God Manifestation
The Father of all glory, who proclaimed that glory through angels, prophets, patriarchs and the ancient saints, manifested the might of his glory in the son of his love. If we regard the son as a man with a divine …
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The Christadelphian Shield, Vol 65
Visiting Israel and Beyond
Photographic illustrations help to tell the story, a principle which in the educational field is widely used and known as “visual aid”; the advantage being in the more accurate and permanent impression left on the mind than an imaginary scene …
What Did John See – Understanding the Book of Revelation
The idea of this essay is to provide a basis for a clearer understanding of the Book of Revelation, a structure on which it is hoped that the student will by his study continue to build.
It will be admitted …
Influence – Be Ye Imitators of Christ
The life of Christ was an ever-widening shoreless influence, an influence that played a tremendous part in moulding the character of his immediate followers, and will have a vital effect upon our life today. Even His very presence meant power …
Humble Gifts – The Widow’s Mites and Mary’s Perfume
Jesus watched the people approaching the treasury-boxes to cast in their offerings. He saw lordly men make their ostentatious gifts, and rich men give of their superfluity; He noticed others who came quietly past and gave cheerfully with an obvious …
An Appointed Time for God’s Plan and Purpose
Eighty years have elapsed since Dr John Thomas ceased his expositions of prophecy, and the intervening years have witnessed greater changes to the face of the world than the preceding four hundred years since the epochal fall of Constantinople to …
Practise Forgiveness
The word “handwriting” is used once only in the A.V.: in Col. 2. 14. It is an extremely interesting word, behind which is a wealth of matter. .It literally means a holograph, a dictionary meaning of which is “any document, …
Always Giving Glory to God
An illustration of how effective simple words can be was given by a visiting speaker at a recent New Year’s Eve meeting. On these occasions, as arranged by many ecclesias, the theme is, “Thanksgiving and Praise”, a fitting way for …
The Parables of Balaam
This month I would like to discuss chapters 23-25 of the book of Numbers. Here we meet with one of the most enigmatical characters of the Old Testament: Balaam. It is evident that he was a prophet whose fame extended …
Choosing Our Words Wisely
Perhaps it is no over statement to declare that almost half our waking hours are spent in speaking. In the light of this fact there can surely be no truer saying than the words, “Thy speech betrayeth thee”. Whether it …
Ras Shamra – A Discovered Site Linked to the Sinai Region
In 1928 a peasant in North Syria, when ploughing near the sea, found a long underground passage. Investigation showed that the passage led to a sepulchral vault. Syria was then under a French mandate, and when the find was reported …
The Phrase ‘Fear and Trembling” in Paul’s Letters
Before leaving the phrase “fear and trembling” (Phil. 2. 12), the word trembling is worthy of some thought. The combination is exclusive to Paul’s letters and appears firstly in 1 Cor. 2. 3, where Paul describes himself being with the …
The Branch of The Lord in the Gospels and the Epistles
In our readings from mid March to mid-April we again have parts of two gospels with doctrinal epistles “sandwiched” between. Reverting to the thought of the intent, between the narratives of Luke and John. “Church Fathers” as early as the …
Joab’s Loyalty to David
We have heard Christadelphian speak and denounce Joab in the most scathing terms. He has been described as “an unmitigated villain”, “an unprincipled man”, “an utterly selfish and unscrupulous person” and so on.
My own reading of the Old Testament …
The Well Of Living Water
During his sojourn in the land of Canaan, Abraham sent his servant to his kindred in Mesopotamia, from whom to select a wife for his son Isaac. On coming to his journey’s end, he sat on a well in the …
Understanding the Lord’s Prayer
The servants of God in every age have found it necessary to be in a constant state of awareness of their utter dependence upon Him. This is the true position in which we stand before the Father. He requires our …
Dealing with Loneliness
When the visiting speaker said, “No one amongst us need be lonely”, and went on to show why, we quickly realised that the thought reflected his recent experiences while touring through the great wide open spaces of our Australian inland …
The Early Years of Jesus Christ
“There is a fascination about Jesus Christ that we find in no other person who has ever lived. When he walked the earth men were awed by his presence, were drawn to him by an His indescribable power. He was …
The meaning of “Phobos” in the Bible
Depending upon, the context in which it is used, the word “phobos”,translated fear, can have a good or bad sense. The word itself is quite neutral, and, rather like the chameleon which changes its colour to suit the surroundings, it …
And the Door was Shut – The Parable of the Ten Virgins
Of all the sayings of Jesus, perhaps none could have greater finality than these words. They were spoken in relation to the exclusion of the five foolish virgins from the marriage supper.
The parable of the ten virgins is the …
Jesus Tells His Disciples to “Stay Awake And Watch”
The hour of crucifixion had almost come. Jesus had presided at the first memorial supper and had told the astonished disciples that one of them would betray him. It was with heavy hearts that they joined Jesus in singing a …
Sowing The Seed
The preaching of the gospel is often likened to the sower scattering his seed in the field. Much of it is wasted as it falls upon stony ground, among thorns, or in shallow earth where it fails to take root. …
The Weizmann College for Jewish Children
To the child from the bazaars of India or the kasbah of Algiers the desert must be a strange forbidding place. To the cave-child from the pit-dwellings of Libya planting a tree must seem a mystic ritual.
But here they …
Paul’s Letter to the Romans
Suppose that we could fully instruct twenty intelligent people concerning God and His purpose without letting them know of the Bible, and then ask each of them to write down his or her idea of how God would be likely …
The Temple for God – David and Christ
The subject of Temples figures prominently in the scriptures.
In 1 Chronicles 29. 2-14, we read of David’s own private contribution to the Temple: “I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for …
The Contributions of the Jews
Newspaper Editors are not usually inclined towards giving tributes to the Jews, hence our interest in a recent paragraph from the Adelaide “News”.
Entitled “Our Gain”, and opening with reference to the Jewish New Year 5722, we read:
“Australians owe …
Mission work in South-East Asian Countries
Representatives of the Australian Christadelphian Bible Mission met with an enthusiastic reception in Adelaide on 4th December when they presented a report of Mission activities. Bro. R. Hermann had recently returned from a five months’ campaign in the Philippines, Borneo, …
Witnessing For Christ – Preaching and Teaching
It is written of the Lord Jesus Christ that he did all things well”. The saying is discriminating; the emphasis is on “all things” and “well”, which affords ample scope for reflection. In this, as in all else, he is …
Business Sessions at The 1962 Brisbane Conference
Four main business meetings covering a wide range of ecclesial activity were held during the Conference. A notable feature was the Christlike spirit in which different points of view were discussed. There was general acceptance of the principle that, except …
The Great Doctrinal Conflict (Part 1) – Gentile vs Hebrew
This article is intended to show firstly, that before the end of the first century the church then was holding the same doctrines as we find in the church of Rome today (and also in the protestant churches) and that …