Chapter I
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Christ a Reality
Whatever view may be taken of Jesus Christ, he cannot be excluded from history; He is not a legend, or a superstition or a theory that may be brushed lightly aside. He is one of those “stubborn things” that men call facts. You may ignore him, but…
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“The poor in spirit the meek they that mourn”: such is the opening description of those whom Jesus says are blessed in his Sermon on the Mount. They appear strange terms, for do they not suggest that the faithful should be depressed and sorrowful? But in fact they are terms with a long history i…
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Better wages, better housing, more education, more baths and cleanliness; less need, less squalor – would not these produce better men and women? Progress in science, advance in knowledge and control of man’s environment, more systemized knowledge of himself – would not these lead on to a sane…
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The following Editorial by Brother John Carter appeared in “The Christadelphian” (Volume 93), 1956. It deals with the seizure of the Suez Canal by Colonel Nasser and his disregard for international treaties governing its ownership and administration. His actions were to provoke retaliation by Fr…
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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…
The following exhortation is taken from Brother Thomas’ exposition in Eureka of the words of Christ: “Behold, I
come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame”.
These words of our Lord, though spoken nearly two thousand years…
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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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As our Feature in this issue concentrates on the development of daughters and younger sisters in our meetings, we have chosen as our “Our Heritage” article a selection from two addresses written by Sister Jane Roberts, but read by Brother Robert Roberts, for the young women in the Birmingham…
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The Old Testament word for judgment (mishpat) comes from the verb shaphat, judging, and is illustrated in the proper name Jehoshaphat, God has judged. In ordinary use it would be a word of authority spoken by a judge, but as in Israel the first Judge of the nation was God, it is His laws which are…
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IT MUST have been with great sadness that the Apostle Paul said to the elders of Ephesus in that very remarkable speech recorded in Acts 20: “I know that after my departure shall grievous wolves enter in among you.”What must have added to his sadness is the recollection that Moses had sa…
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