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.
2 Samuel 11:1: “At the time when kings go off to war,” David stayed at home, and sent someone else. [“Here am I, Lord; send Joab!”]
David had business to take care of, but instead of doing that he lounged …
Dear Bro. Don,
I have just read with great interest the “Discussion” on ecclesial Bible Study. I have recently been on a visit to family and friends in southern California (about 900 miles south of my home) …
Ruth 1:1: The story is set “in the days when the judges ruled”, and “there was no king in Israel” (Jdg 17:6). There are two possible meanings here: (1) that there was no human king, at this early stage, as …
Joshua 2:1: The two Israelite spies went to Jericho and entered the house of Rahab the “prostitute” (“zanah”, the same word as used of Tamar: Gen 38:15,24) — it is the ordinary Hebrew word for “harlot”).
There should be no …
Genesis 38:1: By contrast to the righteous Joseph (Gen 37; 39), Judah voluntarily leaves his family, and then goes to live with the Canaanites. Unlike Joseph, he chooses association with the “world”, and this is the beginning of all his …
We begin with what might seem a rather difficult (and unpromising) section of Scripture. “Difficult” it is surely… what brother, doing a Sunday morning reading, wants to be assigned the genealogy in Matthew 1:1-17?
But “unpromising”? Never. It is, as …
When we share our faith with our friends and acquaintances, our hope is that they will listen with open minds and accept the call of the gospel. If we could read the minds of our listeners, we might be surprised …
In the fall of 1992, 10,000 attractive 4-page folders were mailed directly to homes in an area of Canton, Ohio. Recipients were invited to attend a free seminar in a local community center where, during six weekly 1 1/2 hour …
In the celebrations next week surrounding Israel’s 60th anniversary, it should not be forgotten that there was an epic struggle in Washington over how to respond to Israel’s declaration of independence on May 14, 1948. It led to the most …
A number of important dates and events define the modern State of Israel, most of them wars and conflicts: the Suez War (1956), the Six-Day War (1967), the Yom Kippur War (1973), the First Lebanon War (1982), the First Intifada …
Will Turkey be part Of the northern host invading the promised land?”Also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops — the many nations with you” (Ezk. 38:6 NW). Since Beth Togarmah …
The year was 57 A.D. and the apostle Paul was at Corinth near the end of his third missionary journey. He was writing a letter to the ecclesia at Rome.
He desired to visit the ecclesia on his way to …
Zechariah 14:4 speaks of a time when “his feet shall stand on the mount of Olives” (RSV) and a great earthquake will occur which splits the mount in two.
This is a well-known chapter throughout the Christadelphian world. We rightly …
Sis. Hannah, It has been a great pleasure for all of us here to watch you grow up in this Sunday school. We have all come to know you as a very kind and, at times, a very soft-spoken person. …
Names are something unique, something special. We use them all the time. Names are words that at one time expressed meaningful identities. They conveyed meanings that the individual was meant to live up to. For example, my name is Ethan …
Having been baptized into Christ, we are “Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise” (Gal. 3:27,29 RSV as most quotes).
As heirs, what promises do we inherit? The elements featured most prominently in our preaching are:
The seed, the …
Baptism Dear Christadelphians, God has always been evident in my life. I have gone to Sunday school and memorial meeting since before I can remember. Every Sunday I was taught countless lessons, morals, and beliefs, each of them centering upon …
Down through the years, most of our Christadelphian tenets of belief have been subject to frequent challenge and criticism. In discussions with interested friends, with campaign and lecture contacts, and in the give and take of our ecclesial Bible classes, …
“If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift — a little balm and a little honey” (Gen 43:11). That …
One’s apartment faces east. In the near distance, the lake is a dark, steely blue with a low range of almost black hills beyond it. Above, the sky wears a blanket of dark, purplish clouds. Between the two is a …
The most recent article in this series [February 2008] covered one of the two ways we directly experience God, in prayer. This article offers some observations about providence, the other way we connect with God. It also reinforces the position …
Jesus said that he came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it. He was, of course, speaking of the law of Moses, the ordinances of which pointed forward to his own life and death. He fulfilled that law …
In the summer of 1946 my grandfather decided to move his family from a row-house tenement to a new home. In the backyard there was enough room to plant a fig tree. Within a few weeks of taking possession of …
Last month we began our consideration of a suggested reading plan for the gospel of Matthew. After giving the list of reading segments found in the Greek manuscripts, we showed that Matthew 1-4 provided appropriate reading material for the weeks …
Dear Josh,
I ran across a book the other day which got me to thinking, and I thought I’d share some points with you. It’s titled “Soft Porn Plays Hardball,” by Judith A. Reisman, Huntington House Publishers, P.O. Box 53788, …
In our previous study, we saw what considerable attention Paul gave to the husband-wife relationship in the Lord, because it is in itself of the utmost importance for believers. Furthermore, it is a symbol of that higher relationship which all …
“The acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer” ( I Chr. 29:29). …
To see the Christ-like mind, we should first consider the self-centeredness of the natural mind.
If a baby is hungry or uncomfortable, he howls for attention. He must do so for his survival as he cannot …
There is something we humans often do when we come together. It doesn’t matter much whether it is family, friends, associates, or brethren in the Lord Jesus Christ. We greet one another, with our hands to shake or our arms …
In the May issue of the Tidings, an appeal was made by the Montego Bay, Jamaica Ecclesia for a special kind of help. There is another Christadelphian meeting in town which instructs its members to have no association with our …