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 this article, we will look at Jesus’ teaching on persecution. The key point that will come out of our study is that persecution is almost always associated with preaching.
Jesus taught the beatitudes to the multitudes …
Dear Susan,
My last letter commented on the hazards of the wife working outside the home. This may have raised in your mind the question, “Can a virtuous wife work?
Yes! Of course she can.
The virtuous woman of Proverbs …
This short book commemorates the desolation of Jerusalem and is still read aloud in Jewish synagogues during July to mark the anniversary of the destruction of the temple (587 BC). It is also frequently recited by worshipers at the wailing …
For over 140 years, the Christadelphian body has maintained the faith and looked for the Lord’s return. That is a long time for a community of believers to maintain a clarity of teaching without allowing inside or outside influences to …
The tenor of our times is to seek quick relief for problems. In many cases, however, a quick response results in precipitous and wrong conduct. This is particularly true with domestic difficulties. In this regard, an excellent Biblical exhortation was …
Ships in the harbor are safe but that is not what ships were built for. We remember Jesus saying to his disciples, “Launch out into the deep.”
Ships are built to launch out into the deep and if they don’t …
Dear Bro. George,
I think you should appoint me as your Scottish editor! Your title of the golfing piece [July issue] would be better rendered, “Will ye no’ come back again?… greater loo’ed ye cannae be….”
For all that, I …
Words have their histories, like men. Like them, they live and die. A word that meant one thing may, hundreds of years afterwards, mean something very different. A word may, at last, cease to be used at all. In the …
Dear Bro. Don,
We live in a world where separation and divorce have become a way of life. Such a predominant evil in the world around us is making its influence felt in the Christadelphian …
“He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has that which judges him — the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day” (John 12:48, NKJV).
The fact that the “words” that we speak …
During July, 1992, Munich, Germany played host to the Group of Seven (G7) economic summit. This meeting is held on an annual basis with one of the seven participating countries acting as the host nation. The purpose of the summit …
In this series of articles we have seen that “rightly dividing the word” depends on our hearing what God is actually saying to us in the Bible, as well as learning to understand what He means. This requires of us …
The privilege which came to our notice at the conclusion of our previous study on Ephesians, and the awesome responsibility which accompanies it, both derive from the great truth that the disciples of our Lord form a part of his …
Beginning with the “sower” and ending with the “instructed scribe,” Matthew 13 contains eight parables all dealing with the kingdom of God from various points of view. The series begins with the word “behold” (v.3), continues with three parables introduced …
As the story goes, if you attempt to drop a frog in a pot of boiling water it will hop out the minute it hits the water and feels the life-threatening temperature. But if you put the frog in the …
Some people are known to possess a strong view on just about any subject, whatever it may be! One would never hear them say, “Sorry, I don’t know much about that”, or simply, “I don’t know.” Instead they just launch …
Stephen’s brief career of service and preaching is a powerful example of faith in action. Like Joseph, not a word of any sin or failure is mentioned. Like his Lord, he died praying for his murderers. Stephen’s readiness (and eagerness!) …
Gradually the clouds move in. The sky becomes completely covered with ominous storm clouds, heavy and threatening. It gets darker. Our vision is diminished. The sun is obscured. Passengers in a plane, flying above the clouds, testify that the sun …
Are we green and growing, or ripe and rotting? This question was a favorite of Ray Kroc, the founder of the Mc Donalds hamburger chain. He said, “As long as you’re green, you’re growing. As soon as you’re ripe, you …
Dear Bro. George, The exhortation “Distraction” [June issue], by Bro. Michael Atkin, is a good one.
However, I have one problem with it. The question is asked, “What strategy would an adversary use to test our dedication to the things …
A few weeks ago, I began a needed repair on one of our vehicles. The parts were purchased, the vehicle was up on jack stands and all the necessary tools should have been to hand. Unfortunately, a necessary tool was …
In 1814, Martha Forman was married to a wealthy Maryland plantation owner. One might imagine she spent her days sipping tea, being fitted for lovely gowns, entertaining in society, and charming dignitaries — while giving crisp orders to her servants …
There are many ways to contemplate Biblical love. One method is to describe love in terms of how God has shown His love for us, how Jesus has shown his love for us, and how in turn we are to …
Sunday, July 15, 2007: Claudia (“Lady Bird”) Johnson, widow of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, died this week at the age of 94. She was beloved by millions, and renowned — in her quiet, gracious way — for the promotion …
Alpha And Omega, A Commentary
on the Book of Revelation, by Nick Lunn (Willow Publications, 19 Salcott Road, Croyden, Surrey, CRO 4PS, England, 1992).
We are being offered yet another interpretation of the Apocalypse in this new work by Bro. …
The following review is largely based on a submission by Sis. Connie Bonvechio of Palm Beach Gardens, FL. We thank her for her information.
The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh is purported to be an …
“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exercised all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the …
Of the six unlikely conversions surrounding the passion of Christ, Malchus’ is undoubtedly the most speculative. What follows are the circumstances leading up to and including Malchus’ injury and healing.
The Jewish mob — led by Judas and including soldiers, …
Our last article looked at the last words of Lot. We were reminded that God always knows best and we must trust Him implicitly. We also had an insight into the work of the angels, who worked with Lot, modifying …
Brother Harry Whittaker, in “The Epistle of James” (7 Short Epistles, pp. 63-139), argued, persuasively in my opinion, the following two points.
The author of the epistle of James was probably James the son of Zebedee, brother of John, first …