For what purpose did Stephen, when IF brought before the council, remind his hearers, “Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians?” Was the remark made to no purpose? He later called his hearers “Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in …
The Birmingham Resolution which appeared page 53 (March) is an echo of early days, and has led to some questioning about the motive behind its reprinting, especially the section relating to giving hymn books to visiting strangers and inviting them …
Tension! Almost every newspaper speaks of it ; every other periodical discusses how we might reduce it ; countless advertisements proclaim pills and potions to reduce it, and to restore us to full vigour again.
Despite today’s pre-occupation with tension, …
The writer to the Hebrews sees in Christ the perfect Sacrificial Offering, whose shed blood would represent the Great Atonement for the remission of sins. Not remission for all in the universal sense, but rather for those who enter into …
The history of Hebrew music portrays a development in several stages, commencing with the very earliest days of their nomadic existence, followed by the periods of the occupation of Palestine, the monarchy, the exile, and afterwards the post-exilic period.
When …
If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain”. In these words Paul tells us that, if the resurrection of Christ did not occur, then Christianity is a waste of time, we might …
Within the pages of Holy Writ, from the earliest records of Genesis to the Revelation given to the Apostle John in the isle of Patmos, we have consistently brought to our notice the fitting relationship between music and worship.
Music …
In their reaction against the hell fire and torment preaching of earlier times, the men of this age take an equally fallacious view about the inheritance of God’s gift of immortality. Some take the easy idea that God is very …
Having looked at some of the symbols used in prophecy, it may occur to us to wonder why it is that some prophecies are in plain, literal speech, while others are clothed in symbols. The answer is not …
A Brother recently expressed the arresting thought that perhaps we sometimes retire for the night and forget to say our prayers. Perhaps there is more truth in this than we care to admit. It may have an application to some …
The earth O Lord is one great field Of all thy chosen seed :The crop prepared its fruit to yield The labourers, few indeed.
Such are the opening words of our Hymn 217 ; and how true they are ! …
Before proceeding further, it becomes expedient to resume our recognition of the fact that ,as a specific party in the foretold conflict, the serpent was representative of
that section of humanity which is motivated by the thinking …
One cannot be a Christadelphian for long without realising that within a comparatively small membership there are many and varied activities. Some of these relate to what we can call the domestic side of the life of the church. Others …
Another expression which brethren sometimes misunderstand is “the world”. We are so used to seeing maps of “the world” that we usually assume that “the world” is identical with “the earth”. However as we have already said the …
Nations of antiquity reveal in their diverse religious systems the influence of the Genesis narrative regarding the fall of man. At the same time, they heavily overlaid fact with fiction, grotesquely distorting the truth with absurd superstitions of …
We are not told a great deal about the manner in which the disciples obeyed the instruction of Jesus to go into all the world and preach the Gospel, apart from the general information conveyed indirectly by the literature of …
Friendship with God implies an intimacy of discourse and a unity of spirit. The intimacy of discourse is two-sided : God speaks His will and reveals his feelings through the medium of His Word ; and we speak to Him …
The election of the few out of the many who are called requires that the Household of God should be in a constant state of flux. From every possible quarter, both within the Brotherhood and without, questions arise which vex …
THE Apostle Paul (in Romans 9. 21 to 24) declares, “Hath not the potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour ? What if God, willing to show his …