The Australian Christadelphian Shield was originally founded in 1893 and became associated with a grouping of Australian ecclesias known as the Shield Fellowship. After the reunion efforts in 1956 it continued to be published by the Adelaide ecclesia until the early 2000s.
This month we conclude the reading of the minor prophets, and this interesting group will provide ample matter to ponder over. The last twelve books of the Old Testament are “minor” only in the sense of being shorter than the …
Without pausing to reflect, one might think, what an easy question to answer! But a little reflection soon makes apparent its complexities. It can be likened to a precious stone, cut with many facets, each giving a reflection different from …
The word foreknowledge is used seven times in various forms in the New Testament. It is applied to man in two instances, and to God in the remainder: and the significance of its application to God is illustrated by the …
The context is illuminating When the Lord asked questions, it was not for the purpose of obtaining information for his own use, but to educate his audience in some aspect of truth not fully comprehended by them. An excellent example …
Jesus said, “Go ye into the highways and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled”. A casual reading of this verse may cause us to wonder why Jesus used the word “compel”, for we know it …
Sincerity is much admired and an altogether lovely virtue, the extent of which is more clearly appreciated by the meaning behind the word “eilikrineia’ and its adjective krines”. The derivation of these words in Greek is not certain but two …
At some time or another we have all experienced the deep sense of peace prevailing while contemplating something sublime. We have, perhaps, observed the the first flush of dawn steal over the slumbering hills, in the manner poetically expressed by …
Try to imagine the gospels minus the parables, and in so doing, fifty percent. of the weight of argument is lost. Consider Jesus using the parable in the offensive. He is surrounded by a group of followers, mostly the uneducated …
The New English Bible, like other modern translations, can be helpful if used with discretion. The translators have sought to express clearly in modern English the ideas that they think the original writers wished to express in Greek. In a …
We Christadelphians claim to have a fuller acquaintance with the Scriptures than any other body of people, as well as a better understanding of their meaning. For this acquaintance the main credit must be given to our system of daily …
The translators of the A.V. here make it seem as if Paul is contradicting himself. This anomaly is corrected in the R.S.V. by using the word load in verse 5, but in both verses neither translation adequately expresses the meaning …
The old testament prophecies make frequent reference to the day when Yahweh will rise up and take vengeance upon those who are beseiging Jerusalem and we are used to connecting these references with the Battle of Armageddon. It …
The tensions of the world are mounting steadily. Every week brings some fresh outburst of passion which adds to the problems already waiting to be solved. There is a wide swathe of unrest all round the world from the central …
One of the traits most to be admired in the life of a brother or sister of Jesus is strength of character. Many of us will have known those whose display of Christian virtue has won our deep admiration and …
As we know, there is much knowledge in the world and with it comes the realisation that there is still a considerable amount that can be acquired and much also that will never be known in this life. All such …
The Bible was projected before the public recently because of the appearance of the New English Bible. In that translation we feel benefited by the clarity that has been brought to some of Paul’s epistles, but deplore the frequent colloquialisms, …
Since Adam men have in the main sought only for present power and wealth. They have gathered all that the good earth produces to fill their barns against tomorrow, should it bring scarcity, or in the effort to create a …
These sombre words were written by the late H. G. Wells, one of the great thinkers and writers of our times in his book “Mind at the End of Its Tether”. He also goes on to write: “A series of …
We concluded last month with the death of the two witnesses at the hands of the beast which rose out of the bottomless pit—or as Dr. Thomas and the New English Bible put it—”out of the abyss”. Dr. …
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrews 10. 25
This simple phrase forms a significant part of a …
In order to properly understand the book of the Revelation we really need a diagram, like the one accompanying this article. For this we need a sheet of paper about Foolscap size. Starting about one and a half …
To speak of the Bible as ”the living word” is not to use an empty phrase. Its authors, separated from each other by long spans of time, impregnated their messages with a timeless urgency. And whilst there was an immediate …
For what purpose did Stephen, when IF brought before the council, remind his hearers, “Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians?” Was the remark made to no purpose? He later called his hearers “Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in …
The Birmingham Resolution which appeared page 53 (March) is an echo of early days, and has led to some questioning about the motive behind its reprinting, especially the section relating to giving hymn books to visiting strangers and inviting them …
Tension! Almost every newspaper speaks of it ; every other periodical discusses how we might reduce it ; countless advertisements proclaim pills and potions to reduce it, and to restore us to full vigour again.
Despite today’s pre-occupation with tension, …
The writer to the Hebrews sees in Christ the perfect Sacrificial Offering, whose shed blood would represent the Great Atonement for the remission of sins. Not remission for all in the universal sense, but rather for those who enter into …
The history of Hebrew music portrays a development in several stages, commencing with the very earliest days of their nomadic existence, followed by the periods of the occupation of Palestine, the monarchy, the exile, and afterwards the post-exilic period.
When …
If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain”. In these words Paul tells us that, if the resurrection of Christ did not occur, then Christianity is a waste of time, we might …
Within the pages of Holy Writ, from the earliest records of Genesis to the Revelation given to the Apostle John in the isle of Patmos, we have consistently brought to our notice the fitting relationship between music and worship.
Music …
In their reaction against the hell fire and torment preaching of earlier times, the men of this age take an equally fallacious view about the inheritance of God’s gift of immortality. Some take the easy idea that God is very …