Today the Australia wide representatives of the Australian Presbyterian World Mission Federal Committee will gather to meet in Sydney. More about that later. In the highly unlikely event of some spare time during the meeting what could be more appropriate that a biographical sketch of John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, written by …
Ten Facts About The New Testament Canon Everyone Christian Should Know is a new series on Michael Kruger’s blog Cannon Fodder. The first post deals with the fact that the books of the New Testament “stand out as distinctive because they are earliest Christian writings we possess and thus bring us the closest to the …
Dated January 19, 1563, Elector Frederick III’s preface to the Heidelberg Catechism is accepted as the document’s publication date. So today marks the 450th birthday of that aid to Christian devotion and education. While many of us rightly observe that the Shorter Catechism’s first question and answer: Q. What is the chief end of …
We are currently in the twelve days of Christmas, which commence on Christmas Day. So, here’s twelve facts about the twelve days, courtesy of Mental Floss. Here’s the first two: 1. Lots of people, particularly online, insist the song is Catholic catechism. The story goes that from the 16th to the 19th century, when being …
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