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Why you should read the Bible #14 'Can Anyone explain the Trinity?' May 02, 2026

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A @Christadelphians Video: Pleased to present in collaboration with the Bible Unlocked team, this thought-provoking presentation from the sixth season of Bible Unlocked Live, A foundational series, “Why You Should Believe the Bible,” revealing how faith is built on a rock-solid foundation of evidence and reason. They hold a webinar each week....Find out more @ https://www.bibleunlocked.com/Inspiring. Join us for a thought-provoking and insightful exploration of one of Christianity's most debated doctrines. In this outstanding presentation, we trace the historical origins of the Trinitarian teaching, examine its foundational claims, and offer a revealing, scripture-based perspective on the true nature of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.**Chapters:**00:00 - Introduction: The Central Question14:03 - Defining the Trinity Doctrine14:49 - The Biblical Principle: Tracing a Doctrine to its Origin16:20 - The Foundational Problem: No Direct Biblical Reference17:29 - Historical Origins: From Ignatius to the Nicene Creed20:27 - Constantine and the Council of Nicaea22:35 - Enforcement and the Absence of Challenge23:48 - Can God Be Understood? A Biblical View25:17 - Conclusion: The Call to Personal Bible Study26:10 - Deep Dive & Q&A: Examining Key 'Proof Texts'27:18 - John 1:1-3: "The Word was God"30:44 - Philippians 2:6 & John 14:9: Further Analysis33:08 - Summarising the Biblical Relationship: Father, Son & Holy Spirit35:11 - Closing Remarks & Preview of Next Topic**Bible Verse Category:**📖 1 Corinthians 14:33📖 John 17:3📖 Mark 12:29-30📖 Numbers 14:21📖 John 1:1-3, 14📖 Philippians 2:6📖 John 14:9Tags: Bible study, Trinity explained, Christian doctrine, Biblical truth, Christadelphian, God the Father, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Nicene Creed, Constantine, Bible history, Scripture analysis, Christian faith, Bible teaching, religious studies.We are a Christadelphian team, Brothers and sisters of Christ, and we're passionate about delivering powerful, Scripture-based content to strengthen and inspire your faith journey. If this presentation resonated with you, help spread the encouragement—share it with a friend today

How i became a Christadelphian! Rhe Desjardin May 02, 2026

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How i became a Christadelphian! Rhe Desjardin

So many versions of the Bible...Why? #4B 'Challenging Words' May 02, 2026

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A @Christadelphians Video: *Ai Summary* [Inspiring] This thought-provoking and insightful exposition reveals why so many Bible translations exist, focusing on “challenging words” – rare terms that puzzled scholars for centuries. We explore how discoveries like the Rosetta Stone, Ugaritic, and the Oxyrhynchus Papyri have revolutionised our understanding of Hebrew and Greek. This wonderful, revealing journey shows that translation is a continuous process, not a one-off event. We learn to approach Scripture with humility, using multiple translations to benefit from each one’s strengths. Outstanding content for anyone serious about God’s Word. *Chapters* 00:00 – Introduction: why challenging words matter 00:42 – Hapax legomena and the need for constant revision 01:52 – Changes & discoveries: learning from ancient languages 02:25 – Akkadian: the language of Abraham and Nimrod’s kingdom 05:01 – Rosetta Stone: unlocking hieroglyphics 07:16 – Ugaritic: the closest literary cousin to Hebrew 09:35 – New Testament Greek: from “Holy Spirit language” to everyday Koine 10:32 – Herculaneum papyri and the search for ordinary letters 12:02 – Oxyrhynchus Papyri: a treasure trove of receipts, letters, and everyday Greek 14:44 – Timeline: how translations (KJV, RV, RSV, NIV, ESV, NASB) relate to discoveries 16:00 – Example 1: “nuts and almonds” becomes “pistachio nuts” (Genesis 43:11) 21:04 – Example 2: “Tartan” – from a name to the title “field marshal” (2 Kings 18:17) 23:39 – Why Strong’s is outdated, and modern lexicons (BDB, HALOT, BDAG) 25:56 – Conclusion: humility, using multiple translations, and always learning *Bible Verse Category* 📖 Genesis 10:10 – Akkad in Nimrod’s kingdom 📖 Genesis 43:11 – Pistachio nuts and almonds (updated translation) 📖 2 Kings 18:17 – Tartan, Rabseris, Rabshakeh as Assyrian titles *Tags* Bible translation, biblical languages, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Rosetta Stone, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Koine Greek, hapax legomena, King James Version, textual criticism, Bible study resources, Christadelphian, Scripture accuracy We are a Christadelphian team, Brothers and sisters of Christ, and we're passionate about delivering powerful, Scripture-based content to strengthen and inspire your faith journey. If this presentation resonated with you, help spread the encouragement—share it with a friend today!

