How did the first followers of Christ started coming together and by doing so started forming the first Christian churches? A growth of faith according to the early Christians The formation of the first Christian churches can be traced back to the events following the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the early… Read More Formation of the early Christian church
‘Ecclesial autonomy’ or ‘ecclesial independence’ is a great blessing enjoyed within the worldwide Christadelphian fellowship. It has various advantages, particularly when compared with models of community organisation practised by other groups – especially those with authoritative hierarchical structures or complicated bureaucracies. It is an inferred doctrine, rather than a directly taught one, but one which… Read More No Ecclesia is an Island
“the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel” (2Sa 23:1 AV) This phrase occurs in 2 Samuel 23:1. It has often been quoted about David that he is “the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet Psalmist of Israel”. Although there… Read More Today’s thought “The sweet Psalmist of Israel” (August 05)
Today’s thought “If God be for us” (July 31) Today we read two of the most meaningful chapters in the Bible for those who truly sense they are “called to be saints” (Romans 1:7). They are a sequel to yesterday’s chapters – Romans 5 & 6 – that challenge believers that they, “having been set… Read More Today’s thought “If God be for us” (July 31)
When the Nazarene master teacher performed his miracles, he asked the healed ones to go home and tell everything God did in them. This way, several people must have gone back to the place where they came from and told all over their village or town to their own people everything Jesus had done in… Read More Today’s thought “Proclaiming the Message” (August 27)
Congregational Worship Paul does not spend time in this letter explaining how worship should be arranged, but he does this in other letters. For example, in his letters to the believers at Corinth he deals with problems they were having in their communal worship. It is something to watch out for as you are reading… Read More How should we worship God? #5 Congregational Worship
Our recent Dutch posting “De opgestane Heer” looks at the essence of our faith but also at the reality of these days there being clergymen who claim that we do not have to believe in a literal resurrection of Jeshua the Christ from the dead. We are used to hearing such statements from the mouth… Read More The resurrected Lord
For years people have been warned for very though times to come. People had to know that the oppression of the Romans the Jews had to endure around the time of Jesus would be nothing in comparison. Though our brethren in Newbury write Worth remembering that Jesus came through tougher times than we will ever… Read More Sharing your big scriptures for tough times
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