Christadelphian Newsupdates from 2016 July onwards

From this month onwards some changes take place on this platform.

First: You might have noticed that some pages are added.

Second: since 2013/14 not so many news events were announced or messages published on what was until then Christgadelphian World. After the name change we still published about activities about certain Christadelphians and we had always an open door for Christadelphians wanting to notice others of their activities. This still stand.

From now onwards the news messages shall be presented on the Christadelphian Ecclesia site and I 'll present a short review of them her in a two weekly or monthly overview.

I do hope the readers coming along this platform shall click on the links and find the individual articles of interest to read more about it, on the Ecclesia site.

For the month of July we notice that some of us shall be pleased to have brethren and sisters form England joining us to distribute leaflets and to have some nice Biblestudies and breaking of the bread services together in a nice Dutch environment.

The additional preaching we can do when we meet people on the street is a necessary asset in these days. Also the preaching by the leaflets, magazines and dvd's is an important task we do have to take on. For that preaching work on the publication market and on the internet we always can use some extra people, as well in the centres where we do present a Bible exhibition and more information on our faith.

From Guestwriters and Stepping toes can use some extra writers and for the Sunday School magazine of the Christadelphian Sunday School Union (CSSU), The Word an editor would be welcome.

We do not often ask for contributions or money, but to be honest, this is something of the world's evil things we often need and have a shortage of. This time we dare to bring the financial situations of a family and of the organisation who tries to provide answers to those who have many questions, and created the dvd Life's Big Questions.


Our first overview for 2016 brings following notices in the picture:

1. Notification and news feed for Facebook users
2. Life’s Big Questions, distribution and Google Adwords
3. Launch of the new orange Worship Book
4. The Bible Learning Centre in Swansea needs help
5. CSSU – New Editor needed for The Word magazine
6. Nanaimo Ecclesia, Canada
7. July 29-August 5 Netherlands Fellowship / Campaign Week
8. August 1-6 Harper Adams Bible School
9. New Start Study Week
10. The Big Conversation UK 2016
11. Help requested for Tristen Simmons who has endocarditis

Newly added pages to Our World

On July the 24th of 2016 six pages where added to "Our World".

From this month onwards a new policy is taken. I still shall concentrate on what happens in the religious regions of this world. I also shall keep looking at what happens from my Christadelphian point of view or my faith.
Though now I shall give some more space to general news as well and I started to restore the links which originally were created in the previous Multiply platforms but do not work any more.

The restoration of the links and re-edited articles shall be announced on some Facebook Pages. Because from now on I provide also Facebook users to receive notifications. When they shall "Like" the Facebook Page of the Biblestudents Community and indicate they want notifications, they shall receive automatically a message of a new or restored article on this but also on some other sites and news from fellow Bible students.

Therefore I do hope those readers who do not receive any information of a new publication will either join my e-mail list or follow me with Google+ or follow the publications by the Facebook Page of the Biblestudents.

The added pages in English

1. Aims
2. My faith and hope 
3. Stay informed

In Dutch

1. Betrachting
2. Mijn geloof en hoop
3. Blijf geïnformeerd

Wordt verlicht met betrekking tot de betekenis van de tijd waarin we nu leven

English version: Being enlightened concerning the significance of the times in which we are now living

 

In deze wereld van beproeving kijken wij best uit naar diegene die de Weg naar Vrede heeft afgetekend.
Ook al wil een groot deel van de bevolking in het duister blijven vertoeven is het mogelijk om het Licht in de wereld  te zien. Daarom wordt verlicht met betrekking tot de betekenis van de tijd waarin we nu leven.

Christenen, boven alle anderen, moeten worden verlicht met betrekking tot de betekenis van de tijd waarin we nu leven. Dit zijn de antitypische dagen van Noach en Lot.
De Heer Jezus Christus waarschuwde dat het kwaad en de boosheid, die die tijden kenmerkte de samenleving zou onderscheiden in het uur van zijn wederkomst.

Zonde cultiveert negatieve energie

Ik heb uw woord gekoesterd in mijn hart, zodat ik niet tegen U kan zondigen. Psalm 119: 11.

Het probleem met de zonde is dat het negatieve energie cultiveert. Van uit de hersenen (de geest) waar het begint of waar de oorsprong is, kruipt het naar beneden in je hart. Dan ben je in de problemen. Dat is waarom het geen zonde is om te denken aan iets verkeerd of een slechte gedachte te hebben, als je het ze maar weet te ontslaan. Wanneer je er niet naar handelt. Daarom is het geen zonde. Maar als je stil staat bij de verkeerde gedachte, zal zij verder kruipen naar beneden diep in je hart en zal het een deel van je worden. Dus, boven alles, beschermen uw hart.

 > English version / Engelse versie: Sin cultivates negative energy

Living with some type of physical disability in the U.S.A.

About 1-in-5 people in the USA live with some type of physical disability; 10 million people a year experience a serious mental illness; and 1-in-6 Americans struggle with chronic health conditions, leading to roughly 65 million Americans providing care for someone with a disability or chronic illness.

[See Bible Gateway Blog post: Tyndale to Release Beyond Suffering Bible]

Suffering always prompts heart-wrenching questions: if God is good, why would He allow this pain in my life? Is God truly sovereign over accidents and birth anomalies, or does the devil set the world’s agenda? How do I counsel people who are despairing of their condition? What are the right choices when it comes to assisted-suicide and other tough ethical issues? For that matter, where does a person struggling with a life-altering accident or illness find peace of mind and a purpose for living? 

says singer, artist, radio host, and bestselling author Joni Eareckson Tada, one of the the experts at Joni and Friends Christian Institute on Disability which publishes the first Bible with study notes that address the topics of disability and suffering. The new Beyond Suffering Bible (website) will release from Joni and Friends and Tyndale House Publishers this October. It’s a combination of both a study Bible and a devotional Bible, with knowledge and insight gleaned from the Scriptures, as well as encouraging words from a wide array of top Christian experts who are often the “go-to” resources when people are looking for direction or next steps when ministering to individuals with disabilities, pain, addiction, and suffering.

Not enough people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight. Lots of people who might know that the answers may be there in that Book of books just don’t know where to look.

This was my story shortly after the 1967 diving accident in which I became paralyzed—even in my despair,

says Joni Eareckson Tada who continues

I knew in a vague way that the Bible held hope for me in its pages. I just didn’t know where to begin. Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word. The Beyond Suffering Bible can be that “wise Christian friend,” helping those affected by disability grasp the goodness of God amidst critical questions about pain and hardship.

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The Beyond Suffering Bible: An Interview with Joni Eareckson Tada