contents the pastor patch, 4. the country town: England/The revd Michael E. W. Thompson, Ma, Bd,PHd, Whaley--pp. 04---08. the apocryphal Gospels*/Dr. J. K. Elliott the university---pp. 08---16. 5. the Country town: scotland/The revd A. G. Bennett, Bsc,Bd,melrose---pp. 36--38. Which is the Best Commentary? 12. Philippians./ by Professor I. Howard Marshall, University of Aberdeen.---pp. 39- 42. The Widow's Mites Revalued./ by Dr. R. S. Sugirtharajah, Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham.---pp. 42- 43. The Junior Church The Joy of Reality./ by The Revd. M. Wright, LTh, Kilgreggan.---pp. 44. Advent Sunday, He Who Comes./ by The Revd. G. S. Gibson, Lillington, Leamington Spa.---pp. 44- 45. Second Sunday In Advent, Why Bother with the Old Testament?./ by The Revd. C. H. Knights, BA, PhD, Stockton- on- tees.---pp. 45- 47. Third Sunday in Advent. The Forerunner./ by The Editor.---pp. 47-48. Fourth Sunday in Advent, God's Love in Mary and Joseph./ by The Revd. M. J. Kingston, BD, Plumstead.---pp. 48- 49. First Sunday After Christmas, Christmas Overflow./ by The Revd. Dr. David H. C. Read, New York.---pp. 49- 50. The Pastor's Patch 6. The Holiday Resort./ by The Revd. Barrie Petterson, Scarborough.---pp. 67- 71. Humility: Whence This Strange Notion?./ by The Revd. Dr. Stephen B. Dawes, The Queen's College, Birmingham.---pp. 72- 75. The Junior Church, Ruler and Rescuer./ by THe Revd. Dr. A. D. C. Greer, Dumfriesshire.---pp. 76. Our Teacher./ by Dennis K. Tackley, BA, BD, MEd, Sherborne, Dorset.---pp. 76. Second Sunday After Christmas. Go to the Real./ by The Revd. George S. Gibson, Leamington Spa.---pp. 76- 77. First Sunday After Ephiphany. A January Journey./ by The Revd. Michael J. Ward, BSc, BD, St. Madoes, Perthshire.---pp. 78- 79. Second Sunday After Ephiphany. Hearing, Seeing, and Christian Learning./ by The Revd. Graham Slater, MA, Hartley Victoria College.Manchester.---pp. 79- 80. Third Sunday After Ephiphany. Nicodemus./ by The Revd. Dr. George G. Nicol, Inverkeithing, Life.---pp. 80- 81. The Pastor's Patch 7. The Minister Working Overseas./ by The Revd. Dr . David Dunn Wilson, MA, MPhil, BD, Hartley Victoria Methodist College.---pp. 99- 104. The Curse of the Metaphysical Capital./ By Canon Dr. Michael R. Austin, Southwell.---pp. 104- 107. Recent Commentaries A. Old Testament./ by The Editor.---pp. 107- 111. The Junior Church.'Blessed Are...'./ by The Revd Ronald H. Lewis, BA, Blackburn.---pp. 112. To Help the Poor./ by Mrs. Sue Birchmore, Bucharest, Romania.---pp. 112. Fourth Sunday After Ephiphany. There Must Be More./ By The Revd. Goerge S. Gibson, Lillington, Leamington Spa.---pp. 112- 114. Fifth Sunday After Ephiphany. God of the Little People./ by The Revd. Michael J. Ward. BSc, BD, St. Madoes, Perthshire.---pp. 114- 115. Ninth Sunday Before Easter. The Prodigal Sower./ by The Revd. W. D. Horton, MA, Wesley College, Bristol.---pp. 115- 116. Eighth Sunday Before Easter. Freedom from the World of Death./ by The Revd. Dr. John Parr Ridley Hall, Cambridge.---pp. 116- 118. The Pastor's Patch 8. Dual Role Ministries/ by The Revd. A. G. Sparham, BA Chester.---pp. 132- 136. Which is the Best Commentary? 14. The Book of Judges./ by The Revd. Dr. Raymond Bayley, Pontypool, Gwent.---pp. 136- 138. Luke 16: 19: 31and 1Enoch 22./ By Dr. Larry Kreitzer, Regent's Park College, Oxford.---pp. 139- 142. The Junior Church. A Family Service for Lent./ by The Revd. Dr. Fergus Macpherson, Penpont, Dumfries-shire.---pp. 142- 143. Seventh Sunday Before Easter. God's Plenty./ by The Revd. Martin Camroux, MA, Swindon.---pp. 143- 145. First Sunday In Lent. Remedy for Guilt./ by The Revd. William C. Cox, Nevada, Missouri.---pp. 145- 146. Second Sunday in Lent. The Ways of God/ by The Revd. Dr. David Cornick, Bishop's Hull, Taunton.---pp. 146- 147. Third Sunday In Lent. The Message of the Psalmists 10. The Man of Integrity: Ps 15./ by The Revd. Colin J. Sedgwick, MA, Kenton, London.