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"that which ye have already hold fast" Revelation 2:25

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

penal substitution and 'evangelical' confusion

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N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham and theologian, seems very confused. First of all he rightly rejected out of hand the recent remarks by Jeffre...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

Why do ordinary people commit evil deeds?

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Various people have begun to comment on the dreadful massacre at Virginia Tech University. A particularly insightful one is here . The BBC w...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Historical origins of the cult of the saints

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Roman Catholicism still reveres those that it calls "the saints". The political capital that the Pope makes from this and the uns...

The best and surest way to please God

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The best and surest way to please God, and gain a cheerful quiet heart in the way to heaven is, to walk with God in uprightness, (through fa...

No love, no life

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The life of Christianity consists very much in our love to Christ. Withoutlove to Christ, we are as much without spiritual life as a carcass...

In-wrought faith

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It is not faith as our act that unites savingly to Jesus Christ, but faith, that in-wrought spiritual capacity which is of God. We are made ...

Christ's Mediatorial Kingdom and the angels

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As Mediator he [Christ] is carrying on a glorious scheme for the recovery of man, and all parts of the universe are interested or concern th...

The benefits of Family Worship

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Families have hereby their communion kept with God, & thus are kept in the suburbs of heaven; hereby they tell him all their wants, and ...

School lessons in depravity

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The Government has now pushed through both Houses of Parliament newregulations to make it illegal to discriminate against homosexuals inprov...

A Fountain Sealed - Spiritual Ordinances

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In Song of Solomon 4:12 the church is compared to a garden shut up, a fountain sealed, which is to be understood not only in respect of the ...
Friday, March 23, 2007

Heresy and Vatican equivocation

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The Vatican has censured the writings of Father Jon Sobrino, a Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador notorious as an advocate of liberation t...
Tuesday, March 06, 2007

The Reformation: a brief guide

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TM Lindsay The Reformation: A Handbook, Banner of Truth 2006 ISBN 0-85151-932-6 pbk 277pp £ 7.75 At a time when Rome is claiming to have rev...
Monday, March 05, 2007

Rome's gay-friendly masses

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A recent statement has been issued by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster "concerning its outreach and ministry to homosexual per...
Thursday, March 01, 2007

Bible rankings

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The CBA (Christian Booksellers Association) has released their March figures for sales of Bibles in their stores during January . Their Bibl...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

long hair and feminity

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A BBC website article entitled "Mark of a Woman" discusses the relationship between long hair and femininity. Hair is so signific...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Is the Reformation over in the UK?

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Roman Catholicism is set to become the dominant religion in Britain for the first time since the Reformation because of massive migration fr...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

the day of small things

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It must be evident to any serious minded and gracious soul with a sincere interest in the things that concern the cause of Christ in our lan...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Roman Catholic Hypocrisy in Brazil

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The Roman Catholic Archbishop of ParaĆ­ba has denounced a prosperity gospel church group as the "commercialisation of faith" after ...
Saturday, February 03, 2007

Mr James Renwick, Rebel

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Scotland was a land of darkening shadows when James Renwick was born in 1662 but by the time he was executed just 26 years later the darkne...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

the psalms: "an inexhaustible variety of the noblest matter"

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Commentary On The Psalms, George Horne, (reprinted by Old Paths Publications, $18.00, available from Reformation Heritage Books, Grand Rap...
Friday, January 26, 2007

how to approach the Lord's Supper

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Meditations on the Lord's Supper John Willison Reformation Press, Stornoway, 1990, £1.80, ISBN 1 872556 00 0 Publisher website How do y...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

worldliness

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Worldliness, John P Thackway, Bible League Quarterly, Words of Truth booklets No. 4, 2004. ISBN 1741-5969. £1.25, 48pp. available from 46 Bu...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

family worship

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Returning to the Family Altar: A Commentary and Study Guide on the Directory for Family Worship, Douglas W. Comin, £3.00 (including postage ...
Friday, January 12, 2007

The Lord's Day

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O Day most calm, most bright, The fruit of this, the next worlds bud, Th’ indorsement of supreme delight, Writ by a friend, and with his blo...
Monday, December 18, 2006

The Bible's testimony against Christmass

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At this time of year many churches are busy with carol services, nativity plays, Christmass day services and the like. Very few stop to ask ...
Saturday, December 02, 2006

The Third Day

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On which day did the Lord Jesus Christ rise again from the dead? The Lord Jesus Christ rose again from the dead on the third day (1 Cor 15:4...
Friday, November 10, 2006

relationship not a religion?

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Among many evangelicals the word "religion" is quite literally an anathema. The slogan that real Christianity is a "Relation...
Monday, November 06, 2006

what 5 November means for Scotland

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Scots have a reason to remember the 5 November 1688, the beginning of the glorious revolution, when William III landed at Torbay at the head...
Saturday, November 04, 2006

sins of omission and the 10 commandments

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Does God require a perfect conformity to His law? Yes; there is a curse pronounced against every one that continues not in all things writte...
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