Australia’s former Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer devoted a recent article in Adelaide’s daily newspaper, The Advertiser, to the devastating civil war in Syria. He concluded: “Assad will fall but not without a terrible fight with many deaths. Democracy will come.” That final comment migh…
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Brother Michael Edgecombe, with input from Sister Rebecca Lines and Brother Russell Taylor, authored a series of articles in The Christadelphian from January 2008 to May 2009 under the theme: In the Image of God. These articles have now been published by The Christadelphian in book form. The author …
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“What sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness … ?” the Apostle Peter enquires in 2 Peter 3:11 (NASB). One of the purposes of Scripture is to give us, as God’s developing family, instruction (both by direct teaching and by examples positive and negative) which will help us …
After protests from 25 January, 2011, Egyptian President Mubarak resigned on February 11th and handed power to the army. On 2 June, 2012, Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison and 28 days later on 30 June 2012, Mohammad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was sworn in as President. His Gover…
The incident took place at Troas as the Apostle Paul and his companions were on their way back to Jerusalem in the course of Paul’s third missionary journey about 57 AD. Luke, who had sailed from Philippi with Paul to Troas, recorded the circumstances in Acts 20:6-12. Besides Luke, Paul had seven …
The incident took place at Troas as the Apostle Paul and his companions were on their way back to Jerusalem in the course of Paul’s third missionary journey about 57 AD Luke, who had sailed from Philippi with Paul to Troas, recorded the circumstances in Acts 20:6-12. Besides Luke, Paul had…
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The New Testament example
The Lord Jesus Christ from the beginning of his ministry performed miracles of healing, including three resurrections to demonstrate the divine stamp upon his work. The first “sign” of John’s Gospel was the miracle of turning water into wine, and the record declares:…
False teachers may be able to do signs or wonders – true or false? (27) Read More »
In a previous article (Lampstand Vol 20 p352-3), we wrote upon this subject and concluded that, though there might be some difficulties in accepting the apparently very large numbers (perhaps around two million) who left Egypt, yet on the balance of the scriptural evidence, those numbers should be a…
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The birth of a child in our community is a special joy, first for the parents and other family members, and also for the whole ecclesia. At this time of new life we all assent wholeheartedly to the words of the Psalmist, “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb …
A reader seeks comment concerning those passages where God is spoken of as hardening the heart. Did Pharaoh, and do we truly have freewill in such circumstances?
When God had brought Moses from the deserts of Midian back to the land of Egypt he declared: “When thou goest to return into Egypt,…
“And Yahweh said unto Moses … I will harden Pharaoh’s heart.” Exodus 7:1–3 Read More »
