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<< Read part 2 of 3: The Perseverance of the Backsliding Christian (Historical Background, Part 1) The Reformed View of Backsliding The Reformed position regarding perseverance is best articulated in […]
Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2020 I was given this book recently for Christmas, but wasn’t really looking forward to reading it. ‘Not another book on leadership!’ I cynically thought to myself. […]
In Paul’s warning against ungodliness in the last days, between the two comings of Christ, he heads the list with those who will be ‘lovers of self’ (2 Tim.3:2). Recently […]
In December last year [2019], the Victorian parliament passed the ‘Suppression Practices Prohibition Bill’ in the lower house and it looks set to sail through the Upper House and into […]
<< Read part 2 of 3: The Perseverance of the Backsliding Christian (Historical Background, Part 1) The Reformed View of Backsliding The Reformed position regarding perseverance is best articulated in […]
<< Read part 1 of 3: The Perseverance of the Backsliding Christian (Biblical Issues) All Christians throughout the ages have believed that Christians can and do sin. Even men like […]
The doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints sounds wonderful. Christians will certainly persevere in grace to the end. What hope this doctrine should bring! Does this mean “once saved, […]
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of […]
Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2020 I was given this book recently for Christmas, but wasn’t really looking forward to reading it. ‘Not another book on leadership!’ I cynically thought to myself. […]
In Paul’s warning against ungodliness in the last days, between the two comings of Christ, he heads the list with those who will be ‘lovers of self’ (2 Tim.3:2). Recently […]
Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2018 Throughout much of 1554 and 1555 Calvin was preaching on the Pastoral Epistles, and so preached 31 sermons on 2 Timothy. Alas, the sermon on […]
Christian persecution in 2021 is set to rise in China and India forecasts Release International, which has just published its annual Persecution Trends survey. Release International supports persecuted Christians around […]
Makers of The Bible App, the most-used Bible reading app in the world say that the most shared, bookmarked and highlighted verse in 2020 was Isaiah 41:10: “Don’t be afraid, […]
In December last year [2019], the Victorian parliament passed the ‘Suppression Practices Prohibition Bill’ in the lower house and it looks set to sail through the Upper House and into […]
I have been trying to catch up on Australian culture, so this Christmas watched the 2002 Australian film – Crackerjack – a film about bowling which became the no. 1 […]
“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine through the land – not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a […]
“I also raised up prophets from among your sons and Nazirites from among your young men. Is this not true, people of Israel?” declares the LORD. “But you made the […]
“We have a vaccine!” And so the world rejoices and looks forward to getting back to normal. “There has been a tremendous cost this year because of Covid – firstly […]
Blaise Pascal was born in 1623 at Clermont – Ferrand, Auvergne, in France. He was home-schooled by his father Etienne, a lawyer who was also an able mathematician and physicist […]
Political leaders down through the ages have been subject to all kinds of delusions. In the sixth century B.C. Darius the Mede listened to flatterers who talked him into passing […]