---pp. 147- 148. Fourth Sunday in Lent. Jesus Then and Now./ by The Editor.---pp. 149- 150. The Pastor's Patch 9. The Village Minister- A Future Model*./ by The Revd. Canon Andrew Bowden, Rural Adviser to the Diocese of Gloucester, Rector of Coates, Rodmarton, and Sapperton with Frampton Mansell.---pp. 164- 167. The Case for Liberal Theology./ by The Revd. Martin Camroux, MA, Swindon.---pp. 168- 172. Men, Trees and Walking: A Conjectural Solution to Mk 8: 24./ by Dr. R. S. Sugirtharajah, Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham.---pp. 172- 175. The Junior Church. Easter Day Family Service./ by The Revd. N. D. J . Carne, Church Enstone, Oxford.---pp. 175- 176. Fifth Sunday In Lent. The Message of the Psalmists 11. A Man and His Sin: Ps 51./ by The Revd. Colin J. Sedgwick, MA, Kenton, London.---pp. 176- 178. Palm Sunday. The Cross under the Palm Branches./ by The Revd. Dr. David R. Peel, Northern College, Manschester.---pp. 178- 179. Easter Sunday. The Laughter Lines of Easter./ by The Revd. Michael J. Ward, BSc, BD, St. Madoes, Perthshire.---pp. 179- 180. First Sunday After Easter. 'Listen! I will unfold a Mystery' by The Revd. Fred Stainthorpe, Willenhall, West Midlands.---pp. 180- 181. The Pastor's Patch 10. The Cathedral./ by The Provost of Sheffield.---pp. 196- 198. Rebel against the Light: Job or God?./ by The Revd. Harry Potter, Aylesbury Prison.---pp. 198- 201. Keeping up with Recent Studies 17. Greek Language and Linguistics./ by Dr. Stanley E. Porter, Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield.---pp. 202- 208. The Junior Church. The Ascension./ by The Revd. Robert J. Way, Leeds.---pp. 208. Second Sunday After Easter. The Message of the Psalmists 12. Praise the Lord! Ps. 148- 150./ by The Revd. Colin J. Sedgwick, MA, Kenton, London.---pp. 209- 210. Third Sunday After Easter.'Loose him; let him go.'./ by The Revd. C. H. Knights, BA, Phd, Chichester Theological College.---pp. 210- 211. Fourth Sunday After Easter. Habitationof Dragons./ by THe Revd. Michael J. Ward, BSc, BD, St. Madoes, Perthshire.---pp. 211- 212. Fifth Sunday After Easter. Good Grief./ by The Revd. Dr. Roger A. Barnett, Northampton, Massachusetts.---pp. 212- 213. Sunday After Ascension. Two Paths to Ascendancy./ by The Revd. J. M. Garland, BA, Dinas Powis.---pp. 213- 215. The Pastor's Patch 11. The Bishop's Patch./ by The Bishop of Worcester.---pp. 228- 231. Martin Bucer: Oecumeniste and forgotten Reformer*./ by The Dr. Peter Newman Brooks Robinson College, Cambridge.---pp. 231- 235. 'Isaiah's Wild Measure': R. M. McCheyne*./ by Dr. Robert . Gordon, University of Cambridge.---pp. 235- 237. Meanings of the Foot- Washing: John 13 and Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840./ by The Revd. Dr. David Tripp, MA, Wolcottville, Indiana.---pp. 237- 239. Family Service. Invitation to the Olympic Games./ by The Revd. Dr. G. G. Nicol, Inverkeithing.---pp. 239- 240. Pentecost. What was Luke getting at?./ by The Revd. Peter G. Jarvis, BD, Exeter.---pp. 240- 241. First Sunday After Pentecost. The Right Community./ by The Revd. Rowan Gill, MA, LTh, Moone Ponds, Australia.---pp. 241- 242. Second Sunday After Pentecost. The Blessed Darkness./ by The Revd. C. B. Peter, BTh, BD, MTh, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.---pp. 242- 243. Third Sunday After Pentecost. What Makes a 'Good Service'?./ by The Revd. Martin Camroux, MA, Swindon.---pp. 243244. The Pastor's Patch 12. A Baptist Area Superintendent./ by The Revd. John F. V. Nicholson, MA, Leeds.---pp. 260- 263. Which s the Best Commentary? XV. The Epistle of James./ By The Revd. Dr. Ruth B. Edwards, University of Aberdeen.---pp. 263- 268. An Awkward Blessing: The Poetry of Jack Clemo./ by Mr. J. S. Hurst, MA, University of Exeter.---pp. 268- 271. Recent Continental New Testament Literature./ by Professor Ernest Best, St. Andrews.---pp. 271- 275. Th Junior Church. Everything they Promised./ by Mrs. Sue Birchmore, Bucharest, Romania.