Our survey of God’s self-revelation to Israel – inadequate as it has been – must come to an end. What impressions remain? What was the devout Israelite’s knowledge of his God?
Above all things God was a reality, not just an idea or principle, nor some kind of mysterious essence. B…
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John Thomas was born in England in 1805, a time when England was at war with Napoleon and the whole of Europe was dominated by conflict and uncertainty. The whole of society was in a state of upheaval and it was into this world that John Thomas arrived to take his place in the purpose of God.
It …
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In spite of the theories of some anthropologists, it is doubtful whether men left to themselves would arrive at the idea of one source of power, energy and life in the universe. It is almost certain that they would not reach the idea of one source of righteousness, goodness, and love. The tendency o…
On a sailing vessel which narrowly escaped loss with all hands on a voyage to America in 1832 there was a young medical man, John Thomas. Faced with death and taking stock of his religious beliefs, he realized how slender they were. He vowed that if his life was spared he would not rest till he had …
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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 the truth …
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From the earliest days of the Christadelphian Community, our pioneer writers have emphasised the need for regular daily Bible reading. As a young man of fifteen in 1854, Brother Robert Roberts compiled the Bible Reader’s Companion otherwise known as The Daily Bible Readings Chart, which is still r…
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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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We need not be discouraged because of the stolid indifference of the people to the Truth. Flesh and blood is naturally swinish and unimpressible by the thoughts of God. The world, which is choked with religion, such as it is, is made of this stiff-necked material. It is in the state of an inebriat…
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The apostle tells us to be subject one to another in honour preferring one another. He tells us to bear one another’s burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ. We are instructed to confess our faults one to another. If a brother is overtaken in a fault we are to restore him in the spirit of meek�…
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The following article, “Sin and Its Condemnation”, was written by Brother John Carter in 1956. He was then the Editor of The Christadelphian Magazine. Brother Carter along with Brother Cyril Cooper wrote the Addendum which helped bring about reunion in Australia in 1958. This article helps to el…
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