Nearly 2 millennia ago a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ wrote letters to his fellow brethren and sisters in Christ. He wrote to them, who were living further away, to share the same precious faith they had. He talked about a faith which was given to them because of the justice and fairness of… Read More Today’s thought “Qualities and feasts of people” (December 14)
We should remember that the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that not always people shall be willing to follow the right teachings of Christ Jesus and that in the last times some in the church will turn away from Christ and become eager followers of teachers with “devil-inspired ideas”. These teachers will tell lies with… Read More Today’s thought “Nourished in the words of the faith not falling away from the faith” (November 22)
In his second letter the apostle Peter writes to those that have obtained a like precious faith with him and his fellow apostles in the righteousness of their God and the Saviour Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 3:1) He writes that in both of his letters he tried to inspire his brethren and sisters to a… Read More Today’s thought “Inspired to a sincere and pure way of thinking” (December 15)
“You have been a blessing To many, each and every day; You have not only guided your own, But others along the way.” “A Poem for Mothers” is written by Sis. Maudelin December of Guyana, who also teaches ESL as part of WCF’s Newcomers initiative. Listen to the full poem, read by… Read More A Poem for Mothers by Maudelin December
The Spirit of God calls our body His temple and as children of God we should unite and assemble in that spiritual temple by the formation of an ecclesia or church.… Read More Ecclesia – Church – Minding your reference
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
After having followed the series “Key to the Bible” and having read Concluding thought by the article series “Key to the Bible” you might wonder how to become a Christadelphian. Being a Christadelphian requires a great commitment. first of all a commitment to God, second a commitment to Christ and the a commitment to the… Read More How to become a Christadelphian
What do we need in life? Health. Peace. Food. Love. Freedom. Warmth. Hope. I suppose one of these would come top of most people’s list of what they most need in life. If instead of need we asked what do we most want in life the answers could be quite different. Perhaps more about possessions… Read More the Bible – God’s guide for life #2 Needs in life
INTRODUCTION The American Bill Bryson wrote a book about his experiences in Britain called Notes from a Small Island. In it he describes an the English approach to travel: If you mention in a pub that you intend to drive from, say, Surrey to Cornwall… your companions will puff their cheeks, look knowingly at each… Read More the Bible – God’s guide for life #1 Introduction
To be set down as remembrance or testimony Throughout the ages, after the flood and the experience in the wilderness the mishnah, or word of mouth made possible by frequent recitation, made that all lovers of God remembered the things the Elohim had done and said. It may have been good in the eyes of… Read More Why we do not keep to a Sabbath or a Sunday or Lord’s Day #2 Testimony
In our search for God we may find a very useful manual. It is a library of 66 books in which we can find lots of different stories recounting history of man. It brings stories of despair, discouragement, deceit, disillusionment, but also several of joy and hope. Janee White thinks: If the bible told us… Read More Best intimate relation to look for
In Joshua we read of the people crossing the Jordan into the promised land at the time when there were enough rain-showers to provide harvest time floods and when “the Jordan overflows all its banks”. (chapter 3 v.15) Because of the Name of יהוה {Jehovah} the Elohim of the Israelites the Ḥiwwites had heard the… Read More The Right One to follow and to worship
Not speaking in own authority and not presenting own teachings In this world we have lots of people who do their utterly best to get others away from the True God. For already more than 150 centuries people like to have their own traditions and folk-tales in the first place instead of the real biblical words… Read More Have you also been deceived
Many may perhaps say they want to know the truth, but we do not see many looking for it. Christians should always look for the real wisdom which can bring them further in their life. Some consider it to be full of wisdom when a person can get all the answers right of a quiz.… Read More We may not be ignorant to get wisdom
Talk to A Friend with status True prayer is an act of filial affection to One Who describes Himself as Father and Friend. Like the apostle Paul, we “bow our knees unto the Father” from Whom all fatherhood derives its name (Ephesians 3:14-15 – 20th Century Translation). We know the tender longing of parents to… Read More Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #12 Prayer #10 Talk to A Friend
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
In reply to the nice article by T.V. Antony Raj: “The Archangel Gabriel” on “Impressions ~ of what comes to my mind.” I wanted to react and place this reaction also on our ecclesia site, because we encounter many Christians who do not understand Muslims and many Muslims who think that all Christians adhere a Three-Godhead and… Read More Prophets making excuses
Self inflicted misery to bear 8. Pruning to strengthen us Lots of things which were not pleasant happened in this world. Many people had to suffer so much for nothing. We may be sure it has not been for nothing. No matter what happens we may not give up our hope which will be greatly… Read More Self inflicted misery #8 Pruning to strengthen us
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