January – February 2020
“He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.” These words of John the Baptist still apply today.
They were certainly true as Joh…
The healing of Jairus’ daughter is an astounding miracle which allows us to understand that our Lord holds the keys of hell and of death in the power of his hand (Rev 1:18).
Mark records how Jesus took the young girl by the hand and began to speak to her lifeless form! “Damsel, I say …
He Commanded that Something Should be Given Her to Eat Read More »
We live in an age where it is not easy to confess before others that God’s Word is the foundation for everything we do and believe. Sometimes when we express to our non-Christadelphian friends that we believe what God has plainly stated in the Bible to be true, then they may openly laugh a…
Unconditional Faith in God’s Word (1) Read More »
Ezekiel – Man of Vision, Son of Man
Ezekiel was a man of vision. God showed him the future so clearly that at times he must have felt that he was actually living it. The first vision was perhaps the most stunning of all. Its noise was like a giant storm engulfing the world. It was full of i…
Babylonian Captivity – The Ecclesia in Exile (3) Read More »
In the kingdom age, we hope to sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb—“Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints” (Rev 15:3). These words are just a brief selection from an earlier song of victory…
Exodus 15 – “The LORD is my strength and my song” (Part 1) Read More »
We sometimes call something other than what it is and hope that somehow it will become what we have called it. A small boy wants a horse. He finds a broomstick and straddles it and calls it a horse and, to him, it becomes a horse. We are wise if we confine this to childhood and with Paul say…
Call It Like It Is Read More »
Further evidence of the Babylonian overthrow of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple by Nebuchadnezzar has been discovered in the south-western region of ancient Jerusalem.1 Archaeologists from the Mount Zion Archaeological Project found layers of ash and burnt wood containing artefacts …
More Evidence of the Babylonian Conquest Discovered Read More »
Amphipolis is mentioned only once in the Bible in Acts 17:1: “Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews”. The word Amphipolis is derived from “amphi” (on both sides, or around) and “polis” (city) and re…
It was the apostle whom Jesus loved, who commenced his first epistle with the majestic words, “that which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life…declare we unto you, that ye…
Biblical Fellowship and the Importance of the Statement of Faith Read More »
What lights our way?
Christ makes a statement about healthy eyesight: “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light” (Matt 6:22).
The language here is a little archaic and perhaps shrouds the true meaning. The word “light�…