Thought for May 2nd. “YOUR PRAYERS … HAVE ASCENDED” May 02, 2026

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Does God hear prayer? Yes! But Scripture makes it clear that it depends on the spirit of mind in which prayers are offered. God sees all, “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.” [Prov. 15 v.3] In Ecclesiastes today we read, “Rejoice … in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.” [11 v.19]

So what is the nature of the things we rejoice about? Remember the parable Jesus told about the son who asked for – and received – his share of the inheritance – and ‘rejoiced’ in squandering it! (Luke 15 v.12,13) A remarkable man who was seeking the right way to ‘rejoice’, was none other than a Roman Centurion! We read of him, Cornelius, in Acts ch. 10 today.

` He was a man of prayer, he was seeking a relationship with the true God, the only God, and “prayed continually to God.” [v.2] He receives a vision and is told by an angel, “”Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.” [v.4] Does God ‘receive’ our prayers like that? Are we generous in giving alms?

He is told to “send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter” [v.5] and wastes no time in doing this. The events which follow are also a learning curve for Peter, it had not entered his mind that a Roman Centurion could be saved and put on the name of Jesus! After hearing the testimony of Cornelius Peter declares, “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.” [v.34,35]

Peter declares to him the “good news of peace through Jesus Christ” explaining that, “to him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” [v.36,43] At this the gift of the Holy Spirit falls on the hearers, this leaves Peter in no doubt that God is accepting the Gentiles equally with the Jews, “and he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.” [v.48]

It was the Holy Spirit that inspired the writing of the Bible, and guided the writers; today we have that word in print to guide and inspire us – and bring us ever closer to God – and one day, maybe soon, we will be told “your prayers … have ascended” – when God sends “out the angels (to) gather his elect” [Mark 13 v27] and our godless world is dramatically transformed as our Lord reigns in Jerusalem – see Isaiah 2 v.2-4.

Thought for May 1st. “…. TO CARRY MY NAME” May 01, 2026

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Our chapters in Deuteronomy and Acts today link together to give us a challenging message. Moses continues his final message, his warning to God’s nation who are about to leave the wilderness, “you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations” that are presently in the land they are about to enter. We cannot help seeing some parallels with the abominable practices in today’s world, before God’s kingdom is established. Moses is then told, “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you” [v.15] I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.” [v18]

The prophet Moses was told about – is Jesus! We read on Monday in Acts 3 v.22,23, how Peter quoted these very words when he was preaching in Jerusalem. Today in Acts ch. 9, we have the account of Saul, soon to be called Paul, being challenged by the voice of Jesus in an overwhelming bright light – before he reaches Damascus – and then is led blind into the city.

After 3 days a believer named Ananias is told where to find Paul and to lay “his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.”[v.12] Ananias is horrified – “Lord” he says, “I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem.”

But he is told, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” [v.13-16] It helps to also understand “name” in the sense of “reputation.”

As soon as Paul “regained his sight … he rose and was baptised.” [v.18] This makes plain that the act of baptism, of going “down into the water” [8 v.28], is the essential act to show to oneself as well as others that you now belong to Christ – see Romans 6 v.3-5.

Paul wastes no time in serving Jesus, he now “confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ … and … preached boldly in the name of Jesus.” [v.22,27] Jesus is still, today, asking all who are willing and committed in heart and mind “to carry my name.” Does that include you? Yes? Paul’s words in 2 Cor. 13 v.5 challenge our heartfelt meditation, “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?”

Thought for April 30th. “DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE READING?” Apr 30, 2026

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This was the question Philip asked the Ethiopian Eunuch; he was one of the seven appointed to assist the 12 disciples (Acts 6 v.2,4); Stephen who was killed was also one of them.

“An angel of the Lord” (8 v.26) caused Philip to go up and meet with this Ethiopian as he was returning from worshipping in Jerusalem.(v.28} which shows he was a genuine God fearing man – and as he travelled, he was reading God’s word and puzzling over a person he was reading about in the book of Isaiah who was “like a lamb before its shearer is silent … in his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.” [v.32,33]

He asks Philip, “Does the prophet say this about himself or about someone else?” [v.34] Philip explains, “beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.” The whole world has now been given the whole of the word of God – all 66 books of it, in just about every language. Remember what Jesus said; “Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required” (Luke 12 v.48)

People in the ancient world were challenged by the faith of Noah in the huge ark he and his sons built over many years! Does the word of God really challenge us? It did when it was first printed! Let us read some of it every day – and our understanding will grow and – like the Eunuch, we will start to think and to ask, “What prevents me from being baptised?” [v.37] And if we are already baptised and have experienced the feeling he did after his baptism in “going on his way rejoicing” [v.39] we will find less and less to rejoice about in much of what we do in this world..

We will relate to words in Peter’s 1st letter. He said that genuine believers “by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now, for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith … may be found to result in praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” [1 v.5-7]

Thought for April 29th. “REMEMBER THE DAY” Apr 29, 2026

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We all have memories; bad things we try to shut out of our memory, good things we try to retain and bring to the fore. We read today how Moses told the people to look back on; “all the days of your life (that) you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt” [Deut. 16 v.3] The Passover Feast was set up to aid that memory, to cement it into their consciousness. Most of the generation that had experienced the miraculous deliverance had failed to do that and had died in the wilderness because of their faithlessness. Now Moses is delivering the message to the next generation; whose leaders had been teenagers and children at that time.

