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.
In what is known as his Olivet prophecy, Jesus said that one of the signs of his second coming would be “distress of nations with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring.” The phrase “the sea and the waves roaring” …
The basketball season has just drawn to a close and the Los Angeles Lakers are the NBA champions after defeating the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers in a high spirited series. Both teams had their super stars who played true championship basketball. Quite …
Also among those who sent greetings to the Roman church was Erastus, “the chamberlain (treasurer) of the city.” This statement naturally raises the question “Of what city?” Erastus is mentioned on two other occasions in addition to the references in …
“Without shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.” The doctrine of atonement involved in this scriptural principle is one of the most important and in some respects one of the most difficult of all the primary truths connected …
Isaiah 61:3: “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, …
Whenever we go to the waiting room of a doctor’s office or a shopping mall, our little daughter, Jerusha likes to say “hi” to everyone and very often the people will strike up a conversation with her in baby talk …
For 35 years Josip Broz Tito ruled the nation of Yugoslavia with an iron hand. His strong personal leadership has held together a host of competing ethnic groups, each with its own aspirations for economic and cultural development. Tito’s death …
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he doesn’t make the biggest mistake of all– doing nothing.”
One sees this demonstrated every day in the business world. We know a man who would fit …
The main thing God wants from us is a proper attitude. One of the most important attitudes we can have is forgiveness, for Jesus has more parables on forgiveness than on any other attitude. For this reason we should look …
When the Apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Romans he had not been to Rome. When, however, he wrote the Epistle to the Galatians, most probably in AD 57, he had already visited Galatia twice (Acts 16:6.18:23). These facts …
The air raid siren had already sent out its warning that the enemy planes were approaching but father and son, as on previous occasions, were on their way to the Bible class. Tonight was different. The planes were dropping bombs …
“And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth” (John 9:1). The man had not been blinded by accident or disease or the hand of another man. He was blind from his beginnings, by …
The helplessness felt by the people of the United States when faced by such events as the Iranian embassy attack, the Soviet invasion of Afganistan, Soviet troops in Cuba, and now the taking of hostages in Bogata, Columbia has caused …
There is an old song that says into each life some rain must fall but too much is falling into mine.” It is raining now and has been for days; the flu and a relapse have put our mood and …
If we are to preach effectively it is bound to cost us something. It will cost us time and energy, both in preparation and in actual preaching. And it will cost us money.
An ecclesia considers …
In these days of greed, violence and distress, it is for people who do try to live up to decent moral standards to feel exasperated, bitter and vexed with those who don’t. When people whom we know and love are …
The purpose of Yahweh may be summarized in the Hebrew titles of the first five books of the Bible. It is not generally known that the titles in our English Bible are based upon the Greek Septuagint; …
He was an energetic man in his 67th year, moving with quick, cat-like steps around his trailer-home as he showed me photographs of his children and grandchildren in which I had shown an interest. His full head of shoulder-length hair …
Having just returned from a gathering where a poll was taken to see how many present do the daily readings, we were horrified to learn that only 10 percent of the brethren present regularly do the daily readings. Christadelphians are …
Each of us would like to have the ability to predict future events. Many make a good living by predicting the weather, economical trends or political events. Most important to us as individuals, however, is a knowledge of what will …
Four days before the close of 1979, President Hafizullah Amin of Afghanistan was murdered by Soviet backed revolutionary forces in the third coup to overthrow the Afghan government in 20 months
Hafizullah Amin had been the leader of a Communist …
Winter is on the way. Summer is on the way. Both statements are correct. It all depends whether or not one lives above or below the equator. There is one thing we do know for God has declared that “while …
When the apostle Paul wrote what is our first epistle to the Corinthians, he was concerned about the state of the Ecclesia. There were factions—a Paul party, an Apollos party, a Peter party — and even a Christ party; there …
In 1 Corinthians 12 Paul speaks of spiritual gifts — that is, the gifts of the Holy Spirit bestowed on some in the first-century ecclesias. These gifts were given with one goal in mind, and no other: the edification of …
Generally when a true student of the Bible is asked if he feels that the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is near, and why, he would immediately point to the fulfillment of the prophetic Word in its bearing on …
The water pump in our little travel trailer sometimes loses its prime. When this happens the motor will run and run but there is still no water. To get water again it is necessary to prime the pump. Once primed, …
Although this contribution appears under the heading of the series, it is rather an introduction to 1 Corinthians, which is itself, as we hope to show, a fruitful contributor to the series. In fact, it is based upon what is …
A man on a journey on foot mounted a hill. From its crest he could see his destination glinting distantly in the sunlight, a city set on a hill. In between he could survey the country he had to go …
God has given us the spirit of a ‘sound mind’ (2 Tim. 1:7). This phrase, ‘being of sound mind’ is used in making out a will to indicate that we know what we are doing when we make provisions for …
God had a surprise ready for Peter in the house of Cornelius.
He had prepared the apostle for the conversion of this man by a carefully designed vision at Simon the tanner’s house in Joppa. Peter learned through the age-old …