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The
Evngelcl
Presbytern
2006
Jan-Feb
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Vtl Needs lor our Tme
The Apostles' Creed
The words we Use
5tudent Vsts to Peru nd Chd
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Edtor.
Harold CIbson
'StockbrIdge'
2 8arronstown Court
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ChangIng TImes, UnchangIng Truth

The rapId pace at whIch thIngs change In
these tImes Is quIte staggerIng. The age of
computers and electronIc technology has
affected most of our lIves In one way or
another

Dne example Is the way we communIcate-
emaIls and text messagIng. (A text used
to be a verse of ScrIpture that we
memorIsed In Sunday School!).

The world Is a changIng place too. Look at
an atlas that Is a few years old and see the
changes that have taken place, especIally
In Eastern Europe. 8orders have been
redrawn, countrIes renamed and once
powerful forces In the world now
consIgned to hIstory books.

Dne day, thIs world shall be no more.

Some thIngs however never change and for
that we should be thankful. Cod never
changes, " am the Lord, do not change".
Jesus ChrIst Is the same, yesterday, today
and forever.

Cod's Word Is unchangIng. HIs truth Is
forever settled In the heavens. HIs
kIngdom Is unshakeable. HIs
lovIngkIndnesses never cease, hIs
compassIons never faIl and great Is hIs
faIthfulness.

Cod's way of salvatIon never changes, It Is
by faIth alone, In ChrIst alone.

Take note, In tImes of uncertaInty and
change It Is good to remInd ourselves of
our unchangIng Cod and hIs unchangIng
truth.
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Vtl Needs lor our Tmes
A Fear of the Lord
"A recovery of the fear of Cod, and the greatness of hIs dIspleasure agaInst sIn,
Is the need of our tImes".
1
There Is lIttle fear of Cod In our land and natIon
today. Even the events of 2005, the aftermath of the TsunamI, terrorIst
attacks, hurrIcanes and earthquakes dId lIttle to InstIl any fear of the Lord In
people. We hear much talk of |other Nature but lIttle mentIon of the power of
Cod. The growIng multIfaIth culture In our natIon seeks to put Cod on a par
wIth the gods of other relIgIons. The PsalmIst remInds us "How great and
awesome Is the LDF0! WIth hIm no gods compare". (Ps 96:J)

What Is the fear of Cod: AccordIng to ScrIpture the fear of the Lord Is the
begInnIng of wIsdom. Dne of the most remarkable conversatIons recorded In
ScrIpture concerns the two crImInals crucIfIed wIth Jesus. Dne of them hurls
Insults and abuse at ChrIst and the other, aware of hIs plIght, asks hIm "0on't
you fear Cod:" Here we see humanIty In the jaws of death and Its response.
Dne blasphemes the SavIour of the world and the other begIns on the path of
wIsdom that leads to paradIse.

ThIs Is the pIcture of mankInd today-Insults and abuse hurled at Cod In the
face of calamIty and death. Yet the wonder of Cod's grace to those who truly
repent should never cease to amaze us. |en and women need to be confronted
wIth a Holy Cod, made aware of theIr sInful condItIon and told the greatest
news they wIll ever hear, "ChrIst Jesus came Into the world to save sInners".

Fervent Prayer
John 8unyan tells us that "prayer Is a sIncere, sensIble, affectIonate pourIng
out of the heart or soul to Cod, through ChrIst, In the strength and assIstance
of the Holy SpIrIt, for such thIngs as Cod has promIsed, or accordIng to hIs
Word, for the good of the church, wIth submIssIon In faIth to the wIll of Cod."
2

The 8Ible emphasIses the Importance of prayer In the lIfe of the ChrIstIan and
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However we consIder the days In whIch we lIve one thIng Is certaIn, the
state of the ChrIstIan church In our socIety Is at a low ebb. The Impact
of Its wItness upon our land Is at best feeble and IneffectIve. n general
we see declInIng attendances, few conversIons, defectIve methods of
evangelIsm and strIfe and dIvIsIon aboundIng wIthIn the famIly of Cod.