---pp. 275- 276. Fourth Sunday After Pentecost. The Finance Minister's Journey./ by Benjamin Papp, Bihor, Romania.---pp. 276- 277. Fifth Sunday After Pentecost. Mission- Where From?./ by THe Revd. Stephen b. Dawes, PhD, MA, The Queen's College, Birmingham.---pp. 277- 278. Sixth Sunday After Pentecost. Blind Man's Buff./ by The Revd. P. S. Grierson, BD, MPhil, Blackburn.---pp. 278- 279. Seventh Sunday After Petecost. Marks of Maturity./ by The Revd. George S. Gibson, Lillington, Leamington Spa.---pp. 279- 281. The Pastor's Patch 13. The Theological College./ by The Revd. William D. Horton, MA., Wesley College, Bristol.---pp. 291- 295. Recent Continental Old Testament Literature./ by The Revd. Richard J. Coggins, MA, BD, King's College, University of London.---pp. 295- 301. The Junior Church. A Story from Romania./ by Mrs. Sue Birchmore, Bucharest, Romania.---pp. 301- Spreading the Word./ by The Revd. A. Malcolm Ramsay BA, LLB, Dipmim, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire.---pp. 301- 302. Eighth Sunday After Pentecost. There you've lost me./ by The Editor.---pp. 302- 303. Ninth Sunday After Pentecost. God's Armour./ by The Revd. Richard C. Brand, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.---pp. 303- 304. Tenth Sunday After Pentecost. A Liberating Faith./ by The Revd. Martin Camroux, MA, Swindon.---pp. 304- 305. Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost. The Labourers in the Vineyard./ by The Revd. Antony Hurst, MA, MSc (Econ), Southwark.---pp. 305- 307. Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost. The Lamp./ by The Revd. A. D. C. Greer, MA, BLL, DMin. Dumfriesshire.---pp. 307- 308. The Pastor's Patch 14. Chaplaincy in a Polytechnic./ by The Revd. Rodney A. Ward, MA, MTh, Kingston- Upon- Thames.---pp. 324- 327. A Belated Bouquet A Tribute to Edward Irving (1792- 1834)./ by Dr. David Allen, BA, Mth, Mattersey Hall.---pp. 328- 331. 'Outside' an 'Inside': Paul and Mark./ by The Revd. W. Ernest Moore, MA, MTh, Harrogate.---pp. 331- 337. The Junior Church. Among the Angels./ by The Revd. Dr. A. D. C. Greer, Dumfriesshire.---pp. 337. Coventry./ by The Revd. D. Howell- JOnes, BA, Norwich.---pp. 337. Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost. When Paul got a Haircut./ by The Revd. William C. Cox, Nevada, Missouri.---pp. 337- 339. Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost. The Mirror: The Glance or the Studious Gaze?./ by The Revd. Dr. A. D. C. Greer, Dumpfriesshire.---pp. 339- 340. Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost. The Good Samaritan Sees It Through./ by The Revd. M. J. Kingston, BD, Plumstaed, London.---pp. 340- 341. Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost. Eating to Another's Taste./ by The Revd. Richard Brand, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.---pp. 341- 342. The Pastor's Patch 15. Ministry in a Northern Ireland Village*./ The Revd. S. Wesley Blair, MSc, BD, Strabane.---pp. 357- 361. Preaching from the Psalms./ by The Revd. Colin J. Sedgwick, MA. Kenton, London.---pp. 361- 364. Which is the Best Commentary?./ XVI. Amos and Hosea./ by The Revd. Harry Mowvley, MA, Bristol.---pp. 364- 368. The Junior Church. The Adventure of Faith./ By The Revd. A. Malcolm Ramsay, BA, LLB, Dipmin, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire.---pp. 368. Finders- Keepers?./ by The Revd. Robert G. Col, Llysfaen, Colwyn Bay.---pp. 368-369. The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost. The Offering of Life./ by The Revd. Dr. George G. Nicol, Inverkeithing.---pp. 369- 370. Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost 'You Taught in our Streets...'./ by The Revd. M. J. Kingston, BD, Plumstead, London.---pp. 370- 371. Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost 'Truly the Lord is in this Place'./ by The Revd. David Atkinson, Ossett, W . Yorkshire.---pp. 371- 372. Ninth Sunday Before Christmas. Between Creation and The end./ by The Revd. Dr. Gordon Wakefield, Lichfield.---pp. 373- 374.