2017-March/April

In the Beginning

March 1, 2017

Remembering Christ Listen to audio:  This issue of The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom considers the Memorial of Jesus’ death. On April 9, 2017, after sundown, followers of Jesus worldwide will commemorate the life and death of Jesus. Most articles in this issue were written by authors living or born outside of the United States. May the thoughts in this issue knit the precious fellowship we have with those around the world that walk with us in the Narrow Way. “Remembering Christ” meditates […]

Remembering Christ

March 1, 2017

Reflecting on Jesus’ sacrifice “This do in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19). Will Siekman Listen to audio:  With solemn joy, in smaller and larger groups (or perhaps alone) we shall gather on the evening of Sunday, April 9, 2017, to observe — in obedience to him who did institute and command it — the Lord’s Supper. For some, the years of our pilgrimage have been many and hard, but again we draw nigh to the hallowed place in our Christian experience, once […]

The Hard Saying

March 1, 2017

Partaking Worthily “Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you” (John 6:53). Noah Amoo, Ghana Listen to audio:  A day earlier, Jesus had fed more than five thousand with just five loaves of bread and two fish. That multitude had followed him apparently because of such miracles. Before this he had travelled from Galilee to Jerusalem to observe the […]

As Oil Poured Out

March 1, 2017

Promoting Unity “Surely the LORD is in this place … this is none other but the house of God” (Genesis 28:16, 17). Piotr Krajcer, Poland Listen to audio:  The theme text was pronounced by Jacob following his dream of angels descending up and down a ladder from heaven. Do you remember what Jacob did when he awoke? “Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, […]

The Garden of God

March 1, 2017

Contrasting Adam and Jesus “The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him” (Ezekiel 31:8-9). Gheorghe Bivol, Moldova Listen to audio:  The Garden of […]