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September 2018
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By Timothy Cross
October 2018
Articles > Ecclesiological & Pastoral
The ‘problem’ of unanswered prayer
‘Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies’. So states the Shorter Catechism, Q. 98. Its answer to the question ‘What is prayer?’ here is hard to better. Prayer is one of the Christian’s great privileges. Through Christ, we actually have the ear of God the Father, and may talk to him in prayer and spread out our needs before him. No subject or circumstance is out of bounds when it comes to prayer. The apostle Paul wrote to the Philippians...
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October 2018
Articles > Historical
SASRA and the World War 1 centenary (3)
In this third article, the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Scripture Readers Association (SASRA) continues to highlight the work of its forerunners in the last months of World War One. It’s striking to note the deep concern for gospel mission in 1918 within the military and elsewhere. With the Army and RAF in mind, please pray that former service personnel who love Jesus Christ would be called back to the harvest field, ‘behind the wire’. One hundred years ago, the First World War was drawing to a close. Germany’s allies were agreeing to armistices (Turkey on 30 October and Austria on 4 November), their army had suffered...
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By John J. Murray
October 2018
Articles
Christian reality in a world of unreality
The sovereign, triune God is utterly unknowable unless he reveals himself. He dwells in deep darkness and can be known only as he reveals himself through his Word. ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’ (John 1:1). God is the supreme and ultimate reality; his speech not only defines reality, but in a very real sense made reality. He created the earth as a theatre on which to display his glory. He made man as the crown of creation in his own image, ‘in knowledge, righteousness and holiness’, to articulate the praise due to the...
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By Stephen Kneale
October 2018
Articles > Ecclesiological & Pastoral
The number one reason youth leave the church
When churches find a dearth of young people in the congregation, it is never long before questions start being asked. The questions become even more pointed when children, who otherwise seemed engaged, drift off when they become teenagers. Were there not enough programmes available for them? Were they isolated from their peers? Did we just not pay them enough attention? The hand-wringing begins and the cries of ‘won’t somebody please think of the children?’ go up. The fact is however, the lure of the world is as great among adults as it is teenagers. Nor do teenagers leave the church because there are not enough...
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By Iain Murray
October 2018
Articles > Ecclesiological & Pastoral
Treasures at Geanies House
A few years before the last battle on British soil fought at Culloden, a fine country manor was being completed. The owners may have heard the gunfire on that April day in 1746. Today the Jacobite cause is forgotten, but the old manor still stands and contains more treasures than it ever did in past centuries. Not only did I recently see them but I carried a number away, as any visitor to that beautiful corner of Scotland may do. Or, if that is impractical, the same result may be obtained by contacting the present owners at Geanies House, Fearn, Tain, Ross-shire, IV20 1TW. As...
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