The 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.
Some Years Ago I was about to close my teenage Sunday school class on Genesis with a prayer when one student said, “Is there time for one quick question? “Yes,” I replied. “Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?” After …
Reading The Scriptures on a daily basis is a commitment many in our community try to maintain. However, this positive routine can so easily become an empty ritual, producing a subconscious feeling that, whether we continue or not, it does …
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There Is A Delightful Story about Abraham Lincoln that took place long before he became the president of the United States.
The story goes: as the young Lincoln was on a visit to New Orleans, he passed a slave market. …
Surprisingly, recent hints of peace in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have not come from the United Nations, nor the embattled Israeli people, instead the peace suggestions have emanated from the least likely source, the military group Hamas – the arch enemy …
I Would Like To Share With You some thoughts about a “Help Wanted” ad. It has appeared regularly in a well-known book for a very long time in practically every country of the world. Men and women, married or single, …
In His Second Speech To Job, God says “I made behemoth when I made you” (Job 40:15 paraphrased). Behemoth, as we have noted, represents the mighty beast of human rebellion. Asaph echoes this, “When my heart was grieved and my …
Picture This: On July 8, 1973, Margaret Drummond will become the 55th member of the Old Hope/Broughton Christadelphian ecclesia.
The place is called Little Bay where this event is about to occur. Miss Margaret Drummond stands anxiously as she awaits …
My Very First Encounter with Sis. Mary Eyre was at a Bible Crusade that was launched in the summer of 1956. She, along with her husband Dr. Alan Eyre, had recently been in the island for the first time and …
This Final Article On The Problem Of Evil has three sections: a short list of some of the usual shortcomings found in treatments of this subject, a brief look at biblical first principles1 relevant to the problem, and a concluding …
The end of our previous study, we dwelt upon the to have a clear vision of the Lord Jesus, of his teaching and his haracter. As the Lord continues his teaching to the eleven, the Lord speaks of “that day” …
He Last Chapter Left Unfinished a discussion of four additional concepts for comprehending Genesis 1: they were the fiat hypothesis, the revelation model, the drama premise, and the relativity supposition. All four of these models have in common the belief …
Every Good Story has a villain. The New Testament has many, but the leaders of the pack must surely be the Pharisees. Unfortunately, these people were no mere figments of the imagination; they were flesh and blood.
With This Issue, we begin Volume 68 of the Tidings. As will be noted from the advert on the opposite page, we begin our 18th year serving as editor. We feel it is now time to turn over the responsibilities …
There is an interesting quiz going around that asks questions that seem to have obvious answers. How long did the Hundred Years War last? Which country makes Panama hats? In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? What is …
From last month’s article, we recall that Shechem’s history helps us to understand some of the reasons why God chose to gather his children there in Joshua 24.
Shechem was the first place Abram visited upon entering the land of …
In The Past 15 Years, the Muslim community in France has grown from 1% of the whole to 10% of the total population of France. With higher than average birth rates and increased immigration, the Muslim population not only within …
The Israelite people passed through the Red Sea on a dry path prepared especially for them by the Lord. They ate manna in the wilderness provided by God. They went onward to Mt. Sinai where they …
After Days Of Intense and agonized discussion between Job and his companions, God finally speaks. More than 3,000 years later His first speech still inspires awe. “Where were you, Job?” God asks, “when I laid the foundation of the earth?” …
This Month We Will Advance the overall argument into new territory. Having used the last two articles to approach the subject from the “amount of evil” perspective, we will now look at arguments that address evil as an entity, where …
Having Called On The Apostles to preserve their faith in him (John 14:11), the Lord then proceeds to make a statement full of promise: “Verily verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do …
Perhaps Nothing Generates a more controversial and less spiritually edifying atmosphere than debating how and when the events depicted in the first chapter of Genesis took place. If we could bottle the emotional energy expended in such discussions, we would …
Every So Often your mind starts to wander and you think…everyday that goes by I get closer to the time when the breath of life is going to leave my mortal body. Tomorrow I will be one day closer to …
This Is A Service Of Joy. A celebration of the life of Mary Eyre. It’s a joyous celebration of a life well-lived because of the legacy Mary has left us. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, servant of the Lord …
You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big, bold, righteous, and eternal, says Barry Munro, Barry Munro is correct when he tells us that our purpose in life determines our …
Because of the common threat of terrorism, Russia and Israel have been thrown together in a most unexpected alliance.
The September 3, 2004, terror attack on an elementary school in the Beslan region of Russia has been compared …
One Sunday at my ecclesia a brother was reading one of the Bible portions. Part way through he stopped, turned towards the presiding brother and said quietly, “I can’t read any more,” and sat down for the rest of the …
This is a Tribute to Bro. Anderson Daniel whom I knew for a number of years and visited at his home in Marabella, Trinidad. I chose the title of this article for two reasons, one being that, when I visited …
What are we doing with those waking hours the Lord has given us? We cannot answer this question when life is over, that is quite obvious. Now is the time to answer this question. Can we honestly say that we …
The Parable of the sower, recorded three times in the gospels with minor variations was clearly intended by the Lord Jesus to be a key and unforgettable feature of his message.
Like so much of the teaching of Scripture, Jesus …