Minute Meditation – Some Things Never Change
The Following Was Published in The Christadelphian magazine in 1888: It is not what we earn, but what we save, that makes us rich.
It is not what we eat, but what we digest, that makes us strong.
It is …
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The Christadelphian TidingsThe Christadelphian Tidings (1958 – 1998) is published bi-monthly for the Christadelphians of North America and provides news on Christadelphian events in that area, but also provides general articles of Biblical exposition and exhortation.
Communications
Fulfilling prophecy
Dear Bro. Don,
Is it possible for us, in our eagerness to discover signs in current world events that the coming of our Lord is near, to exaggerate the significance of current political events and statements by political …
Gaza Pullout
During August, the Israeli government unilaterally closed all of the Jewish settlements in the Gaza strip. Television and newspaper images were filled with pictures of devout Jews linking arms, chaining themselves and doing whatever they deemed necessary in order to …
The Parable Of The Wicked Vinedressers
In Mark 12:1-9, Jesus tells us about some very wicked vinedressers who not only refused to give the owner of the vineyard its fruit, but killed or beat every servant he sent to them. They even killed his only son. …
Enmity
It Has Long Been Obvious to us that the enmity decreed in Genesis 3:15, between the serpent’s seed and the woman’s seed, immediately manifested itself in the relationship between Cain and Abel. Abel was a man of faith. Cain was …
Knowledge and Arrogance – Part 1
If You’ve Ever Set Out To “go into the world and preach the gospel,” you’ve heard the immediate objections. What about all those other people? Who do Christadelphians think they are? How can God sit by and let so many …
Joseph – An Example To Young People
Today, Let’s Face Ourselves with a mirror in one hand and the Bible in the other and gain a clear understanding of where we have come from and where we want to be in the years to come. Proverbs 29:17 …
Tribulation Will Come
If We Believe that the Christian way is smooth, we make a sad mistake. However close we are to our Lord, however faithful our walk in Christ, however zealous we are for the truth, sooner or later tribulation
comes. It …
Does God Really Exist? The Cosmological Argument (Concluded) – Part 12
We Left Off Last Month with number three on the list of aspects of the cosmological argument: “the limit of temporal regress.”
Why not an infinite temporal regress?
Why do we need to complicate the picture by insisting that …
The Lord’s Prayer – John 17:9-14 – Part 16
Two Times In John 17:9, the Lord makes it clear he is praying for his immediate followers, the faithful eleven. He is not praying for the world, that is human society at large, and reason for this is evident. These …
Lessons From History
There Is A Wealth of exhortation to be found in the second epistle of Peter. It was written as a necessary sequel to the first letter in order: “to make your calling and election sure” (II Peter 1:10 NKJ and …
“Tidings” Matters
We Have Received notices of retirement from the “Tidings” Committee of Bro. Reuben Washington, Echo Lake, New Jersey, and Bro. George Rayner, Toronto, Ontario.
Both brethren have provided very useful service to the magazine and its various activities during the …
Minute Meditation – Who Folds Your Parachute?
There Is An Interesting True Story about a U.S. Navy jet pilot who, after 75 combat missions, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in Vietnam. The pilot ejected and parachuted into enemy hands where he was captured and spent …
The Creation Groans
As We Wait Our Lord’s Return, we are cognizant of Romans 8:22: “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now” (KJV). When we reflect upon the state of the entire creation at this …
Lift Up Your Voice
Sing To The Lord A New Song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The LORD has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He …
Leadership In The Brotherhood
As Paul the aged looked back over thirty years of ecclesial development, and looked forward to expanding fields of evangelism after he had passed on the baton to younger brothers like Timothy and Titus, he wrote what might be called …
Venom
Job’s Friend Zopelar thought he knew all about snakes. But, like many superficial observers of nature, he was quite wrong. He mistook the forked tongue of the viper, a venomous snake, for the poison fangs. The wicked man, he confidently …
Does God Really Exist? The Cosmological Argument – Part 11
The Cosmological Argument is a leading candidate for an idea that can be made too simple. Its essence is: “you can’t get something from nothing.” In this instance, the something under consideration is the entire universe (cosmos); this is the …
The Lord’s Prayer – John 17:1-8 – Part 15
At The Conclusion Of Our Previous Study, we noted that in John 17 there is no interruption1 by the apostles and no pause on our Lord’s part. There can be no difficulty in understanding why: here the Lord is not …
Job’s Confession
If We Have Been striving hard to do the Lord’s work and have taken the blame for something that has gone wrong, it is an experience that can leave a bitter aftertaste. We can find ourselves thinking, “This just isn’t …
Honor Your Father And Mother
We Must Honor Our Father And Our Mother. We must do so when we are young and they are inexperienced. We must do so when we are middle-aged and our parents are old and sometimes cantankerous. We must do so …
Minute Meditation – Total Commitment
Pat Riley, A Famous Basketball Coach, has said, “There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. There’s no such thing in life as ‘in between’.” Of course he is right. There is also no ‘in …
Communications
Abortion is Murder
Dear Bro. Don,
I read with dismay the article on abortion by Sis. Connie Wiede man in the May Tidings. Abortion is a topic that will inevitably produce strong feelings. Everyone is entitled to his or her …
European Disunity
The June 4, 2005, issue of the Economist Magazine comments on recent developments in the European Union: “For those who fancied that they were building a United States of Europe, a combined power with more people and a bigger economy …
Four Characteristics Of A Great Leader (Cont.)
Empower his followers
The third characteristic of a great leader is the ability to empower your followers. Christ’s followers were the disciples, to whom he communicated the vision of the kingdom. It was necessary for Christ to be able …
An Appeal On The Basis Of Love
No One With A Spiritual Mind can read Paul’s letter to Philemon and fail to understand the passion and concern of the apostle for all the brothers and sisters whom he had begotten in the Gospel. His love for those, …
Lamech – The Seed Of The Woman
Our Last Article Looked At the ‘other’ Lamech. His foolish boast of unlimited vengeance upon any who got in his way contrasted with the Lord Jesus Christ, who taught and demonstrated mercy and love that knew no bounds!
The second …
Does God Really Exist? Teleological & Cosmological Arguments (Cont.) – Part 10
Before We Move On to the cosmological argument, I want to first add a few more observations on the teleological argument, but even before I do that, I want to take some time to review the series to date. This …
The Lord Prepares His Disciples – John 16:22-33 – Part 14
We Have Seen how the Lord was well aware of the distress his apostles would suffer when, as they would think, they had lost him. Their world would seem to have collapsed. Hence his words of reassurance: they would see …
Five Smooth Stones
David Armed Himself with five smooth stones for the confrontation with Goliath. Consider the rounded, smooth stones found in a stream; they are continuously washed and eroded by the flowing water. In times of strong current, they are bumped against …