March – April 2023
Carchemish was an important Hittite fortress and provincial capital located on the west bank of the Euphrates River. After the Hittite Empire fell in the 12th century BC, it became the centre of an independent kingdom until it was taken by Assyria.
The city is significant from a biblical per…
Bone is living tissue and is the hardest tissue in the body. In Job 10:11 we read: “Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews”. Bones are protective like a fence. They provide security to the human frame as well as generating the means to expedite a natur…
Four writers, four faces
Why did God see fit to provide us with four accounts of the life and teaching of the Lord? Why not just write one gospel with all the information contained in it?
God chose to use four different men to write a record of His Son’s life. Each record is divinely inspire…
Unique Features of the Gospels: Matthew (1) Read More »
The origins of the enmity
The book of Obadiah highlights the relationship between Edom and Israel, and the animosity of Edom towards their “brother” (1:10). However, this is not the first time we read of such a strained relationship between these brotherly nations. In fact, the enmity of Edom…
Obadiah (1) – Background – Edom Read More »
Recently I opened the green cover of the Christadelphian Unity In Australia booklet published by the Central Standing Committee in 1963 in celebration of five years of Unity in Australia. Yes, confession, I needed to blow off the dust, and looking back, I suspect this was only the second t…
Gem – Our Australian Unity Booklet Read More »
The Times of Israel – 2 January 2023
Israel ranks among 10 most powerful countries in annual list; 4th strongest military
Israel is one of the 10 most powerful, politically influential, and militarily strong countries in the world, according to a roundup for 2022 published by US News & W…
Put not your trust in princes
The Scripture is clear as to where our confidence is to be placed. It is certainly not in ourselves, nor should it be in the rulers of this world, whether political rulers or business leaders:
“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there …
Seek Ye First (22) Read More »
Under pressure from the ‘woke’ forces in Western society and the desire to remain relevant, sectors of Christianity are evolving into what is called ‘Progressive Christianity’ or alternatively ‘Liberal Christianity’.
This shift has seen a dramatic revision of the way the Bible is view…
The Fallacy of Progressive Christianity Read More »
One of the largest and most important rivers in Israel today, the Kishon River is amongst the most complex. It rises in the hills about Tabor and Gilboa, and flows along the Plain of Esdraelon from the Jezreel Valley to the sea at Haifa Bay. Its name means “bending [or] winding”,[1] which d…
Restoring Life to the Kishon River Read More »
Satchel Paige, the baseball philosopher is credited with the saying, “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was”. There are some fairly young people who would give an age much beyond their actual years and there are some elderly people who would say that they were in their mid-tw…
