THE defences are down. In marriage we do not seek to protect ourselves from our partner, nor are we constantly looking over our shoulder or eyeing each other suspiciously. We are at one and have surrendered to each other in trust and mutual delight. Neither of us is perfect and on occasion we will u…
2 Samuel 23:15–17; 1 Chronicles 11:17–19
A correspondent writes: “I cannot understand David’s action of pouring the water on the ground. He could have offered it to the three men who risked their lives to get it. How could he think that pouring the precious water on the ground, was an offer…
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Matter is converted to light in stars like the Sun. Four hydrogen atoms fuse to make one helium atom. The mass of the four hydrogen atoms is greater than the mass of the helium atom and the lost mass turns into energy according to Einstein’s equation, E = mc2. E is the energy released, m is the ma…
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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…
“Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we are incorruptible.”
From August 8–24 the whole world was absorbed in what has been touted the “greatest show on earth”, the 2008 – 27th Olympiad, held in Beijing, China. No expense was spared to make this extravaganza something the world…
The factors of justification are three: all are definable in scriptural language. We are “justified by grace”, we are “justified by faith” and we are “justified by the blood of Christ”. These are not alternative ways of justification; the terms all converge on the one act by which God ch…
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“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ”…
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“And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mo…
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The attributes of mercy and forgiveness expressed in this portion of the declaration of Yahweh’s name, are vital to all who would serve Him. Without them we would in the end all perish.
A Guardian of Mercy
We note first of all that He “keeps” mercy. The Hebrew word natsar used here means…
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This title introduces a new series of expositional articles. What is the meaning of our title? There are a number of cases in Scripture where “the new” is set against “the old”, such as “the new covenant” being contrasted with “the old”. Generally “the old” relates to the prophet…
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