All Saints day is yet another part of the calendar which various Churches and Christians observe. It falls on November 1. The day is an opportunity to remember and give thanks for those faithful folk who have left our presence and gone to be with the Lord. So, today I give thanks for those who …
Tomorrow is Reformation Sunday, the closest Sunday to October 31, the date on which Martin Luther posted his 95 theses about disputed practices within the church. Protestant Churches use the date to commemorate and give thanks for the broader events of the period of the entire reformation. The year marks the 496th Less and less …
Reformation Trust Publishing and Ligonier Ministries are making the electronic editions of John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, Doxology available for free during October. You can get the Kindle edition free at Amazon. Other electronic publication types can be accessed at this page. This is a no-brainer. Go and get it. Ligonier describe the …
Over the last couple of decades the form of Christian worship that proceeded through a variety of elements (Bible readings, prayers, songs, sermon and sacraments) came to be known as a ‘hymn-sandwich’. That form has given way to what is, in effect, a new traditional order of service. One which is becoming the norm in …
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