May – June 2010
HOW strange that sweet love should bring so much heartache. Almost everyone has known it from the earliest days in the upper forms at school when previously unexperienced feelings sweep us off our feet: sometimes, alas, not to be requited and leaving us desolate. Later, when at college or our first …
“I can resist almost anything – except temptation,” a wag once said. But temptation is no laughing matter. We all know the profound power of the serpent’s voice – sometimes coming from another person, sometimes speaking inside our own heads; sometimes a logical alternative, apparently a co…
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We live in a vastly different society from the one when the scriptural principles were laid down and written for our admonition and learning (Rom 15:4).
Society is vastly different from my early recollections of ecclesial life in the thirties and forties. I was not around when women were franchis…
Changes, Changes, Changes Read More »
It was our Lord who said, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent (John 17:3). His statement underlines the crucial importance of us ‘knowing God’. But can we know God, the Creator, the Holy One, immortal, invisible, eternal…
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Christadelphians have a responsibility to preach the word of God: “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season” (2 Tim 4:2) are words which, in their context, have particular application to the last days in which we live. Paul tells us we must be ready to preach when it is convenient an…
“The heritage of the servants of Yahweh” set forth in Isaiah 54, is the fruit of the Servant’s work. In Isaiah 55 and 56 three clarion calls are broadcast to all men to compare their present labours and rewards with what is now on offer:
“Ho, every one that thirsteth…” (55:1)
“Seek…
“The Sure Mercies of David”. Read More »
This rather lengthy heading in fact is the wording of Item B4 under heading B: Curriculum – Policy, Guidelines and Procedures as part of the Policies document of the Non-Government Schools Registration Board for South Australia.
The document and this particular policy made …
The Teaching of Science in Relation to Creationism and Intelligent Design Read More »
When we were young we had a burning desire to walk up an escalator that was going down. Of course neither the store nor our parents would give their permission so we had to wait until we were alone and the store was not crowded. Getting started was a challenge since the steps disappeared into the fl…
Up the Down Escalator Read More »
Philemon is the shortest of Paul’s many letters, with just 25 verses and 335 words in the original Greek; considerably less than this article. It is unique in that it argues for no specific doctrine and is purely personal in nature. It is the personal correspondence of the apostle to a friend. Des…
Very early in March 1992, our ecclesia enjoyed a visit from brother Brian Luke of Australia. We asked him if he would like to visit Alfred Brown, a ninety-two year old warrior for the Truth who was not expected to live longer than a few days at most. Very readily he agreed and scrambled up the rocks…
A Jamaican Cornelius Read More »
