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2017/11 HERE WE MUST STAND

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2017/11 Here We Must Stand Christianity is about living in this world, in conformity to the Word, not about shutting oneself away in some religious order, as Luther, of course, discovered. Some time ago, a colleague related details of a casual conversation he had with a young woman. She was a Christian, indeed the daughter

2017/09 LUTHER’S FRIEND – Philip Melanchthon

2017/09 Luther's Friend - Philip Melanchthon He carried his Bible everywhere, studied it carefully, and was able to discern how completely its truths had been set aside by the Roman Catholic Church. Luther occupies so great, unrivalled, and apostolical position among the Reformers, that we should not feel surprised to see his life and labours presented

2017-07 THE BOY MARTYR OF BRENTWOOD

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2017/07 The Boy Martyr of Brentwood Young Christian, don’t be ashamed to take your stand for the Lord. Don’t allow youth to prevent you standing for the cause of Christ. Sometimes we think that many of the great men and women of the past were well advanced in years. As you read of the great

2017-07 KATHERINE VON BORA – MRS LUTHER

2017/07 Katherine Von Bora - Mrs Luther Katherine was an obvious blessing to her husband. This proactive, resourceful, independent woman lifted domestic and financial burdens from Luther’s shoulders. Wedding bells rang out in Wittenberg. The excitement was building. Citizens lined the streets to congratulate their own Dr Luther on his marriage. Martin led his Katie

2017-05 THE CRAIGS CONVENTICLE

2017/05 The Craigs Conventicle Enabled by God Dr Paisley ensured that no one left the field without knowing they were sinners and in need of Christ and His wonderful salvation. Many of our readers will be familiar with the term ‘conventicle’. For them, it will ever be associated with a particular period of Scottish church history.

2017-05 STAND-UP FOR JESUS

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2017/05 Stand-up For Jesus Are you willing to stand out and stand up for the Lord? It is not easy, and it will cost. 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. It is right and proper that we should mark this historic milestone. But perhaps you might be asking, what impact does an

2017/05 THE MESSAGE: JUSTIFICATION

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2017/05 The Message: Justification As the sinner trusts Christ for salvation, His perfect righteousness is credited to that sinner’s account before God, and he receives the forgiveness of his sin. With the most acute insight, Martin Luther declared that a church’s doctrine of justification indicated whether that church was standing or falling. He was right, and

2017/03 THE DAVEY TRIAL: NINETY YEARS ON

2017/03 The Davey Trial: Ninety Years On This month marks the ninetieth anniversary of an event to which many of our readers will have heard reference made, but of which they know relatively little – the trial of Rev Professor James Ernest Davey before the Belfast Presbytery of the Irish Presbyterian Church. The circumstances that

2017/01 PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

2017/01 Past, Present, Future Young people of old did exploits because they loved the Lord more than anything else, sacrificing comfort and popularity because of their devotion to Him. The extra day of the leap year of 1528 was marked by the courage and conviction of a young Scotsman. Aged 24, Patrick Hamilton had been

2017/01 DARKNESS BEFORE THE DAWN

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2017/01 The Darkness before the Dawn How many consider the Protestant Reformation to be just an unfortunate breach in Christianity brought about by arguments over minor points of doctrine! Advocates of this view have no concept of the condition of the Roman Catholic Church in the early sixteenth century. By then, it claimed to be