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Reformed Thought for Christian Living
There is something of a tradition of Christians facing death and producing significant reflections. So I wondered what might come out of my cogitations over my recent adventures. What has […]
This article is from The Age, January 19, 2020 “The blood of the martyrs,” wrote the 2nd century Church father Tertullian, “is the seed of the church.” Martyr is the […]
God has left His new covenant people with two visible signs of His invisible grace: baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Down through the ages, Christians have differed in their understanding […]
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 28 January 2020 Stuart Briscoe once noted: ‘Qualifications of a pastor: the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a […]
1 Corinthians 1:5-7 For in him you have been enriched in every way – in all your speaking and in all your knowledge – because our testimony about Christ was […]
Job 12:5 Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. Although the general thrust of Job’s response in Chapter 12 to the […]
Mark 15:43-45 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Pilate […]
Romans 13:14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. When we realise our need of […]
What will you be doing in the new heavens and new earth? You won’t be fighting sin. You won’t be trying to work out how to relate to other people. […]
Genesis 39:19-22 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. Joseph’s master took him and put […]
Job 6:8-10 “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand […]
Forty Pakistani Christians who have been on trial for the murder of two men during a violent protest following Easter suicide attacks on two churches in Youhanabad – a majority-Christian […]
The Human Rights Watch has revealed that more than 250 people have lost their lives as a result of Islamic extremism in Burkina Faso, Africa. Attacks occurred in just nine […]
Mark 8:15-17 “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.” They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because […]
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 10 December 2019 There is an episode in the book of Daniel where a man – presumably an angel – appeared to the prophet, and addresses […]
In meeting regularly with a Muslim friend, I am often surprised when perhaps I should not be. The topic under discussion is commonly prophecy, and recently he made the claim […]
God originally placed Adam and Eve in Eden, which is literally a place of ‘delight’. After sin entered in, in Genesis 3, God exiled Adam and Eve. In between these […]
It is not uncommon in life to be dragged into unwelcome territory – I once took a kindergarten Scripture class which came to resemble drowning on land, as the children […]
Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2019 With the death of R. C. Sproul in 2017, the Reformed world lost one of its most articulate apologists and evangelists. His gifts come to […]
‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’ Genesis 1:1 For over a decade I have had the privilege of teaching Christian Studies to primary aged students. This […]
