January – February 2007
CAN a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?” Solomon asked these questions thousands of years ago and mankind is still trying to get just as close to sin as possible thinking they can escape the flames of the fire that has…
In this series of articles there is the desire to express a balance of factors relevant to the Atonement. Since it is the central matter in God’s salvation for man it is of necessity that many issues and many principles meet together in this wonderful doctrine of the Atonement. There is something …
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It is helpful for us to see these articles in the context of their origins where this article, together with the preceding four articles by Brother Colin, has been compiled over several years of reflections upon the Psalms and the experience of burden-sharing. Many in the household, when caught …
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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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There are conditions, of course in our high and holy calling. The Son of God said, “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him” (John 14:23). The injunction from God is absolute: “Be ye holy; for I am holy�…
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In the remainder of Isaiah 45 we see the outcomes of the restoration of Judah at the behest of Cyrus. It is always clear that the Power behind the scene is Yahweh.In this chapter He predicted the course of events, and history has seen its fulfilment to the letter. In the opening verses Yahweh re…
Our previous articles have examined grief largely from a clinical perspective, providing an overview of contemporary thinking about grief and grieving. Naturally, what has been missing from all of these articles is the perspective that we might gain from our Father in heaven through the w…
In the former two articles in this series we saw how Emperor Constantine married the Church to the State and by a series of vast civil wars overthrew the armies of the other Caesars and systematically set about the conversion of the Empire to Christianity, at the cost of the pagan religi…
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Thus the second record of the life of our Lord commences. No mention of the genealogy of the Lord or details of his early years. Straight to the beginning of the good news concerning Jesus Christ the Son of God. In many ways this opening verse sets the tone of Mark’s record. The chapters are punct…
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