At the begInnIng of another year we ought to reflect and ponder on
the general sItuatIon and to remInd ourselves of some necessary lessons
that we derIve from Cod's word and that are vItal for the well beIng of
the church In the tImes whIch we lIve.
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ack to basIcs Is a famIIIar caII In our natIon but how much more the
church needs to get back to these vItaI basIcs In 2006!
the church, yet the area of greatest neglect Is the church prayer meetIng.
There Is lIttle serIousness among the majorIty of ChrIstIans today when It comes
to prayer. f we are to see conversIons In our churches and the advance of the
gospel In our land then we must pray. The awakenIngs of the 18
th
century and
the 1859 revIval In Ulster were preceded by the fervent prayers of Cod's people.

What Is fervent prayer: Dnly Thomas Watson can put Is so well when he says
"Prayer wIthout fervency and vIolence Is no prayer; It Is speakIng, not prayIng.
t Is not the stretchIng of the lungs, but the vehemency of the desIre, that
makes musIc In Cod's ears".
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There must be a desIre for communIon wIth Cod
and an earnest pleadIng before the throne of grace. "The effectIve, fervent
prayer of a rIghteous man avaIls much". (James 5:16)

FaIthfuI CospeI PreachIng
PreachIng Is under threat In the church at large today. n some places It Is In
danger of becomIng extInct. Sunday evenIng 'Informal' servIces are on the
Increase In many churches.

n thIs age of technologIcal communIcatIon
preachIng Is In danger of beIng sIdelIned. Some
churches have vIdeos and 070s on Sunday evenIngs
In order to attract a crowd. ElectronIc
entertaInment Is replacIng 8IblIcal preachIng. Why
Is thIs so:

Tom Lyon says: "PreachIng declInes wIth the
declIne of doctrIne, and preachIng has faded today
for the sImple reason that men have a lot less to
preach".
4
J Packer wrItes: "Not every dIscourse
that fIlls the appoInted 20 or J0 mInute slot In publIc worshIp Is actual
preachIng, however much It Is called by that name".
5
|any hungry sheep are
sufferIng from spIrItual malnutrItIon as congregatIons are Introduced to tImes
of sharIng and dIscussIon rather than beIng fed from the Word of Cod.

Let us ensure that we contInue to sound forth the glorIous doctrInes of grace
and to preach Jesus ChrIst and hIm crucIfIed. PreachIng has always been at the
centre of reformed worshIp because that Is how Cod has ordered It. "t pleased
Cod through the foolIshness of the message preached to save those who
belIeve". (1 Cor 1:21)




1
The Dld Evcnyelcclsm, aIn H |urray, p J1, 8anner of Truth Trust, 2005
2
Prcyer, John 8unyan, p 1J, 8anner of Truth Trust, 1965.
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Hecven tcken by Storm, Thomas Watson, SolI 0eo ClorIa, p 20.
4
The Centrclty o] Precchny, Tom Lyon, The 8cnner o] Truth magazIne, Nov 2005.
5
Precchny, EdIted by Samuel T Logan, p J, EvangelIcal Press, 1986.
ln ths ge ol
technologcl
communcton
prechng s n
dnger ol beng
sdelned.
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To be able to truthfully say: "l beleve n the communon o] scnts", you must
be clear about the meanIng of the word "communIon" and about who exactly
"the saInts" are. n thIs artIcle my objectIve Is to help you to be clear on both
counts by explaInIng sImply and accurately, the ScrIptural meanIng of the word
"communIon" and by revealIng who exactly "the saInts" are accordIng to the
Word of Cod.

What does the word "CommunIon" mean!
ThIs word Is derIved from the Creek kononc, the most obvIous translatIon of
whIch Is ]ellowshp. As we see, for example, In Acts 2:42 where, among other
thIngs, we are told how the members of the Infant church In Jerusalem:
"devoted themselves . to the fellowshIp".

