From the Lampstand, Adelaide, Australia How easy it is for God to bring the world to its knees! The world is flummoxed because of a tiny virus. The world as we knew it will never be the same. But, COVID-19 hasn’t just affected the world; it’s also a trial for God’s ecclesia, and trials expose… Read More An Appeal in Troubled Times
Following recent flooding in Australia, we received a prayer request. “Please keep our brothers and Sisters in New South Wales (NSW) Australia in your prayers. They have experienced unprecedented flooding.” The Lismore ecclesia hall was flooded, water up to the second floor. All the brothers and sisters in Lismore had been evacuated or rescued. Those… Read More Urgent Prayer Request from New South Wales (NSW) Australia
Today’s thought “Bearing fruit” (November 13) For the rest of this month our New Testament readings are the letters of Paul. It was a most remarkable time; the religious thinking of a great number of people was turned upside down in many countries in just a generation or two. We are now reading about the… Read More Today’s thought “Bearing fruit” (November 13)
(With thanks to Brother Roger Long) Over the last few years in the UK, the term “Global Britain” has often been used. It is intended to express the nation’s more outward-looking approach following the EU referendum of 2016, including a free trade agenda. In an earlier article in The Daily Telegraph, Toby Orr, a former… Read More Signs of the Times – “Global Britain”
It was really very nice to have people from different ecclesiae all over Great-Britain and Belgium joining this morning zoom-casting. It is also very nice to see that many ecclesiae are streaming their services. Some are finding it easier to meet together than they used to — with someone, maybe not local. The internet in… Read More Lovely to have so many people joining this morning service
Excerpt from The Sign of his Coming by Sid Levett and Geoff Henstock) “On November 29, 1947 the United Nations General Assembly met to vote on the partitioning of Palestine as recommended in the UNSCOP [United Nations Special Committee on Palestine] majority report. Jews in Palestine and Bible students throughout the world held their breath… Read More Israel a nation again + The Sign of his Coming
At 11 pm on January 31 this year the United Kingdom formally left the European Union, ending an association that had lasted for almost half a century. The event was marked by an address to the nation by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in which he expressed his hope that Britain would become “truly global in… Read More Signs of the Times – “Britain and Brexit”
This year started strangely not with real Winter weather. Normally February is the coldest month but near the end also the first month when those in the Northern Hemisphere catch the first signs of Spring. Days begin to lengthen and the shoots of early spring flowers become visible, encouraging us on to the great blessing… Read More Christadelphian 2020 February issue
Today’s thought “Stormy winds fulfilling his word” (February 2) Evil threatens to overcome the world. Evil has always been present, sometimes violently so such as in the days of my youth when Adolf Hitler was in power. Massive force was used to overcome the evil he created. But Paul wrote, “Do not be overcome with… Read More Today’s thought “Stormy winds fulfilling his word” (February 2)
We do hope you enjoyed a lovely holiday or that you still may come to enjoy a great period of rest and tranquillity without worries. Who would not love the Summertime, having more time for oneself, not having to go to work, not having to face the daily traffic jams, etc. Having more time to… Read More A marvellous Summer ending
While declining or flatlining NAPLAN results have become a cause for concern, one tiny school in Sydney’s west has bucked the trend to improve its scores dramatically in both literacy and numeracy. The latest NAPLAN results showed the proportion of students meeting national minimum standards in all domains has flatlined or declined for most year groups, and… Read More The Sydney schools lifting their NAPLAN results
From the southern part of this globe, the last few weeks we got several requests for financial help. Several of those people who contacted us via Messenger on our Facebook pages and one person here on this website admitted they even do not believe in God. We wonder if they believe in the devil Satan,… Read More The post-Christian world
WCF has been invited to partner with a committee from Australia that are planning to develop a tilapia fish farm on the island nation of Timor Leste (formerly known as East Timor). Unemployment is high and many rely on subsistence farming to survive. The fish farm will provide meaningful employment and enable the local brothers… Read More A Fish Farm In Timor Leste
Heritage College Lake Macquarie provides quality education in a beautiful landscaped setting and in a social context that values Godly character and conduct. There are currently about 200 students attending HCLM and the school population continues to steadily grow each year. HCLM is one of five Christadelphian Schools in Australia. It is located on the… Read More Enrollment for 2017, 2018 at Heritage College Lake Macquarie
The 2017 SBW@Armidale, NSW, Australia, will be held, God willing, from 30th September to 7th October at the New England Girls’ School (NEGS), an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls. The school is situated on over 50 hectares (124 acres) of landscaped gardens and parkland, in a rural environment. The school is located… Read More Spring Bibleweek from 30th September to 7th October 2017
Dave Burke asks: Why is our local preaching so unsuccessful while our overseas evangelism rises from strength to strength? It’s not that we don’t know how to evangelise, or that preaching the Gospel isn’t important to us. Instead I believe it’s because overseas mission work is largely unfettered by the restrictions of the pervading culture… Read More Evangelisation, local preaching opposite overseas evangelism
For those who want to know more about the Christadelphians and Brothers in Christ two new encyclopaedic articles have been placed on the net. Today the media use many words very careless. There exist a slipshod when they are talking about religion. Often they say “the Christians are doing this or are saying that” and… Read More Two new encyclopaedic articles
Early in 2014, the brothers and sisters of Melbourne and Victoria will be hosting the 49th Australian Christadelphian Conference, God willing. With less than 18 months to go, plans for a wonderful, uplifting and fun conference are underway. The general theme of the conference, “Come Near to God“, is taken from James 4:8. Please keep… Read More Come Near to God
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