“Sinners Shall Be Converted To You”
We Have A Hope. Wherever we go, the sad and degrading times of this life do not affect us. We can look through all of our trials — the times when friends abandon us, the times when our car breaks …
Archives
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.
The Time It Worked: The Jerusalem Conference
Christianity Starts With A Revolution in Judaism that grows and develops into its own religion, spreading all over the Roman world, and bringing in Gentiles. That’s the pivotal part. Once Gentiles are allowed in, Christianity becomes a religion that can …
Lessons From Psalm 23
The Lord Is My Shepherd! Not a shepherd or our shepherd; he is my shepherd. Remember – the Lord is your shepherd. You then, are a sheep. The shepherd is in charge of the sheep.
In John 10:11, Jesus is …
Tenderly, Tenderly
Are You A Water Coconut or an avocado pear? A water coconut has a rather hard exterior. Chop off the top with a cutlass and inside is soft tasty meat and delicious nutritious water. The outside of an avocado is …
A Plague In The House
Each Of The Four Gospel Records describes an occasion when Jesus went into the temple in Jerusalem and “drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of …
Is There Really A God? – Part 9
In April 1961, The Soviet Union achieved a great Cold War coup by sending a man into orbit and returning him alive. The cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, became the first human in outer space. On his lap around Earth he reported, …
Opposition To The Father – Part 11
The Lord Follows Up his declaration that his followers will be subjected to persecution by revealing the root cause of this hostility: “Because they know not him that sent me” (John 15:21). We also note the antagonism is due to …
Upon The Mountains Of Ararat – Part 21
If The Deluge In Noah’s Day was just a local flood compassing only the Tigris/Euphrates river valleys, how then did Noah’s ark end up in the mountains of Ararat far north of the Persian Gulf outlets of these two waterways? …
Answering The Call
In Spite Of The Advent Of Computers, the telephone seems to have become a necessity in the world of today that people cannot do without. Nevertheless, at times it is a nuisance and an intrusion, especially during a family meal …
Watch Syria
We Know We Are Living in the time of the end. Israel is restored as a nation; half of world Jewry has returned to the land; Jerusalem is controlled by Israel; the times of the Gentiles are at an end. …
Minute Meditation – The Hand
Solomon Tells Us, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” We usually take our hands for granted until we injure one, and then it gets our full attention until the pain subsides.
Where would we be …
Communications
Conservative, Liberal
Dear Bro. Don, There seems to be a lot of discussion these days about whether it’s best to be ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’. We recently read an editorial in the Tidings on that very topic. But it seems …
A Glimmer Of Hope For Peace
Since The Reestablishment of the nation of Israel in 1948, it has been in a constant state of conflict. The six-day war, the Yom Kippur war, and the attacks on Entebbe are just a small sampling of the types of …
Mark How You Mark!
When I Was First Courting Sis. Barbara McIver (now Booker) in Toronto, Ontario, some years ago, I made the mistake of letting her father, a gruff old Scotsman, see my well-marked Bible. At least he seemed gruff and old to …
Ezekiel 38-39 Explored
These Two Chapters Are The Subject of much speculation. Because they do not appear to fit into any historical context, it is generally assumed that they relate only to a yet future epic battle against Israel, and that Gog is …
The Fairness Of God (2) – Part 8
The Previous installment we began a discussion of the fairness of God by admitting straight up that God is not fair, nor is the world in which we live. If we accept the common understanding of fairness, a combination of …
A Love Which Begets Obedience – Part 10
As we Resume our story of John 15, and come to verse 9, it can be no occasion for surprise that the theme of love recurs. As we have already noted, it is the unifying theme of this section of …
Noah And The Deluge – Part 20
The Story Of Noah and the flood is probably one of the most well-known sagas in the Bible. Many great works of art, books, movies, TV specials and children’s toys celebrate the event. There was a time in the heyday …
The Passion Of Christ
There Has Been animated discussion in the brotherhood over the movie “The Passion of the Christ.” Some are adamantly opposed, feeling that it was a money making project cashing in on the events of the last days of our Savior. …
Man Without Excuse – God Beyond Reproof
Scripture Is Clear that Jesus Christ is the only name under heaven whereby people can be saved, yet there are many who never hear the gospel message. In fact, hundreds of millions of people in India and China have died …
Minute Meditation – The Windows Of The Heart
Many Years Ago the lyrics of a popular song contained the words, “If my heart had windows, you would see a heart full of love just for you.” It is interesting to think about what it would be like if …
The Mighty Hand Of God
A lot has been written since the December, 2004, tsunami struck in the region of the Indian Ocean. Some have written that the tsunami is a sign of God’s judgment on the people of the land. Others have pointed out …
A Life-Changing Experience
It Is Not Often that we can look back and see that a moment or event in time has changed our lives. Memories often fade, but a select few live with us forever. Moments of personal salience breathe on within …
Lamech – The “Seed Of The Serpent”
There Are Two Lamechs mentioned in Genesis — one good and one bad. This article looks at the first one — the bad one — the “Seed of the Serpent.” It is interesting that throughout history there have always been …
Controversies And Divisions
You May Hate History. You can’t see it, rarely touch it, and it often seems to have nothing to do with your life. Who cares who won the ’48 World Series or crossed the Rubicon? It’s hard enough to read …
When No One Will Ever Feel Lonely Again
The Record In Genesis 2:18 states that when the first man Adam was created, God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
The best friend we can have …
Elroy’s Eyes Of Love
One Of The Names of God in the Hebrew Bible is Elroy. It means God of vision, the God who sees. The one who bestowed that name on God in antiquity must have thought deeply and seriously about it. But …
A Tribute To Mom
Well, Once More A Light has faded out of our ecclesia in Jamaica — Sis. Mary Eyre, better known as Mom by young and old. She was kind, loving and communicative. She was everything that was good. She would always …
The Fairness Of God – Part 7
Q. Is God fair?
A. No.
That’s the simple answer. Now that I’ve got your attention, on to the details!
Relation to the problem of evil
First, a few words about this topic relative to our previous one, the problem …
The Parable Of The Vine – Part 9
The Words Of The Lord Jesus at the end of John 14 must surely point to a change of scene: “Arise, let us go hence.”
Walking through Jerusalem
‘The next indication of place is at the beginning of chapter 18, …