Today’s thought “If anyone’s will is to do God’s will” (April 15) The Gospel of John is particularly soul stirring as we read it. We learn much detailed information about parts of the ministry of our Lord, filling some of the ‘gaps’ in the other gospels. We learn that the centre of opposition to Jesus… Read More Today’s thought “If anyone’s will is to do God’s will” (April 15)
Today’s thought “… his word abiding in you” (April 13) Today we began reading the detailed teaching of Jesus that is special to the Gospel of John. Jesus is teaching in Jerusalem, it is “a feast of the Jews” and he tells them, “The Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me” but… Read More Today’s thought “… his word abiding in you” (April 13)
Today’s thought “We wait eagerly for” (January 30) Paul’s letter to the Romans contains some of the most meaningful and thought provoking words in scripture. It is extremely challenging to read it and embrace all its points in our minds. Maybe, more than any other book in the Bible, this book calls for our diligent… Read More Today’s thought “We wait eagerly for” (January 30)
Happy New Year everybody. We are very much pleased to find you here as a regular reader, willing to listen to our ideas and willing to follow our activities. (For you some silent fireworks – the noise is horrible for our beloved animals.) In the year 2019 we had to do it without an external… Read More Thought on the first day of the new civil year 2020
An excerpt from A Sound Mind by Brother L. G. Sargent, page 155 A man on a journey on foot mounted a hill. From its crest he could see his destination glinting distantly in the sunlight, a city set on a hill. In between he could survey the country he had to go through –… Read More A Sound Mind: Theory and practice
In the Daily Bible reading of November the 20th we read how Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. Because many could not read Ezra himself read from the scroll of Moses’ laws… Read More Today’s thought “Word of the Only One God – To be read and listened at” (November 21)
The world has lots of people wondering about life, afterlife, and about different sorts of powers manipulating or influencing life. When growing up people are confronted with a lot of questions they would love to see answered. Some of them they shall never find answered. Others may receive a dissatisfying answer, whilst other questions in… Read More Not waiting until something serious happens in the life of those around us
In the previous chapter we have seen that in Christianity came different movements, having the main churches gone far away from the Biblical Truth, always bringing contra-movements or groups doing their best to search in the Bible for the biblical Truth. The reaction by protestants against the Roman Catholic Church brought at first the bible… Read More Bible Reading: is it worthwhile?
Thanks to Bro. Curtis H. Brittle we shall be offering our readers the coming days a portion of heavenly food which would not be bad for us to memorize.… Read More Memorizing wonderfully 1 Introduction
At the beginning of the new academic and religious year we remember that it was 2020 years ago that Jeshua, Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem. He was for many years announced to come, like now his return has been announced for many years also, we are waiting to that particular moment. Like the ancient… Read More 2020 years since
When we have found the Word of God and started reading the Bible with an open mind, letting the words come to us like they are written, it shall transform our inner self, if we allow it to do that. When we do come into the faith, believing in One God and believing in His… Read More When having found faith through the study of the Bible we do need to do works of faith
In this system of things, possibly coming very close to the conclusion of system of things, we can find lots of people who do not know any more how they can feel comfortable, painless, peaceful and happy. For many this ‘real life’ has become a bit or a lot more than they can bear. This… Read More God’s never-ending stream of much-needed mercies
Whilst destruction is upon the land it might well be that more people shall come to recognise that the fierce anger of the Divine Creator is released. Who can stay His hand? Who can give Him council? {America the Beautiful} Those who have a natural fear for God do know when they accept Him as… Read More Daily Spiritual Food To prepare ourselves for the Kingdom of God
These days we look at out willingness to see and to search for truth. We also, in our ecclesia, shall look for ways to come more to insight and to find ways to help each-other to build up in strength and knowledge. Coming closer to the end times it becomes more important that as many people… Read More God who knows the heart
We can talk of the love of God, but to truly love God means to have a prayerful relationship with Him that transforms our lives “within”. Daily Bible reading and meditation is an essential foundation for achieving this. “The Son can do nothing of his own accord” (April 13) In our readings in John’s Gospel… Read More The Son can do nothing of his own accord
Having days of preparation for the most important day of the year we have all the more reason to think about the reasons of following the Nazarene Jew Jeshua, Jesus Christ, and why such followers should unite to share the love of Christ. Already in his short public life Jeshua advised his pupils to check… Read More Hearing words to accept
In Evangelisation, local preaching opposite overseas evangelism we looked at a specific blog where the Christadelphians where accused of not loving Jesus. The blog mentioned is not the only one which tries to blacken the Christadelphian community and let her readers to believe that we would not love Jesus. In the discussion of the blog Honor… Read More Those who love Jesus
One of the subjects spoken of yesterday at the Sunday service was how people let a little friend in their home standing in front of them showing all sorts of pictures and saying or shouting awful words. In case it would be one of the close friends saying such things or showing such naughty pictures… Read More Cleanliness and worrying or not about purity
In the previous chapters we have seen that we are tempted to compare with others in this world. We are easily influenced by others and we come into despair when we hear others brag about their success and their existence without sorrow. In this materialistic world, we see plenty of people who talk highly with… Read More Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #4 Transitoriness #2 Purity
Trust, Faith and Prayer Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #4 Transitoriness Prosperity and Waiting unto Jehovah God Prosperity of others The way that the faithful Psalmist was almost drawn away by reflecting on the prosperity of others and should warn us against lusting after those things which our neighbours have. The Holy Scriptures… Read More Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #4 Transitoriness #1 Prosperity
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