In February, 2023, hearts across the world were made heavy with news of Brother Peter Heavyside (Southport ecclesia, UK) falling asleep in the Lord.
For 26 years, Peter along with his wife, Sister Yvonne, resided in Hong Kong. Natural pillars of Christ’s Ecclesia, they opened their homes, welc…
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The Christadelphian faith is no longer a Western dominated faith. There are now more brothers and sisters in Africa, Asia and other non-Western countries than there are in Western countries. It has been observed that in the present time there is an inverse relationship in riches and faith. The weal…
Asia-Pacific Christadelphian Bible Mission: Victorian Regional Committee Read More »
The work of the Truth in Pakistan is divided into two main regions or provinces: 1) Sindh in the south, which includes the most populous southern port city of Karachi, and 2) Punjab in the north, which includes the second largest city of Lahore, and the capital Islamabad.
The first baptisms in P…
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After the death of Alexander the Great in 323BC, the territories he had conquered were divided between his generals, and his friend Seleucus Nicator (r. 312–281BC) became king of the eastern provinces stretching from Lebanon to Afghanistan. In Daniel chapter 11 this territory and power was known as “the king of the north”. This huge dominion had two capitals, which Seleucus founded at around the same time (305BC), namely Seleucia in Mesopotamia (Iraq) followed by Antioch in Syria.
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In Genesis 1:21 we read, “And God created great whales”. The Hebrew word is tanniym and means ‘sea monster’. These great monsters of the deep would include a variety of sea creatures, including the whales, which are among some of the largest creatures in the world.
Matthew’s gospel is not in chronological order. It is referred to as the ‘didactic (instructive) gospel’ and is like a mosaic of the Master’s teachings, given in different places and at different times, but collected together and arranged to show the Lord as the master teacher; one of whom it would be recorded “the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (7:28-29).
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When Esau is used to describe the people of Edom it is specifically describing the fleshly thinking and immorality of the people, people with a mindset adverse to God. Obadiah directly shows the fight between the serpent (the Esau mindset), and the woman (a godly mindset), through the conflict of the two seeds.
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In Scripture, we have a contrast portrayed between our nature now and the nature of Almighty God. Ours is a corrupt nature, styled by Paul, “the bondage of corruption” (Rom 8:21); something which once was described as very good, but now, as a result of man’s disobedience, is destined for the grave.
Gem – We Shall All Be Changed Read More »
Seventy years after his death, Brother William Islip Collyer (always known by his second name) remains one of our community’s most popular authors. Born in Leicester in 1876, he was baptised at Leicester in 1893 when he was 17. His earliest contribution to our literature was published in The Christadelphian for May 1895; another longer piece from his pen was published the following month. Until he fell asleep at the age of 77 on 10 March 1953, his insightful writings continued to grace the pages of that magazine, and later The Testimony, in the first issue of which he wrote the lead article.
Our calling is to be “a good soldier of Jesus Christ” (2 Tim 2:3). He is our captain, and we take our orders from him primarily. We take upon ourselves the whole armour of God that we may be able to withstand in the evil day (Eph 6:10-13).
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