Priorities
Vanity of Vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? (Eccl.1 :2-3)
Timothy was told: “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise …
Archives
The Christadelphian TidingsThe 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.
Dwelling as a Sojourner
Genesis 26 provides us with a valuable insight into the mind of Isaac. Despite a famine in the land of Canaan, Isaac was told by God he should not go to Egypt to sustain himself but was to remain in …
The Bronze Serpent
In a few sentences in John 3, Jesus directs our attention back to a short, but important, event in Numbers 21.
Serpents in the wilderness
The situation is not unlike others: the people reject God, He punishes them, they cry …
Our Lord’s Humility – Part Two
For He Hath made him…sin for us, who knew no sin (II Cor. 5:21); it is thus that in a wonderfully compressed comment Paul describes the life of our Lord: Jesus bore the same nature as ourselves, the nature in …
Motives – Part Six
The way the Bible record is written sometimes seems to state what happened or what was said in terms of what the inner motives of the person were, rather than recording what words were actually said. Thus when the two …
Sin, Righteousness and Repentance – Part Fourteen
Last Month’s article addressed the difference between the concepts of behavior and the attitudes which beget the behaviors. Legalism focuses on behavior because we can observe and measure behavior but not the attitudes behind it. God, however, sees our hearts …
The Power of Example
One of our Grand-children was caught running around the back yard with her shoelaces untied. Her mother asked why she was doing this, didn’t she know she could trip and hurt herself? The child’s reply was, “It’s all right because …
The Leap-Day Advantage
Later this Month many of us will face an unusual situation. When we consult our Bible Companions, we will find that there are no daily readings listed. What shall we read that day?
Opportunity for detailed look
Have you ever …
The Promise
At my Baptism I knew that I wanted hymn 153 to be sung, and it was sung as the opening to my baptismal service. The hymn puts in contrast two things: the promise we make to Christ, in the first …
The Consequence of our Theology
Anyone who reads our magazines (including the Christadelphian Tidings), or talks with visiting brothers and sisters, or travels widely will easily discern that the Christadelphian brotherhood worldwide is engaged in a tremendous change in our makeup and an adjustment of …
One of You is Enough
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Never try to make anyone like yourself. You now, and God knows, that one of you is enough.” It is a marvelous thing to contemplate that there has never been another “you,” ever. Even identical twins are …
Signs of the Times
The United Nations has deter mined that the city of Toronto is the most multicultural city in the world. Toronto beat out New York and London to take the 1999 award. The UN makes a multicultural determination once a year and …
Ministers of the Gospel
Was crossing a street in down town Toronto when I saw a modern day prophet. He was standing on the street corner, dressed in kind of hippie clothing, with a blanket thrown over his shoulder that reminded me of a …
The Highway
Early one morning in 54 BC, at the time when kings go out to battle, the rutted tracks in the south of England rang with the cry, “They have come” The dreaded Romans had crossed the Straits of Dover and …
Our Lord’s Humility – Part One
No Study of humility can possibly be complete without a consideration of he supreme example of the Lord Jesus. We can learn much from Moses, from his meekness, his loving, forgiving spirit, his deep sense of service to the Lord God …
Self – Examination Bible Reading – Part Five
Our Bible Reading can be so easily performed on a merely surface level, skimming over words without letting their real import be felt at all. Philip realised this when he quizzed the eunuch with a play on words in the …
Bare for all to See
The Changing Seasons and their impact on nature is fascinating and beautiful. This time of the year we are allowed the pleasure of seeing he armature of trees. All summer they were hidden under a canopy of foliage and they …
Works of Faith or a Faith of Works? – Part Unknown
Behavior What does that word mean to you? Does it seem to require a descriptor, such as “good” or “bad?” The word “behavior” usually comes with an adjective letting us know it the behavior is acceptable or not acceptable, good or …
Adding to or taking away from God’s Word
Our Daily Readings for 1999 concluded with these words: “He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (Rev. 22:20-21).
Life …
Thanksgiving
Ever since the Pilgrim fathers ave thanks for their safe passage to a new land and their first harvest in 1621, the celebration of Thanksgiving has become a firmly entrenched tradition for Americans. Individuals from all over the country endeavor …
Reasons for Failure
Anticipation of the return of Christ is running very high, or the year 2,000 has received much publicity as the possible end of the age. We are no doubt affected ourselves, although our hearts should be ready at any time …
Job, Jesus and James
Who would not like the Lord God to say about us what He first said about Job before his trial: “There is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth …
The Pain Passes
The Beauty remains, the pain passes. This was the answer given by the famous painter Auguste Renoir, who was crippled with arthritis, when he was asked, “Why do you continue to paint when you are in such agony?”
If we …
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
From a recovering alcoholic
Dear Bro. Don,
With reference to the letter by Bro. Vic Aucott in the October Tidings (10/ 98, p. 390) on alcohol abuse, I humbly submit the following with the hope that it might be of …
Signs of the Times
On October 24, 1998 after nine straight days of negotiations, Israel and Palestine signed yet another peace agreement. The modest document, referred to as the “Wye Agreement,” was heralded as a lifesaving measure that would “restore life to the Middle East …
Moses and the Great Crisis – Part One
An Earlier Study (Tidings, 3/98, . 85), we saw how Aaron, led by is sister Miriam, challenged the authority of their brother, Moses, and this despite the fact God had shown in the clearest possible manner that Moses had been chosen as …
Lessons from God’s Creation
I was typing at the computer when suddenly I realized that the house had been too quiet for too long. We have a new black lab pup named Sadie and I have to keep a close eye on her, or dire …
Learn a Parable of the Fig Tree (Matt. 24:32-36) – Part fourteen
The Scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees were the primary tar gets of earlier parables. Now with the parable of the fig tree our Lord Jesus Christ turns to his disciples and by implication to us. This parable is recited without any …
Lessons from Malachi
Our Exhortation this month is centered on the book of Malachi whose ministry was some 80 years after the return of about 42,000 persons from exile. During that time, Haggai and Zechariah had prophesied, the temple had been rebuilt on a …
A Basis of Fellowship
In the past few weeks, hundreds of our readers will have received a booklet from “The Dawn Christadelphians” regarding their views on “Belief, Practice and Fellowship.” No doubt the booklet was spurred by concern over a recent decline in membership and …