However, there are a number of other meanIngs IncludIng, mckny c
contrbuton to help needy brethren (Fom 15:26), shcrny wth brethren n
ther need (2 Cor 8:4) and pcrtnershp wth them n yospel (PhIl 1:5). n
ScrIpture thIs word embraces all these meanIngs and more. t Involves, but Is
not restrIcted to, contrIbutory help, mutual sharIng and partnershIp In the
gospel. Dverall It descrIbes the true nature of genuIne, fullblown ChrIstIan
fellowshIp, somethIng that, sadly, Is all too often lackIng In so many churches
today.

Who exactIy are "the SaInts"!
The term scnt must be accurately defIned. |ost certaInly the Foman CatholIc
notIon of saInts-a rare breed of partIcularly holy people-and Its attendant
heresy, the supererogatIon of grace, are so very far off the 8IblIcal mark. Paul
defInItely dId not have these heretIcal notIons In mInd when he wrote: "To the
church of Cod In CorInth, to those sanctIfIed In ChrIst Jesus and called to be
holy (or called to be saInts), together wIth all those everywhere who call on the
Name of our Lord Jesus ChrIst - theIr Lord and ours". (1 Cor 1:2)

Not only are the belIevers In CorInth called to be saInts but also "all those
everywhere who call on the Name of our Lord Jesus ChrIst, theIr Lord and
ours". Paul Is makIng It very plaIn that all saInts are ChrIstIans and all ChrIstIans
are saInts. "All those everywhere" who joIn wIth the CorInthIan belIevers In
sIncerely callIng upon the Name of the Lord Jesus ChrIst alone for salvatIon are
ChrIstIans and so saInts.
"l beleve . n the communon ol snts"
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ThIs Is the thIrd In the serIes on The Apostles' Creed.
" belIeve . In the Holy SpIrIt" appeared In |ayJune 2005 and
" belIeve ... In the Holy CatholIc Church" In JulyAugust .
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True saInts are genuIne ChrIstIans, that Is, all those who are born agaIn of the
SpIrIt and washed clean In the blood of the Lamb, who have genuInely repented
of theIr sIn and truly belIeve In ChrIst alone for personal salvatIon, who have
unbreakable and unendIng fellowshIp wIth ChrIst and wIth one another In ChrIst.

To truthfully declare: " belIeve In the CommunIon of the SaInts" demands
genuIne savIng faIth In ChrIst plus an honest confessIon of a personal, heartfelt,
Holy SpIrItwrought, belIef In the unIque, everlastIng fellowshIp of Cod's elect,
and all that thIs Involves practIcally. nterestIngly, the Creek word hcyos
translated scnt or holy speaks of beIng set cpcrt ]or 6od or by 6od. True saInts
are the chosen, called out, separate and set apart people of Cod who must lIve
and act accordIng to hIs Word. SaInts must lIve holy lIves! (See Lev 1J:44)

ConcIusIon
Dnly those who have gracIously experIenced the regeneratIng work of the SpIrIt
and who have been dIvInely enabled to apprecIate and accept what Cod means
by communon and who exactly he deems to be hIs scnts can honestly say: "
belIeve In the communIon of saInts" and enjoy the IntImate fellowshIp of such
communIon.

When we come to the Lord's Table wIth our brothers and sIsters In ChrIst we
openly dIsplay our oneness and togetherness by expressIng practIcally our belIef
In the communIon of the saInts. As we share the communIon meal we declare
publIcly that we are Integral parts of the body of ChrIst, whIch he purchased
wIth hIs precIous blood, and not lIvIng an Isolated and dIsconnected exIstence
on some remote lIttle spIrItual Island, cut off from all other belIevers. f Jesus
had not made hIs atonIng and propItIatory sacrIfIce there would be no salvatIon
for favoured sInners and certaInly no communIon of saInts. 8elIevers are one In
the crucIfIed ChrIst!

