The Believer was an Australia magazine published intermittently between 1971 and 1980. Distribution was primarily within Australia. Stated editorial aim was “to speak clearly and specifically on matters of general concern in the Australian brotherhood”.
A list of opposing forces of our enemy is supplied in Ephesians 6:12. What is meant by ‘principalities and powers’?
The powers in this case refer to those powers authorised by law. The principalities are the wielders of that authority, …
Now we must address ourselves to the problem — can we know what physically happens to the modern day Pentecostal? It cannot be all a hoax — they cannot be all faking? I have heard one report of definite faking …
Jesus was the best teacher the world has ever known; and his parables are amazing. The story can interest children quite young in years, and on the other hand the finest intellect cannot plumb all the depths of them. …
It is not accidental or coincidental that Paul couples these words with each other and also with unleavened bread. 1 Cor. 5:8. The thought is obvious with “Truth”. A little leaven spreads through the whole lump of dough to sour …
Let us never under-estimate the Divine awareness of human affairs. The Psalms of David are full of intimations that he sensed this awareness.
The LORD looketh down from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of …
To understand redemption we must understand that from which we need to be saved, and this takes us back to the brief account in Genesis of the Edenic “seed plot”, where the primeval sin …
The purpose of the Scriptures is to enlighten us in Divine ideas and ideals so that we might become God’s children walking in His Way. It is not our prerogative to believe what WE will, nor to live as WE …
“Enoch walked with God” (Genesis 5:24) . A faithful lifetime in a few words. The first article in this series concluded with reference to “walking with God”. That is, close personal daily relationship with Him in Christ, “this is life …
It is now becoming very clear that, not only are our ecclesial autonomy and fellowship principles and traditions under threat from organised ecclesial cartels, but the very basis of our hard-won unity is about to be abandoned by the LOGOS-led …
Being aware of the facts is a key part of making edifying decisions, of recognising deficiencies and of rescuing and reconstructing our battered community. Facts sometimes are hard to face, often hard to find when obscured; but without them, we …
Our Lord Jesus lived and died and rose again; he ascended to heaven and is waiting to be revealed once more in the earth. To these facts we all heartily ascribe; and wait in earnest expectation. Each ‘first day of …
The NEB is easy to read. It is in the language and idiom we learned at school. A story-narrative or record of speech comes alive with the flow and meaning of the event as it happened.
The A.V. “sounds religious” …
It would be more correct to say that God created through the agency of angels. However, the point still unanswered is whether or not man was made in the image of God or of the angels only. The term ‘Elohimi …
Some of these prophecies appear to have dual application, primarily to the attacks upon Judah in the last days of the kingdom (6th century, B.C.), but with a finality indicating that a secondary application relates to the latter end of …
Now that our long introduction is concluded, let us concentrate upon the detail and relevance of the Immanuel prophecy.
Ahaz may have bought off the threat of Assyrian invasion by offering himself as a vassal and ally, but in …
This prophecy, and the circumstances surrounding and giving rise to it, have been a source of much misunderstanding and conflict of views through the years, and it is with a wish to bring some clarity to our thinking that these …
This 22-page booklet by Bro. A. D. Norris is published by The Christadelphian Office, no doubt in response to the rising interest in this subject. The preface describes it as an “essay”; it is short, easily read in an hour. …
Seven essays — filling 150 pages of highly interesting and factual research on the so-called scientific evidence for evolution, and demonstrating how weak and unsubstantial the evidence really is — is what this book offers. The essays cover quite diverse …
This is but one of the titles of the eight essays offered to the reader in the 4th Volume of “A SYMPOSIUM ON CREATION”. It is a fascinating and varied fare fully maintaining the standard of useful information established in …
“Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations.” (Romans 1 : 21 ) .
Here Paul, reflects hack in time to when ALL men first knew the …
World events continue to arrest the attention of all thinking people. It states in Revelation 22. 7, “Behold, I come quickly : blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book”. How necessary that God should …
A message to our young people “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth” (Ecc. 12-1).
The Bible abounds with examples of young people who served the Lord from youth to old age, faithfully, and joyfully. There was …
We each looked at ourself. We didn’t like what we saw.
We professed to be disciples of Christ.
Whether our decision for Christ was made 30 years ago or 1 year ago we were equally ashamed at the gap in …
No community of people can survive for long without authority and discipline — Law and Order. God himself initiated the system of law and order and determined its finality. The first thing God did, as the Hebrews traveled into the …
In quite recent times, many have come to acknowledge that Scripture involves Israel in strife with the peoples surrounding the nation’s territory, of whom we tend to speak, loosely and perhaps carelessly, as “The Arabs”.
Some of us are prepared …
A recent feature article was syndicated to Australian newspapers from Rome entitled “Was Israel In Syria?”. The basis of the material discussed was tablets unearthed at Tell Mardikh in northern Syria, site of the ancient city Ebla, dated to the …
We will first consider the natural, then the spiritual. What is light? It is of the same essential ‘element as electricity, indeed of all energy. It travels at the speed of 186,000 per second. It is the connection between the …
The origin of the Star of David remains obscure. Any good reason for linking it with the true “Hope of Israel” (The Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour) is equally hard to find. A much more conclusive case could be made …
This state of vanity and corruption was the result. of God’s will — deliberately subjecting the creature to the curse of evil against its own will: but in the hope of ultimately reclaiming what had been lost.
That which had …
President Carter’s astonishing initiative in visiting Egypt and Israel seems, at the time of writing, to have been worthwhile. A peace treaty has been signed by Israel and Egypt. But, at what price?
Many political observers thought President Carter was …