Doug Wolter offers the following wise counsel about supporting others in their suffering. Currently he’s supporting his church through the tragic loss of two high school graduates in a car accident. He’s patterned the advice with a most appropriate acronym: H.E.L.P. The first of these points is very, very important. I’ve been trying to avoid …

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Looking forward to hearing Ligon Duncan at next month’s General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia. I hear he has other speaking engagements in Australia as well. Sadly, not in Mount Gambier. Somehow we fell off the list of places under consideration. Anyway, here’s a press release about Ligon’s just announced appointment as chancellor …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 33  Chapter 20 – Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience I. The liberty which Christ has purchased for believers under the gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of God, the curse of the moral law; and in their being …

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When a newcomer enthusiastically talks of every failing of their last two or three churches while going on to say how wonderful the teaching/fellowship/doctrine of their present church is, you have two choices. Tell them straight away that in all likelihood it won’t be long before they’ll find their current church as bad as all …

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