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Max Leenhaardt (1853–1941), Assemblée du Désert In 1685 Louis XIV banned Protestant life and worship in France. His Revocation of the Edict of Nantes ordered that Protestant temples – church buildings – be “incessamment […]
Psalm 119:116-117 Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed. Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have […]
Celebrating the Nicene Creed, Part 3 Sit and gaze at the work of Christ Jesus is coming for dinner. Yes, the LORD! Sweep and scrub, set out cups and plates, […]
Hosea 1:6-7 Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to […]
Testimony of an Abortion Survivor “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in in my mother’s womb” (Psalm 139:13). Politics and religion: it used to be said they […]
Review of Unshaken Allegiance: Living wisely as Christians with diminishing religious freedoms Author: Prof. Patrick Parkinson Publisher: St Matthias Year: 2025 Reviewer: Mark Powell I have long been an admirer of Professor Patrick Parkinson and […]
1 Timothy 5:1-2 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as […]
2 Kings 5:2-3 Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “If […]
Celebrating the Nicene Creed, Part 2 God the Father and the Person of God the Son I was fifteen when I first saw those creepy life-size models of famous people, […]
Daniel 8:18-19 While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me and raised me to my feet. He said: “I […]
CUBA: GETTING PASTORS BACK ON THE ROAD! A Christian charity has stepped in to repair dozens of vehicles in central Cuba, helping clergy and volunteers continue reaching isolated communities. Aid […]
Psalm 115:2-4 Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?” Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. The […]
2 Thessalonians 2:1-2 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers [and sisters], not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by […]
2 Kings 1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there […]
Celebrating the Nicene Creed, Part 1 Christians confess their faith in God as He Is This year (2025) marks seventeen centuries since the writing of the Nicene Creed which is, with the […]
Psalm 106:10-14 He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them. The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. Then they believed […]