Exposition / Politics and Skepticism Conspiracy Thinking and Radical Skepticism There is a strong mistrust in society today, a spirit of suspicion and skepticism that is almost pathological. The COVID-19 experience has bred a lot of it, with debates about vaccination, wearing masks, etc. Conspiracy thinking is very much on the rise. Subject matter experts are… Read More Conspiracy Thinking and Radical Scepticism
Ah, that little word – “IF”! Our quotation above is from 2 Peter 1. Today we read Peter’s final message as he realises he is soon to die. It is a time when he sees much evil growing and false believers coming to the fore who “promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of… Read More Today’s thought “If these qualities are yours” (December 14)
Much of our communal activity involves listening to someone reading, teaching, or praying. There is one activity in which everyone participates and to which everyone can contribute, namely, singing. So as the number of Farsi-speaking brothers and sisters increase, there is greater interest in using hymns in Farsi. Translating hymns is extremely difficult. Many of… Read More UK Persian Preaching News: Farsi translations of hymns from the green Christadelphian hymn book
The brand new Bible Characters Gallery is a modern preaching initiative developed as an easy to use and portable display for ecclesial use. Eye-catching illustrations of Bible characters by Brother Mark Pennington first published in The Testimony magazine have been reused to striking effect to create an impressive exhibition array that would work in any… Read More Bible Characters Gallery
Did Abraham play this Royal Game of Ur? The Royal Game of Ur, also known as the Game of Twenty Squares or simply the Game of Ur, is a two-player strategy race board game that was first played in ancient Mesopotamia during the early third millennium BC. This is an ancient game represented by two… Read More The Royal Game of Ur
Yesterday we thought about the greatness of our Divine Creator, Who has to become recognized and praised as the One and Only True God. Him being the Most High Living God, Lord above all gods and lords, and should be greatly praised, and be beautiful in elevation, so that the whole world may come to… Read More Thought for today November 4th Going to graveyards and people going to dust
Often we get negative reactions on our replies, using so many bible verses and not having words of the many theologians from the past. We do find that the Bible says it all. There may have been lots of people who call themselves or who are called theologians, but we trust on it that the… Read More Why not quoting more from well-known theologians
One of the sections of the Christadelphian magazine which has grown in recent years is the Letters page. In this section the views of readers are aired on articles previously published and on other issues. A range of views are expressed in this section and it must be understood that not all the views printed… Read More Letters to the Editor of the Christadelphian
The Christadelphian publisher in Birmingham is working hard to have the book “Resisting the devil” ready for launch at the end of September and is looking forward to having this title available on their website. This will be the first work they have published by Brother Robert Prins, even though he will be familiar to many… Read More New publications: Resisting the Devil
God is the Master Creator. He has placed within humanity a portion of His ability to create and to appreciate the process and product of that creativity. God created us as artistic beings who relate to a wide and diverse range of artistic experiences and expressions. The Arts is a variety of media that impacts… Read More Heritage College new custom-built Music and Art Block
In the series on ‘The Book of Revelation’ by Judith and Philip White a further volume (A5 80 pages incl DVD £5) has been added. “Beast of the Sea, Beast of the Earth.” The book is an interpretation of Revelation chap.13 and the vision of Daniel in chap. 7. It is in harmony with the… Read More Beast of the Sea, Beast of the Earth
Nigel Bernard has written a new book entitled, `Compare and Expound’. It is a collection of twenty studies on a variety of biblical topics. This book written from a Christadelphian perspective, considers subjects ranging from Genesis through to Revelation. Most of the studies draw on Old Testament background to shed light on passages in the… Read More Compare and Expound
10.30 Meet at Lion Sculpture Great Hall British Museum for guided tours (for adults & children) 1.00 Lunch (provided); Ecclesial reps meeting 1.30 2.45 Gathering – “Where are the Vessels of the House of God ?” speaker Bro. Simon Collard – Cambridge 2.45 Childrens activities & display of project work 5.00 conclude with light refreshments/cold… Read More ALS Family Gathering & British Museum Visit- Sat 2nd June 2018
The Birmingham Christadelphian Choral Society warmly invites you to their presentation of Handel’s oratorio “Israel in Egypt” at Warwick Hall (Warwick School, Myton Road, Warwick CV34 6PP) at 5pm on 21.04.2018, a few weeks before the 70th anniversary of the founding of the modern state of Israel. Please bring a Christadelphian Hymn Book. +++ Related… Read More Handel’s “Israel in Egypt”, Warwick: Apr. 21, 2018
Young People’s Music Camp, 30 March – 2 April 2018, God willing. Our 39th annual Music Camp takes place, God willing, over Easter weekend (30 March – 2 April). It is open to those aged 10+ who play an orchestral instrument to at least grade 2 standard (no piano/keyboard/guitar – sorry). Over the course of… Read More Young People’s Music Camp
Brother David Hughes has time on his hands in retirement, therefore he decided to compose a carol to enter in this year’s BBC Radio 3 Christmas Carol competition. Amazingly, it’s been chosen as one of the six finalists, and there was now a public vote – open until 5pm on Thursday, 21 December – to decide… Read More 2017 winning carol for BBC Christmas Carol competition
There is a new e-book available via the website of the magazine The Christadelphian. John Thomas – Physician and Preacher (Robert Wilkinson) consists of a collection of essays covering the background to the medical and scientific environment in which Brother Thomas first discovered the Truth. These academic studies provide information that was influencing the thinking… Read More John Thomas – Physician and Preacher (Robert Wilkinson)
South America The Chibcha-speaking people that formed the Muisca Confederation of the central Andean highlands of present-day Colombia‘s Eastern Range, in particular the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the Muisca, as one out of four advanced civilizations of the Americas (apart from the Aztec, Mayas and Incas) has also the enriched culture of ‘life stories’ Already active since… Read More The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 8 South America
By the indigenous peoples of the Americas we can find also several myths of a great deluge. The K’iche’ and Maya peoples in Mesoamerica having the best well-known folk tales. One of the Maya peoples, the K’iche’ (or in previous Spanish spelling: Quiché, associated with the ancient Maya civilization, reached the peak of their power… Read More The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 7 North America
Belgian Ecclesia Brussel - Leuven 