Today’s chapter details the feasts they are to keep when they start living in the promised land. As well as remembering the actual deliverance, through the Passover feast, there are 3 other feasts associated with farming the land and the reward of harvesting. This they would experience for the first time in their lives. The key lesson is they are not to “appear before the LORD empty handed. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD” [v.16-17].

Verse 20 has another blunt ‘punch line’ message, “Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”

Now we consider our own journey in life, how close are we to the climax of all that God has prepared for all those who truly believe in and love Him? Is the crossing of the Jordan close at hand for us?

We must face up to today’s challenges and make sure we “escape all the things that are going to take place” [Luke 21 v,36] as the Almighty prepares to cleanse the earth of its’ evil. Let us “remember the day”.

Thought for April 28th. “WHAT IS BETTER” Apr 28, 2026

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Solomon’s reminiscences in Ecclesiastes are in one sense a continuation of Proverbs. Several times in today’s chapter (7) he contemplates ways of living and asks “What is better?” and makes observations which do not always provide a clear answer, but they do provoke our thinking.

The chapter begins, “A good name is better than precious ointment” which leads us to recall the valuable ointment used to anoint Jesus and those who only thought of its wasted value. How important is it to make a good name (reputation) for yourself? Very important, but make sure it is a good reputation in God’s eyes.

Verse 5, “It is better for a person to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.” In so many ways this world is filled with the latter – but some, maybe many young people, would see Solomon as wrong! We ponder the state of mind that reaches that conclusion “Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit” [v.8]. But when “the end of a thing” is not good, some positive thinking is needed to draw out the lessons for doing better in the future.

Solomon laments, “In my vain life I have seen everything” [v.15] We usually do not appreciate how some things are “vain” until we get to a mature age. Some modern versions translate this as – the pointlessness of life; but what does one really achieve in life that is of lasting value? There are some things: but we recall Solomon’s attitude when he had accomplished everything that he had set his mind to physically achieve (Ch. 2 v.1-11) that it was all “a striving after wind.”

At the end of Ecclesiastes he writes, “The preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth. The words of the wise are like goads, like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one shepherd.” [12 v.10,11]

In the New Testament we have the ultimate “good shepherd” yet those who came before him, such as David and Solomon, provoke much worthwhile thought. The last verse of today’s chapter says, “this alone I found, that God made man upright” “but now we have twisted minds” (CEV)

Let us make sure our minds are untwisted by reading and reflecting on God’s word every day.

2026.4.26 Exhortation: Memorial - Emblems Deut 12, Ecc , Acts 2 Bro Grant Jolly Apr 28, 2026

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2026.4.26 Exhortation: Memorial - Emblems Deut 12, Ecc , Acts 2 Bro Grant Jolly

Thought for April 27th. “YOU ACTED IN IGNORANCE” Apr 27, 2026

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In contrast to his denial of his Lord on the night of his arrest Peter is now possessed of total conviction and power. He and John heal a man who is more than 40 years old and lame from birth who was “laid daily at the gate of the Temple … to ask alms” [Acts 3 v.2] Everyone who frequented the temple knew him, he had never walked! His healing resulted in him entering “the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God, and recognized him … and they were filled with wonder and amazement…” [v.8-10]

As a result, “all the people ran together to them … astounded.” [v.11] This gave Peter a wonderful opportunity to tell them it was through Jesus “whom God raised from the dead … by faith in his name – has made this man strong” [v.15,16] This was the cause of this incredible healing, Peter’s total faith and God given power…

Peter then says, “and now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your rulers …” [v.17] So many things are done out of ignorance, many are wilfully ignorant! But such is the tendency in human nature that there is no genuine awareness – and resultant awe – of God – and His son. Today the refusal to believe in God is the result of wilful belief that we are just the highest form of evolved life that needed no designer and creator.

Peter’s challenge to them is the same challenge as his words make to all people today! “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom the heaven must receive until the time for restoring all things about which God spoke by the mouth of the holy prophets long ago.” [v.19-21]

If you fail to “turn again” and be baptised – you are telling God you prefer to remain “in ignorance.” But it is better to remain that way if we have no conviction about how these events turned the people and nations of nearly 2,000 years ago upside down in their thinking. The conviction of Peter and others led them to “speak the word of God with all boldness” [4 v.31] How can we claim today we have “acted in ignorance” in whatever decision we make!?

The last verse of our Ecclesiastes reading (ch. 6) puts the matter frankly, “For who knows what is good for a man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow?” Then, as we will read in 9 v.5 “For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward …” unless they respond to the message of God through such as Peter “that times of refreshing” will come at “the time for restoring all things” at the return of Christ. Let us admit – we are not making our decision – one way or the other – “in ignorance”

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