Juan Pérez de Pineda and other Spanish Reformers
Pérez encouraged the Christians in Spain to remember their high privilege of serving the King of kings.
From Paris, Pérez moved to Geneva, where he began the most influential work of his life: the translation of the New Testament, the Psalms, Calvin’s catechism, and a few other Protestant books into Spanish. He also wrote a letter to encourage other Spaniards who suffered under the Inquisition, and a letter to the Spanish king... Continue Reading
John & Betty Stam: Serving Christ in Life and Death
Hundreds of secular newspapers throughout the world carried full accounts of the Stams’ martyrdom.
In China John and Betty constantly (often daily) shared the Gospel, both at their mission stations and while out on evangelistic itinerations. On those outreach tours they shared Christ in tea shops, inns, homes, chapels and open air meetings. Regardless of our temperament or degree of evangelistic gifting, John and Betty’s examples encourage us to... Continue Reading
Fulfilling God’s Call to Christian Service – Gladys Aylward
She could never escape the thought that God desired her to be serving in China.
“But he did go. He went in spite of everything!” From that Scripture passage Gladys was convinced that God was giving her marching orders – to go, as Nehemiah had in his own time and place, to play a part in addressing the concerning situation in China that had been so long on her heart.... Continue Reading
5 Sources Of True Change
In change, you are 100 percent responsible, and 100 percent dependent on outside help. Any other way of putting it makes you either far too independent or far too passive.
We turn—from darkness to light, from false gods to the only true God, from death to life, from unbelief to faith. You ask for help because you need help. You repent. You believe, trust, seek, take refuge. You are honest. You remember, listen, obey, fear, hope, love, give thanks, weep, confess, praise, delight, walk. Notice... Continue Reading
Matyás Dévay Bíró – The “Hungarian Luther”
He is remembered as a father of the Hungarian written language.
Few visitors will recognize Devay’s name. His features are also hardly distinguishable from those of other 16th-century reformers: same hat, same prominent nose, same long beard. In reality, his whole life is still clouded in mystery. He spent most of it on the run, moving from place to place and from prison to prison. ... Continue Reading
He Died Early in the Smile of God
Robert Murray McCheyne (1813–1843)
In McCheyne’s description of his teenage years, he said, “I kissed the Rose nor thought about the thorn” — meaning, “I indulged in all the amusing and beautiful pleasures of the world, and didn’t give a thought to sickness and suffering and death.” But after his conversion, he spoke often of Jesus as his Rose... Continue Reading
Elisabeth of the Palatinate and Her Influence on Descartes
She is mostly remembered as the woman who caused Descartes to question his theories.
She met Descartes during one of his visits to The Hague. They discussed mathematics and philosophy. She surprised him by providing an answer to an intriguing geometrical problem, and expressed her interest in his metaphysical theories. As she examined these more thoroughly in the context of her daily life, however, she began to question his... Continue Reading
A Charge Brought Against Dr. Scott Oliphint, Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Seminary
Dr. Peter Lillback addresses the Westminster Seminary community in chapel about the charge that has been brought against Dr. Oliphint.
The charge alleges that Dr. Oliphint, in his book “God with Us: Divine Condescension and the Attributes of God,” presents a view of God’s immutability that appears to allow that God can assume new properties and changes in relating to creation, and that such a view is contrary to the Scriptures and the Westminster Standards.... Continue Reading
PCA Teenager and Boynton Beach Chick-fil-A Worker Reunites With Man She Saved
PCA teenager, Sarah VanRoekel, saves man’s life by using CPR.
Boynton Beach High School senior Sarah VanRoekel [editor’s note: Sarah is a member of Boynton Beach Community Church, a Presbyterian Church in America congregation] saw Ed Kosiec go into cardiac arrest while she was working. VanRoekel jumped right in and started performing CPR on Kosiec. BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — An 18-year-old Chick-fil-A worker is... Continue Reading
The Peter Principle and the Saul Syndrome
Not only is the Peter Principle true, but so is the Saul Syndrome.
The Peter Principle is about competence. The Saul Syndrome is about character. While the Peter Principle promotes people to their level of incompetence, the Saul Syndrome promotes people beyond their integrity. Leaders must care about both character and competence—in themselves and their teams. The Peter Principle, developed by professor Laurence Peter, reveals that people are... Continue Reading
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