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An Apostolic Fellowship
The Name "Christadelphians"
A Distinctive Foundation
The Whole Bible
God, Creator and Father
The Vital Earth
Israel in God's Purpose
Promises to the Patriarchs
The Truth about Mankind
Man is Mortal
The Nature of Jesus
Son of God not God the Son
The Devil and Satan
The Good News
Baptism
The Kingdom of God
When Christ Comes...
The Life of Discipleship
Peace of Mind
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The Whole Bible What is this message
of the Bible, and why is it different from popular "Christian" ideas?
It arises from the important principle that the Bible must be understood as a whole. It is easy to uphold certain
teachings by accepting some parts of the Scriptures and neglecting others. For instance, it is popular today to
dismiss much of the Old Testament. Yet these documents - the Law, the Psalms and the Prophets - were accepted by
Jesus and his apostles as "the word of the Lord". The Bible is a unity: the revelation of God for mankind
begins in the pages of the Old Testament and is continued and expanded in the New. The "whole counsel of God"
(Acts 20:27) is to be derived from the whole book.
Christadelphians accept that all of the Bible is the wholly inspired Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16). They therefore
read it carefully and regularly. A reading plan, called the Bible Companion, enables them to read the Old Testament
once in a year, and the New Testament twice.
There is another point of great importance: if man is truly to understand the Bible, he must be prepared for
the fact that it is absolutely frank about all issues, and primarily about ourselves. It is the most realistic
book in the world, confronting the stark issues of life without wishful thinking. Human problems, both of the race
and of individuals, are frankly assessed. The origin of the problems is explained and so is the solution to them.
The Bible is the only source in the world to do this in harmony with the facts of history and of human life.
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