At the time of writing these lines, The Berean Expositor has been in existence for over

forty-five years, and it is not to be wondered that during that period changes in the

presentation of the truth made known should have taken place. Where once every term

used was explained, as time went on and readers became aware of the main lines of

teaching, lengthy explanations became unnecessary. Readers who have lately become

interested in the truth naturally find themselves facing articles which, by their very

nature, assume a fair acquaintance with the terms employed. We continually use the term

"Dispensational Truth" but cannot lengthen every article to provide a definition or to give

examples. We assume in every article an endorsement of the basic principle of

"Right Division", without explanation or without actually quoting the text. As the early

bound volumes of The Berean Expositor are out of print and practically unobtainable,

even at second hand, we have already re-written the early expositions on the epistle to the

Ephesians and the epistle to the Hebrews, which are either now appearing, or will appear

in this magazine shortly.  We are becoming aware through our mail, that another

generation of readers must be catered for, and feel sure that the most mature of our

readers will welcome a new presentation of basic truth, and feel thereby more willing to

introduce the magazine to younger readers. The nature of our witness, must ever render

the writing and reading of such articles "difficult" and what may be now labeled

"elementary" by some readers, will still, alas, be considered too advanced by many "who

for the time ought to be teachers". Recognizing, therefore, the necessity to consider these

"first principles of the oracles of God", and also the limits which our space and the ability

we may possess impose upon us we commence, with this number, a fresh approach to the

consideration of those things which are most surely believed among us. These things

include that which may be called Doctrine, such as the teaching of Scripture concerning

the Person and Work of the Son of God, the claims of Scripture to its inspiration and

authority, the nature of man, of sin, of salvation, of punishment, and of those things

which more naturally range themselves under the heading of Dispensational Truth and

which constitute the peculiar witness of The Berean Expositor, and which includes the

different callings, the constitution of the Church, the question--did the Church begin at

Pentecost? the place of Israel in the scheme of redemption and the consequences that

follow the rejection of that people at the end of the Acts, the two-fold ministry of the

apostle Paul, the Dispensation of the Mystery and the distinctive place of the "Prison

Epistles", &100:, &100: The following taken from an announcement of meetings at the

Chapel of the Opened Book, may not come amiss as an expansion and explanation of

these aspects of truth.