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Anne Bradstreet: Poet of Purity
It is an ancient maxim in literary criticism that all poets are liars and poetry provides an escape from the humdrum reality of life into the fantasies of Never-Never Land. Such critics have obviously not studied Anne Bradstreet who ranks with Milton, Herbert and Cowper as a poet of pure joy in contemplating God’s amazing grace vouchsafed to believers in…
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The First Letter Of Paul To The Churches At Thessalonica
I believe the first letter of Paul to the churches at Thessalonica was written between the years 52,53AD, making it the first of his fourteen epistles. The chart below provides a bird’s-eye view of the chronological order for the books of the New Testament. John Gill, “Commentary On The New Testament Scriptures”: “Thessalonica was a very large, populous, and flourishing…
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The Life And Ministry Of James Keslon
I have heard him say, that when a young man, the Lord in mercy called him by grace, and gave him to see that he was as a lost and helpless sinner in the sight of a holy God. He could no longer join with his fellow-workmen in the follies and pleasures of the world; and this was soon seen…
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Henry Bullinger (1504-1575): Shepherd Of The Churches
It has long been my conviction that not half of the story of the Reformation has yet been told. Happily, great men and women of God who were true pioneers and upholders of reform are now being rediscovered causing a radical alteration in our knowledge and even convictions concerning how the true faith was revived after centuries of papal superstition.…
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The Second Letter Of Paul To The Churches At Thessalonica
I believe the second letter of Paul to the churches at Thessalonica was written between the years 52,53AD, making it the second of his fourteen epistles. The chart below provides a bird’s-eye view of the chronological order for the books of the New Testament. John Gill, “Commentary On The New Testament Scriptures”: “This second epistle was written, not from Athens,…
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The Life And Ministry Of Job Teall
For some time past he had been suffering from excessive nervous debility and an affection of the heart. He felt persuaded in his own mind that his end was drawing nigh, and that it would be sudden; and so it proved. On the morning of the 28th of November, he remarked to the partner of his life, "You will not…
