Comments on The New English Bible (1961)
It has been a matter of common knowledge that the Bible has been a “best seller”—even though it is not as well read as its sales would lead one to hope. But the extraordinary demand for the New English New …
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The Christadelphian Shield, Vol 64
Review of “Frontiers of Healing” (1958) by Geoffrey Murray
That there is phenomena in the world beyond the understanding of most people few will deny ; and that there are people who appear to have uncanny powers, most will admit. The Scriptures do not deny the existence of such …
Review of “A Nation Reborn: The Israel of Weizmann, Bevin and Ben Gurion” (1960) by Richard Crossman
Daniel’s, “How long to the end of these wonders ?” has echoed down the years. It is a question that baffles the most able ; and the wise are content to accept the words, “But of that day and hour, …
Review of “What Mean these Stones?” (1941) by Millar Burrows
When in 1927 the announcement was made of Sir Leonard Woolley’s great discoveries at Ur of the Chaldees, it was understood that a great blow had been dealt at scepticism. For so long many had contended that the Bible story …
Review of “Days of Youth” by Jean Pearce
The structure of the ecclesias is changing rapidly under pressure of their natural development. The accent is now more upon youth and its activities than at any time in our short history; and this brings in the need for various …
The Real Peter
There is a tendency to underestimate the contribution made by Peter to the first-century Church. We frequently hear and read much of Peter’s “denial” and too little of the man who was a very pillar in the early Christian Church.
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God Is To Be Praised For His Goodness
The goodness of God cannot be fully comprehended because of the limitations of the finite mind.
Neither thought nor word can encompass the goodness of God. A lifetime of meditation would not exhaust the avenues of thought on this matter. …
Pure Religion
Religion is regarded by the great majority of adherents of the various churches in our midst as having relation to the life and mission of Jesus of Nazareth and is termed Christianity.
The New Testament is held to be the …
A Review of The Minor Prophets
This month we conclude the reading of the minor prophets, and this interesting group will provide ample matter to ponder over. The last twelve books of the Old Testament are “minor” only in the sense of being shorter than the …
Why Do We Love God?
Without pausing to reflect, one might think, what an easy question to answer! But a little reflection soon makes apparent its complexities. It can be likened to a precious stone, cut with many facets, each giving a reflection different from …
Paul Addressing The Foreknowledge of God
The word foreknowledge is used seven times in various forms in the New Testament. It is applied to man in two instances, and to God in the remainder: and the significance of its application to God is illustrated by the …
Jesus’ Identity to His Disciples and The Pharisees
The context is illuminating When the Lord asked questions, it was not for the purpose of obtaining information for his own use, but to educate his audience in some aspect of truth not fully comprehended by them. An excellent example …
Preaching Efforts in Zomba, Africa
Jesus said, “Go ye into the highways and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled”. A casual reading of this verse may cause us to wonder why Jesus used the word “compel”, for we know it …
Paul urges us to Possess the Virtue of Sincerity
Sincerity is much admired and an altogether lovely virtue, the extent of which is more clearly appreciated by the meaning behind the word “eilikrineia’ and its adjective krines”. The derivation of these words in Greek is not certain but two …
The Gospel of Peace that comes with the Knowledge of God
At some time or another we have all experienced the deep sense of peace prevailing while contemplating something sublime. We have, perhaps, observed the the first flush of dawn steal over the slumbering hills, in the manner poetically expressed by …
Isaiah’s Parable of God’s Vineyard and Jesus as the True Vine
Try to imagine the gospels minus the parables, and in so doing, fifty percent. of the weight of argument is lost. Consider Jesus using the parable in the offensive. He is surrounded by a group of followers, mostly the uneducated …
Understanding the Bible using the N.E.B and R.S.V Versions
The New English Bible, like other modern translations, can be helpful if used with discretion. The translators have sought to express clearly in modern English the ideas that they think the original writers wished to express in Greek. In a …
Solomon’s Temple, Herod’s Temple and Ezekiel’s Temple
We Christadelphians claim to have a fuller acquaintance with the Scriptures than any other body of people, as well as a better understanding of their meaning. For this acquaintance the main credit must be given to our system of daily …
Reconciliation with God and Christ
The translators of the A.V. here make it seem as if Paul is contradicting himself. This anomaly is corrected in the R.S.V. by using the word load in verse 5, but in both verses neither translation adequately expresses the meaning …
The Battle of Armageddon
Part IX
The old testament prophecies make frequent reference to the day when Yahweh will rise up and take vengeance upon those who are beseiging Jerusalem and we are used to connecting these references with the Battle of Armageddon. It …
The Kingdom of God is Near
The tensions of the world are mounting steadily. Every week brings some fresh outburst of passion which adds to the problems already waiting to be solved. There is a wide swathe of unrest all round the world from the central …
Paul’s Epistle to Philemon
One of the traits most to be admired in the life of a brother or sister of Jesus is strength of character. Many of us will have known those whose display of Christian virtue has won our deep admiration and …
Head Knowledge – Heart Knowledge
As we know, there is much knowledge in the world and with it comes the realisation that there is still a considerable amount that can be acquired and much also that will never be known in this life. All such …
Reading the O.T with Jesus
The Bible was projected before the public recently because of the appearance of the New English Bible. In that translation we feel benefited by the clarity that has been brought to some of Paul’s epistles, but deplore the frequent colloquialisms, …
God’s Word and the Spirit of Eternity
Since Adam men have in the main sought only for present power and wealth. They have gathered all that the good earth produces to fill their barns against tomorrow, should it bring scarcity, or in the effort to create a …
God’s Relationship With the Faithful
These sombre words were written by the late H. G. Wells, one of the great thinkers and writers of our times in his book “Mind at the End of Its Tether”. He also goes on to write: “A series of …
Symbol of the Frog Like Spirits in Revelation
Part VIII
We concluded last month with the death of the two witnesses at the hands of the beast which rose out of the bottomless pit—or as Dr. Thomas and the New English Bible put it—”out of the abyss”. Dr. …
Meeting together
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrews 10. 25
This simple phrase forms a significant part of a …
Understanding the Book of Revelation
Part VII
In order to properly understand the book of the Revelation we really need a diagram, like the one accompanying this article. For this we need a sheet of paper about Foolscap size. Starting about one and a half …
“Letters to the Seven Churches” by William Barclay
To speak of the Bible as ”the living word” is not to use an empty phrase. Its authors, separated from each other by long spans of time, impregnated their messages with a timeless urgency. And whilst there was an immediate …