The Christadelphian Ejournal is an online magazine published quarterly and intended to be a forum for articles written in an analytical style. It is a vehicle for exegetical and expositional articles, it engages in academic biblical studies that originate in other Christian confessions, it defends the Biblical principles summarised in the common Christadelphian statement of faith and subject published articles to peer review and amendment.
Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to …
While there is nothing wrong with any type of speaking or writing, the purpose of this article is to argue that the main model for exhortation (written or spoken) should be “devotional exposition”. The letter to the Hebrews states, …
On Jesus’ authority (divinely inspired) “Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35). Yet this perspective may seem difficult to reconcile with New Testament (NT) ‘quotations’[1] of the Old Testament (OT) which differ from the OT as we have …
Biblical contradictions (real or perceived) are used by sceptics to deny the inspiration of Scriptures and the doctrine of inerrancy. Nowhere is this more apparent than with the Gospel narratives, as they cover much of the same ground. Harmonization …
In an article, “Sennacherib’s Southern Front: 704-689 B.C.”, L. D. Levine, observes that in contrast to other Assyrian monarchs, Sennacherib’s military campaigns were conducted mainly in the south in/towards/around Babylonia (six out of eight campaigns).[1] We might …
This issue sees a new editor, Bro. D. Burke, who takes on the oversight of “Theology and Apologetics”. The “Section Editor” approach to journals has many advantages and has been well implemented in the UK Testimony magazine which we have …
The dating of Revelation is not merely an academic pursuit, for unlike any other NT writing, the date assigned to the Apocalypse has major interpretive implications; establishing the correct date is therefore crucial for developing an understanding of the …
A common hermeneutic in Biblical Studies is to consider a text alongside its historical context (i.e. “What might the text have meant to its initial readers?”). Many would advocate this hermeneutic for the Book of Revelation and indeed much …
Speakers are not necessarily good writers and writers are not necessarily good speakers. The apostle Paul was evidently a good writer but not a good speaker (2 Cor 10:10); Moses was a good writer but somewhat diffident about speaking (Exod …
Dear Editor,
Thanks for the latest edition of EJournal which I enjoyed reading. The omission of ‘scholarship’ content certainly makes for easier reading but I realize that footnotes and reference to scholars is necessary for a complete treatment of the subject.
Your …
The objective for this book is to present reasons for seeking God and for believing in the God of the Bible, Jesus as his son and the saviour of men and women, and the Bible as the Word of God. …
He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. Isa 41:3 (KJV)
The reference to “by the way that he had not gone with his feet” is a puzzle to commentators. …
Sceptics objecting to the size of Noah’s Ark frequently point to smaller 19th century timber ships which were unseaworthy due to their large size, such as the 19th century American schooners ‘Wyoming’ and ‘Great Republic, two of the largest all …
The Old Testament scholar, K. A. Kitchen, offers a standard discussion of the genealogy of Genesis 5 in relation to the king lists and reign lengths of Mesopotamian monarchs. In Sumerian and Akkadian king lists, for the period prior to …
There are many characteristics of the gospels that indicate their accuracy; additionally, there are a small number of well-known so-called inaccuracies. Positive assessments of the nuts and bolts of the gospel records have been written by conservative scholars. Since the …
Various OT accounts use “Spirit of the Lord”.[1] In the collected state of these traditions, they combine to produce a composite picture of the Spirit of the Lord as an “agent” in the narrative—a kind of hypostatization …
The hymn[1] in Philippians 2 (vv. 6-11) is usually employed to establish both the pre-existence and incarnation of Christ. Scholars believe that the hymn is based either on Adam (Adam Christology) or on Isaiah’s Suffering Servant. The …
A point raised by those egalitarians who do not see Gal 3:28 as an ‘equality text’ is the simple fact that the verse says nothing about equality. The subject is unity, ‘all one’, not equality, ‘all equal’, as has …
Is there a distinctive Christadelphian method of interpretation? More broadly, is there a distinctive method of interpretation shared by groups that have a similar unitarian and Abrahamic centred faith? This second question partly answers the question: a unitarian and Abrahamic …
In November 2009, Robert M. Bowman proposed a debate on the Trinity between himself and any non-Trinitarian challenger at his blogsite (www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog). Bowman is a well known evangelical author in the USA who specialises in Christology and has written …
“This is a story”. The words emblazoned across the back cover that attempt to pre-empt and placate any of the expected religious fervour. It is true that this is a work of fiction and, in one sense, makes no claims …
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. John 17:5 (KJV)
The following points may be noted,
“glorify [something]”, an imperative expression used for appealing …
Hebrew:
Transliteration: YHWH ´élöhênû YHWH ´eHäd Word-for-word translation: Yahweh God of us, Yahweh one King James’ Version: The LORD our God is one LORD
Aim: Is ´eHäd in this text about ‘unity’ or …
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Matt 24:45 (NKJV)
When we read a text like this a number of questions suggest themselves. Does …
Numbers 24 Psalm 110 2 Samuel 23 vv. 3–4 ‘Said’ = ‘ne’um’ (x3); incl. ‘said the man’ = Heb. nü´ùm haGGeºber. (Cf. Prov 30:1 ‘said the man’). v. 1 ‘Said Yahweh’ = Heb. ne’um Yahweh v. 1 ‘Said’ = ‘ne’um’ …
It is said that a new age in the purpose of God began with Jesus Christ. This age has been called various things, for instance, “The Christian Dispensation”. People have identified various starting points for this new age including, …
And when the vultures (/LXX) came down on the carcasses (/LXX), Abram drove them away. Gen 15:11 (NKJV).
Then they asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse () is, there the vultures (.) will gather”. Luke …
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It is well known that Christadelphian books cannot be bought in Christian bookshops or in mainstream bookshops. In the 1980s, a Christadelphian imprint, Aletheia Books, tried to break into this market in the UK, but success was limited to only …