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.
Twenty years before the reestablishment of Israel as a nation, the great Semitic-language scholar, Theodor Noldeke, considered the Jewish goal of establishing Hebrew as a national language to be as remote as the …
The book we call the First Book of Kings in the KJV is called the Third Book of Kings in the Alexandrian LXX with First and Second Samuel there being called First and Second Kings.
In Hebrew manuscripts, there …
The great purpose of the feast of Passover was to recall salvation provided by Yahweh. Generation after generation was to remember the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt and the deliverance of the Jewish firstborn from death itself. Yahweh’s salvation …
A correspondent recently sent us an article titled “The Porno Plague,” suggesting we reprint it in the “Tidings.” Our initial reaction was negative. This publication is designed for the brotherhood, not the general public; the brothers and sisters are surely …
“Wherever I go, there I am.” This little saying is so obvious one would think that it did not need saying, yet we constantly hear of people sometimes traveling great distances to “get away from it all.” When they get …
In some parts of the world, the devastation wrought by that small insect, the locust, is nearly as bad as that of the fearsome plague described in Exodus 10:15 and the ability of mankind …
As an explanation to the following, Bro. Plew writes: In my youth I was a member of the “Church of Christ,” my father was a prominent “Elder”, my older brother became a minister as did one of my nephews. They …
Every year on the calendars used in North America, one day is set aside to remember Mom — Mother’s Day.
While we may not know the origin of the practice, it is a very good thing to take time to …
We cannot review the Old Testament readings without at least a few comments on Joshua. The book that bears his name begins with the commission of Joshua, by God, to bring the people into the land of promise. It ends …
Pharoah’s butler forgot; he forgot the quiet request of a godly man who helped him when he needed it. Once his own problems were relieved, the butler forgot all about Joseph’s difficulties.
There is something of …
During the last few months, we have had the opportunity of being the “overseas speaker” in some other areas of our community. On one occasion, there were at least 10 brethren in the audience who had been to North America …
We are all familiar with thermometers and thermostats. A thermometer registers the temperature around us. It reacts quickly to a cold breeze or the sun coming out. The thermostat rather than reacting to the outside temperature and going up or …
“I received and read carefully the first issue of the new “Tidings”. It is very fine. I like it, and I am sure it will contribute to the welfare of the Truth. I am enclosing some material you may wish …
Until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power three years ago, the outside world knew very little about the internal affairs of the Soviet Union. But now, thanks to Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost (openness) the world is seeing …
The lasting influence of early childhood experience is a principle well attested to by both human and Divine wisdom. For centuries the Catholic church has had a philosophy of “give me a child until he is seven and I will …
The name of the book of Leviticus is derived from the Septuagint (Greek) version of the Old Testament and means “pertaining to or relating to the Levites.”
Fully one-fourth of the book describes the various offerings of the people and …
It was a toilsome burden and the journey seemed to extend further each time it was taken. Although the young men were on holidays, it was expected of them to share the work load of the farm. One of their …
We were very sorry to receive notice of the death of Bro. Wallace Scott in February (see ecclesial news from Springfield, MA). With the falling asleep of Bro. H.P. Mansfield in October of last year, Bro. Wally’s passing means that …
Recently we saw a sign which said something to this effect, “It’s not the mountain before me that is stopping me, it’s the pebble in my shoe that hurts when I climb.” It is true that we can sometimes scale …
The year 1988 has been awaited with great anticipation by many students of Bible prophecy because it will mark the 40th anniversary of the reestablishment of an independent Jewish state in …
The morning started much like any other morning in Southern California. was sipping a cup of coffee while listening to the TV weather man saying, in faintly bored tones: “If you liked yesterday’s weather you’ll love today’s.”
Then suddenly the …
One day last summer brethren and sisters in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada lived through traumatic events that stirred a range of powerful, unforgettable emotions when they faced the fury and threat of a tornado.
Beginning with a heavy downpour of rain …
The title “Exodus” is Greek. It signifies the ‘going out’ or ‘going forth’. The Hebrew title is “Shemoth”, which signifies ‘names’. This book is divided into two sections: the first concerns the deliverance of the children of Israel from bondage …
It was lunchtime at work and the topic of conversation was religion: “What religion are you?” There were two Catholics, one Protestant, one Baptist and one Christadelphian. Everyone identified themselves with some religious group.
I thought that was unusual, but …
Thirty years is a long time to be putting out a magazine. It is a long time under any circumstances; but when one is running his own business, taking an active role in his home ecclesia, serving surrounding ecclesias in …
It has been said that “people do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
What good is knowledge if we are uncaring? “Knowledge puffeth up, but love defileth. There are a lot of smart …
A story of Ruth has a many-fold purpose. It brings to light a great link in the lineage which descends to Jesus Christ; it emphatically portrays the overruling of God in the affairs of certain people. It reveals many enlightening …
God in His infinite wisdom reaches out to us who are of finite minds with His Word to give us understanding of Him and our relationship to Him in numerous ways. One of the most important is His use of …
“If thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.” “His heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart …
Printed elsewhere in this issue will be my resignation as editor of “The Tidings/’ and the appointment of brother Robert J. Lloyd to take my place Although I was unable to attend the meeting at which the appointment was made, …