November – December 2024
Genesis 1:3-19
Day 1 – Light Appears (v3-5)
Verse 3
“And God said” God’s Word is powerful to bring order out of chaos (Psa 33:4; 2 Pet 3:5).
“Let there be light” Light is divine (1 Tim 6:16; 1 John 1:5). The first act of creative power was to cause “light”. The light of …
Genesis Chapters 1–3 (2) Read More »
Questions
In what valley did the Israelite spies cut down one of cluster of grapes to illustrate the fruitfulness of the land?
Where was Achan the son of Zerah and his family stoned to death and burnt with fire?
What is the name of the valley which will be used for the graves of the host …
Bible Quiz – Valleys Read More »
Truth versus Church teaching
Our series has established that the spirit of God works in diverse ways. These have their common origin in God, being “breathed” out of Him. The spirit power of God enabled people to do supernatural things at particular times in history to accomplish God’s will…
Born of Spirit (5) Read More »
The History
Saudi Arabia has traditionally stood united with its Arab peers in their protest against the Jewish state. They even participated in the War of Independence in 1948, and the Yom Kippur War of 1973 against Israel. But out of the blue, Saudi Arabia has put up their hand and expressed a…
Saudi Arabia – The Abraham Accords Peace Agreement Read More »
The experiences of the Israelites in exile, following the fall of first Israel and then Judah, are the subject of several books of the Old Testament. The final chapter of 2 Chronicles and the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Daniel, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi all deal with this period. That …
At the Citadel in Susa Read More »
This is the final part of a three-part series of articles written by Brother Mark Vincent, with the support of the CMPA, which was recently published in The Christadelphian. The Lampstand Committee endorses the contents of these articles. The three articles can be purchased as a single booklet from…
The Bible and Same-Sex Relations (3) Read More »
The fifth seal
“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on th…
The Caesars in the Apocalypse (11) Read More »
1We think we have problems with bushfires here in Australia, but Israel is not only fighting fires resulting from the dry summer; fires have erupted in the Golan Heights as the result of rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel by Hezbollah terrorists. Deserted local towns and villages close to I…
Fires in the North, War in the South Read More »
A violin cannot play a sweet note unless the strings are under pressure, but if you put too much pressure on the strings, they snap. So do you. When the violin is NOT being used, you must release the tension on the strings (Tanya Wheway).
We hear a lot today about the evils of pressure. Pressure…
Pressure – Not Too Much and Not Too Little Read More »
Romans 2
v1-2. But what of the Jew, who stands in judgment as he looks on the rest of the world? One who thinks he is, by race, above the Gentiles, whose attitude may be expressed thus: “Yes, this is true of the Gentile world, but I am thankful that I am not like other men”. He has forgotten…
Romans 1–5: A Paraphrase by Brother John Martin (2) Read More »
