodicals
