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Updated File - By One Man - January 2018

By One Man – A compilation of evidence from Christadelphian writers demonstrating that God-directed evolution (GDE) is incompatible with Bible teaching and the BASF

 

This updated version of By One Man is provided to ecclesias as a resource to enable brothers and sisters to clearly see the consistency of Christadelphian teaching on this subject, from Bro Thomas to the present. 

 

There is nothing new in this document. It is not an attempt to foist upon the ecclesial world a new teaching. Rather, it is designed to uphold Bible teaching, Christadelphian teaching (on creation, the first man and woman, the nature and consequences of the fall, the devil, the atoning work of our Lord Jesus Christ and the purpose of God with mankind) and the BASF (including, in Australia, the Cooper-Carter Addendum).

 

It says no more, and no less, than has been stated in the past by many leading Christadelphian writers in numerous standard Christadelphian works and in our leading magazines. The material in By One Man provides easy access to the views expressed by these writers so that readers can be assured that the foundation beliefs that they were baptised into remain Christadelphian teaching despite recent challenges to them.

 

By One Man has also been written as a ready reference and a deposit for future generations to consult, whenever subjects of this nature arise, to give them an understanding of Bible and Christadelphian teaching and the confidence to not be “carried about with every wind of doctrine” (Eph 4:14).

 

Any comment on fellowship matters in By One Man is based on Scripture, the Australia Unity Agreement, the Ecclesial Guide and Christadelphian precedent.

 

Compared to the first edition released in May 2017, this updated edition includes a new fifth section on our understanding of the Devil (diabolos), and hence quotations by the same set of Christadelphian writers on this subject (see Key index table below).  Some additional quotations for the first four sections were also found, and hence included in this edition

 

It is hoped that By One Man will assist readers to maintain long-established Christadelphian teaching. The ultimate aim of By One Man is to glorify our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ and to establish true unity in the ecclesial world based on the truth of God’s word and an honest acceptance of the BASF as it was intended to be understood by those who wrote it.

 

By One Man and the supporting Supplementary documents contain hyperlinks so that the information under each heading listed in the Contents page can be easily accessed by clicking on the heading. To return to the Contents page readers can click on either the ‘Home’ icon or the ‘Contents’ icon at the bottom of the section that has been accessed.

 

 

Colin Byrnes

January 2018
 

Attached File  ByOneMan_22January2018  1.17MB  2.91MB   680 downloads
 
Attached File  ByOneMan_Supplementary_22January2018  5.08 MB  718 downloads  

 

Key Index Table (Please click on image for full view)

 

 

Note:  Please refer to page 15 of the main document to access the hyperlinked version of this table.

 

 

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By One Man

 

Main Book:  By One Man - Available from thechristadelphian.com or lulu.com

 

By One Man Supplementary Material – Download Here

 

By One Man is a response to the challenge of Evolutionary Creation, or any view, which proposes that God evolved humans from primaeval life forms as His method of creation.

 

By One Man reviews the evidence from both Scripture and Christadelphian writers and concludes that Evolutionary Creation is incompatible with Bible teaching and the Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith (BASF). Evolutionary Creation conflicts with core Christadelphian teaching on creation, the first man and woman of the human race, the mortal and sin-biased condition of human nature that came in consequence of Adam and Eve’s sin, the meaning and origin of the devil, the atoning work of Christ and God’s purpose with humanity.

 

By One Man furnishes easy access to the long-standing teaching of Christadelphians on these important subjects, and assures readers that our community’s beliefs are based on sound Scriptural evidence.

 

By One Man is supported by a 575 page Supplementary Material pdf document.  The Supplementary Material provides the full context of the eighteen Christadelphian writers, from John Thomas to Michael Ashton, cited in Section 6 of By One Man.

 

The Supplementary Material contains further quotations, not included in the main document, that affirm each writer’s view on creation and the atonement to enable readers to understand more fully what they believed.  Moreover, this document can be used as a resource to search on any specific subject or Bible verse to do with creation and the atonement.

 

The Appendices to the Supplementary Material include the following relevant information:

  • A chronology of key events over 1964 to 1967 concerning Bro Ralph Lovelock’s views on theistic evolution and the decision reached by the Watford Ecclesia to withdraw fellowship.
  • The full context of the Watford Ecclesial statements published in the Christadelphian Magazine, including subsequent correspondence and “Letters to the Editor.”
  • Two statements published in the early 1900s by the Sydney and Melbourne ecclesias, which underlined the importance of the physical consequences of Adam’s sin.
  • A collection of articles on the relevance and importance of the BASF.
  • A crucial article on the principles of fellowship by the Christadelphian Committee.

 

It is hoped that By One Man and the Supplementary Material will prove to be a beneficial resource for ecclesias and individual brother and sisters.

 

The ultimate aim of By One Man is to glorify our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ and to establish true unity in the ecclesial world based on the truth of God’s word and an honest acceptance of the BASF as it was intended to be understood by those who wrote it.

 

Colin Byrnes and Matthew Jamieson

April 2021

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