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.
Certain psalms are often called “imprecatory psalms” because they pray for or invoke the judgments of God against His enemies. The psalms most generally placed in this category are 7, 35, 58, 59, 69, 83, 109, 137, mentioned above, and …
Some religious critics regard Christadelphians as fundamentalists because of our confidence in the Bible as a revelation to us by our Creator, from the beginning, of His character, purpose, and actions. They assume that we believe that God intends us …
Dear Susan,
Well, here comes some more advice from the school of experience I do appreciate your listening to my thoughts about practical matters without getting your feelings hurt.
When I wrote you about a family budget, I suggested that …
In this section of Ephesians 1, Paul demonstrates the power of the Father in the exaltation of His Son, and proceeds to work out the theme of fullness.
We saw in our previous study how the Apostle was striving to …
During his fugitive days in the wilderness of Paran, David married Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess (1 Sam. 25:42,43). Ahinoam was the mother of Amnon, David’s firstborn. Abigail bore David his second son, Chileab, also …
This morning we are come together to remember a man and the life he lived — that perfect man who, though he was the Son of God, humbly ministered to those he had been sent to save. It is in …
I could not read the fine print in my concordances to select scripture verses to quote to you; but, if you are reading your daily lessons, you will be familiar with the ones I refer to.
I want to talk …
“Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live” (2 Kgs. 20:1). What a disaster! Hezekiah was 39, yet he had no heir to the throne, and now he was sick unto death.
To …
After many years of editing the exhortation section of The Tidings, Sis. Patricia Bartle finds it necessary to retire from this aspect of her work in the Lord. We greatly appreciate the many hours and days of faithful work performed …
Recently, we read a story about “Late Bloomers.” It told of a 78-year-old widower who lived on a busy street. He decided to go out in the morning and stand on his curb during rush hour when everyone was rushing …
Dear Bro. Don
In reply to “two concerned Christadelphians:”
Please note: I did not advocate refraining from “medical help” where needed. This should not be confused with seeking help from a psychiatrist or psychologist. Psychology, according to Webster’ …
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed… We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise …
Giordano Bruno said, “Truth does not change because it is not believed by a majority of the people.’ To this William Penn would agree, for he said, “Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, …
In recent months, some of the most horrid, frightening and seemingly senseless fighting has been going on in the Balkans as Yugoslavia is being ripped apart. Lately, fighting has centered in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is wreaking havoc on the …
“All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them” (Matt. 13:34).
The word rendered “parable” comes from the Greek word parabole which means, “a placing beside, comparison; illustration, parable” (Liddell-Scott …
Notwithstanding what the Corinthian brethren had been, and despite what they occasionally were, they were “the ecclesia of God which is at Corinth” (1 Cor. 1:2). They comprised a community of men and women called out of the darkness of …
At last David was king in Jerusalem over all the people of Israel. But in his eyes, it was vastly more important that God be king in Jerusalem, revered and worshiped by all the nation.
To this …
This story begins in 1942 at the Trentham military camp 25 miles north of Wellington, New Zealand. The cot next to me was occupied by a man from the same part of New Zealand as myself. He was a Baptist …
“What was Paul’s thorn in the flesh?” Speculation generally involves that it was some form of physical affliction; but a consideration of the general context, 2 Corinthians 10 to 13, suggests another possibility. Seeking first an understanding of the parallel …
I just wanted to let you know that “Sprout” (a.k.a. David Jachin Mutter) was born at 5:09 pm on June 10. He weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20 inches long. He and Julia are home from the hospital …
Dear Bro. George, In response to Bro. Michael Atkin’s excellent exhortation (June, p. 216), please permit me to recount this experience:
At age 18, my high school sweetheart and I flew from Wales to Canada. We were newly married, a …
Dear Bro. George, Reading in the March-April edition of The Tidings regarding “a generation”, we listened to a rabbi being interviewed. On being asked what “a generation” meant, he replied that “a generation went by the Jubilee years”, and he …
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). God indeed showed His love for the world when He sent His son. …
“A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross” (Mark 15:21). Probably Simon was a Jew who had come …
There are many believers today who have come from the outside (and even some who were raised in Christadelphian homes) whom — if we could have seen them before their conversions — we might not even recognize as the same …
Our five-year old granddaughter, Samantha, is quite a girl. She is bright, funny, loving, curious, and generous. She brings us great joy just by her very existence, and we are grateful to have such a wonderful young girl in our …
The record in John’s gospel — the last supper and the walk to the Mount of Olives — is interrupted by four chapters (John 14-17) in which Jesus talks to his disciples. In John 13:38 Jesus predicts Peter’s denial; then …
Germanic tribes had threatened the Roman frontier for several centuries. On the night of August 24,410, Alaric, king of the Visigoths, stormed the walls of Rome, broke into the city and pillaged it for three days. …
In 1958, the great golfer Bobby Jones visited St. Andrews, Scotland, the birthplace of golf. Jones was more than 25 years past his last great tournament victories, and he was now beset with a terrible debilitating and crippling disease. But …