The “Our Heritage” article for this issue and the next, God willing, will be taken from the pen of our beloved Brother John Carter. He wrote a pamphlet entitled “Saturday or Sunday?” in which he reviewed the Bible’s teaching on this subject from the time when the Law of Moses was given unt…
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At the root of many of this world’s horrendous problems is the simple principle of a lack of thankfulness. The believer has so many, many things for which he should give thanks but there is a danger that he, too, may be caught up in the discontented, grasping spirit of the times in which we live. …
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When God condescends to put a man’s name in such close association with Himself that He describes Himself as the God of that man, we may be sure that there is some good reason for it which deserves to be searched out. We are not without some guidance concerning some of the significances of such a …
This article by Brother John Carter completes his exposition of the above heading. In summary he has showed that the Sabbath was but a type of the Lord – “he is the real Sabbath, both now and in the future.” In this part miracles performed on the Sabbath and their relevance to him are reviewed…
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UNDER the present conditions of imperfection forgiveness is something that affects both men and God: it affects man in relation to his fellows and man in relation to God. Although we may think of forgiveness as something inwrought in human behaviour and universally recognized, it is really a Biblica…
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SEVEN weeks after Jesus had been crucified the apostles’ labours began. For a week they had waited in Jerusalem for the fulfilment of “the promise of the Father”, of which Jesus had spoken to them. They then received power when the Holy Spirit came upon them, and the witness to the Lord Jesus …
In the March 1960 CHRISTADELPHIAN a study of Leprosy from the medical point of view was contributed by Brother WC Fowler. The subject was considered from the physical and public health aspects, and did not touch on the spiritual and moral analogies which are equally important. These notes are an enq…
Nothing is more definitely set forth in the gospel than the fact that its very heart is the work of Christ. Do we think of the gospel as the covenant with Abraham concerning everlasting inheritance of the land promised? Then we find that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for�…
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In our “Our Heritage” article for this issue we have an interesting and significant exposition of the Melchizedek Priesthood by Brother John Carter. It is taken from a series he wrote entitled “Many Parts and Many Ways”. It was first published in The Christadelphian in June 1957, so it�…
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The factors of justification are three: all are definable in scriptural language. We are “justified by grace”, we are “justified by faith” and we are “justified by the blood of Christ”. These are not alternative ways of justification; the terms all converge on the one act by which God ch…
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