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.
This Past Year, through discussions and debates at university, I have been made very aware of how difficult it is to convince others of concepts that I have always taken for granted. It has been strange for me to realize …
How Many Times Have We Heard It Said, or even uttered these words ourselves, during a funeral or someone’s catastrophic illness, “I’m there for you. Just let me know what I can do?” We all struggle to find words of …
How Did The Universe FORM in the first place and what existed before there ever was a universe? While we may feel that the answers to these questions shouldn’t concern us, I have found that giving some thought to these …
The Persian Legal System was a marvellous affair. Like a well-oiled machine ready to spring effortlessly into life, it stood, in all its enormous power, waiting to be deployed at the command of the king. He, in turn, stood waiting …
Literal Marriage And Family Life are one means by which God conveys the spiritual truths of our relationship with Him, through Christ. The literal is the pattern of the spiritual. But the spiritual comes first! We may tend to think, …
In Obedience to the will of our Lord, we have met together this morning to focus on the emblems before us in remembrance of his death and resurrection. Participating in this simple ritual is a uniting force that can serve …
In 1883, Bro. Robert Roberts Wrote “A Guide to the formation and conduct of Christadelphian ecclesias.” Today we refer to it as The Ecclesial Guide and use it as a source of very helpful and scripturally-based advice on many aspects …
Marcus Aurelius Is Quoted as having said, “If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” Good advice, but how often is it not followed when it involves personal information about …
Dear Bro. Don,
Several have expressed some interest in a written history of our Christadelphian activities in the area of conscientious objection, and I am considering writing such an account. I am therefore appealing to any who might …
We Observe Two New Features in our Brotherhood which are closely related. One of these we believe to be a cause for rejoicing and great thankfulness. The other we deplore as not being in keeping with our best Bible—based traditions, …
In June, 2003, the Province of Ontario’s highest court ruled that two people of the same sex can be legally married in the province. The decision deemed Canadian law on traditional marriage unconstitutional and was effective immediately. “The existing common-law …
David Noel Freedman, a 79-year-old Bible scholar of small stature and raspy voice, teaches at University of California, San Diego. He is very esteemed, and Chief Editor of the Anchor Bible Dictionary and Commentary series. I’ve sat in on a …
I Will Preface My Comments by making clear I am by no means suggesting that we refrain from praying to God and commit our prayers to the Lord Jesus like the “churches” do, for Jesus himself says “pray then like …
On June 14, 2003, at his home in Richmond, Virginia, Bro. Gary Burns fell asleep in the Lord after a year-and-a-half battle with leukemia. To say that Gary lost his battle with leukemia would give undue emphasis to physical matters. …
Beloved brothers and sisters,
Loving greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
You’re thinking, “the title to this letter sounds a little presumptuous,” so let me rephrase it: I know the why of my suffering.
I could never …
Is it possible to get something from nothing? The Bible certainly appears to teach exactly that principle. “God said…” and it was done. The prophet Isaiah quotes the Lord as saying: I have made the earth, and created man upon …
Haman Must Rank as the anti-semite par excellence of the scriptures, and in his fated attempt to exterminate the Jews, he conceives some of the very horrors that Hitler would later fulfill. What does he have against the Jews, and …
The Stories Of The Family Of Abraham are very important to us for several reasons:
they tell the history of the fathers and mothers of Israel, to whom Almighty God made great and precious promises. These promises belong to us …
One Of The Blessings of living in North America is the universality of the education system whereby everyone has the opportunity to learn. To become wise in the things accounted important by the society of today is to be revered. …
Here is the issue. It is not about fine-tuning documents; it is not about ecclesial politics; it is about an attitude of the heart — the spirit of reconciliation. Four years ago, members of the Norfolk, Virginia, Ecclesia put their …
We’ve All Heard The Saying about being up a creek without a paddle. It refers to being caught in a predicament with no resources with which to extricate ourselves. But even with a paddle, the paddle has to be used, …
Faced With Some Cruel behaviour recently, rather than brood over hurt feelings, I decided instead to study the biblical concept of mercy. I checked my big three-volume Bible encyclopedia. The article begins by discussing “etymological origins.” It tells me that …
Retaliating for a terrorist bombing, Israeli rockets targeted a jeep transporting Dr. Abdel Rantisi. A pediatrician by trade and a strident leader of the radical Hamas organization, Rantisi threatened, “We will continue with our holy war and resistance …
At Times It Can Be Difficult to see the practical implications of some parts of scripture. There should be no difficulty, however, in finding the practical and everyday implications of God’s command to honor our father and mother. It is …
When reading Through the latter portion of I Corinthians, it is hard not to come away with questions about Paul’s discussion of tongues.
Why did he spend so much time on this issue? Not only …
This Article Is A Personal Account by Bro. Gary Burns, a former member of the Unamended Community. The comments concern the material in “Legalism vs. Faith” by Bro. David Levin, also a former member of the Unamended Community. Bro. Gary …
In The Beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Gen. 1:1). Let us begin at the beginning.
It seems like a sensible place to start, but it is not immediately obvious that there had to be a beginning to …
Letting People do what they want is potentially a very dangerous thing, as various parts of the Bible make plain. The book of Judges stresses the demise of Israel when everyone ‘did that which was right in their own eyes’ …
For all Of Us, there is the need to wash up. The world is a dirty place, and we are thoroughly wrapped up in it — we are a part of it, and it is no less a part of …
It Is A Facet of this 1 dispensation that we all have problems in our lives, some more, some less. These are manifested in different ways: difficulties, pains and sorrows. In the aggregate they are known as afflictions. When things …