The ecclesia in Rome, like that in Corinth, existed in an environment of great immorality, corruption and debauchery. Rome itself was legendary for its decadence and depravity. A book titled The Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome1 explores why the literature they produced at the time was just s…
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Remember God’s works
God challenges us to remember what He has done in the past and to trust in Him that He will continue to work on our behalf in the future. God challenged Israel with that identical thought:
“They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; and forgat his w…
The end of Philippians 2:12 reads, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” and if you’re anything like me, that verse at some point may have conjured images of us searching through the Bible looking for exactly the right formula for God to save us, all the while being afr…
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Structure
What is the structure of this song of Moses in Exodus 15? One suggested structure could be a chiastic structure, one that has reflected ideas around a central point, as follows:
V1 Introduction
A: v2-3 Desire of a personal relationship with God
B: v4-5 De…
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“Make no useless acquaintances, learn no useless skills or subjects.” This statement is attributed to Rothschild. In this age of high technology there is so much we can learn about almost anything and everything. There are experts in ends and specialists on subjects that should be of no int…
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Since our community’s earliest days, God manifestation has been central to the Christadelphian understanding of Bible teaching. Brother Thomas wrote about the doctrine in Elpis Israel and Eureka and devoted a whole book, Phanerosis, to its exposition. In 1883, under the title Yahweh Eloh…
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There is a story that Albert Einstein was once asked by some scientists if they could analyse his brain after his death. They wondered what the brain of a genius would be like. Einstein agreed but he did so only if they promised that he be allowed to write a letter which would be read after their re…
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Salvation depends upon the assimilation of the mind to the divine ideas, principles and affections, exhibited in the Scriptures. The process commences with a belief of the gospel but it is by no means completed thereby; it takes a life-time for its scope and untiring diligence for its accomplishment…
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Through faith he kept the Passover
When we read the record in Hebrews 11 carefully, we find some enlightening information about Moses. The choice of pronouns in verses 28 and 29 is quite telling. The Passover was kept in faith primarily by Moses. The people did not, as a whole, display faith until …
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