When we break bread and drInk wIne, when we worshIp and serve the Lord
together, we share In holy thIngs, as Cod's holy and bloodbought people. Yet,
perhaps the greatest thIng about the communIon of the saInts Is that we share
everlastIng fellowshIp wIth ChrIst and In ChrIst wIth all the "holy ones" from
every age, generatIon and natIon. We share wIth Dld Testament saInts and New
Testament saInts, wIth the patrIarchs, apostles and reformers, wIth all the elect
of Cod-the church mIlItant and the church trIumphant! sn't that truly amazIng!
An Appcl nd P0misc 0I SupcnIul lcssing
"Dh, that |y people would lIsten to |e, That srael would walk In |y
ways! would soon subdue theIr enemIes, And turn |y hand agaInst
theIr adversarIes. The haters of the Lord would pretend submIssIon
to HIm, but theIr fate would endure forever. He would have fed
them [srael] also wIth the fInest of the wheat; And wIth honey from
the rock would have satIsfIed you." Psalm 81:1J16
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Advce nd Counsel lor your 5ouls
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EdItor's note: Thomcs Wctson wcs mnster o] St. Stephen's Wclbrook
cnd s one o] the best loved Purtcns todcy. He ycve ths cdvce cnd
counsel to hs conyreycton pror to the 6rect E]ecton o] 12. We do
well to keep them be]ore us every dcy o] 200.
1 beseech you, keep your constant hours every day wIth Cod.
2 Cet good books In your houses.
J Have a care of your company.
4 Have a care whom you hear.
5 Follow after sIncerIty.
6 As you love your souls, be not strangers to yourselves.
7 Keep your spIrItual watch.
8 You that are the people of Cod, often assocIate together.
9 Cet your hearts screwed up above the world.
10 Trade much In the promIses.
11 To all you that hear me, lIve In a callIng.
12 Let me entreat you to joIn the fIrst and second tables of the law
together, pIety to Cod and equIty to your neIghbour.
1J JoIn the serpent and the dove together, Innocence and prudence.
14 8e more afraId of sIn that of sufferIng.
15 Take heed of Idolatry.
16 ThInk not the worse of godlIness because It Is reproached and
persecuted.
17 ThInk not the better of sIn because It Is In fashIon.
18 n the busIness of relIgIon serve Cod wIth all your mIght.
19 0o all the good you can to others as long as you lIve.
20 Every day thInk upon eternIty.

A consIderable number of Watson's wrItIngs are stIll avaIlable today,
perhaps the best known, A 8ody o] 0vnty
1
, descrIbed by WIllIam S 8arker as
"a compact and readable versIon of systematIc theology and ChrIstIan ethIcs".
2

1
A 8ody o] 0vnty, Thomas Watson, 8anner of Truth Trust.

2
The 0evoted L]e, An InvItatIon to the PurItan classIcs, 7P, 2004, p 209.
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"Ay, It's an unco place, the 8ass" the keeper of that "auld Crag" used to say.

FIsIng sheer and sharp from the waves, the 8ass Fock Is the boldest feature
on the FIrth of Forth, east of EdInburgh. t measures about a mIle In
cIrcumference and lIes wIthIn two mIles of the shore.


The ruIns of other centurIes are yet dIscernIble, and the only modern
contrIbutIon to Its archItectural herItage Is a lIghthouse glued precarIously to a
ledge. DtherwIse, It Is a bIrdwatcher's paradIse, the home of the solan geese,
guIllemots, and kIttIwakes.

8ut the 8ass Is sacred to more than ornIthologIsts. A few centurIes ago a
race of brave men were hunted through the moors and glens of Scotland. |any
were caught and thrown Into prIson. |any were put to death.

These were the Covenanters. TheIr crIme: A deep love for the Word of Cod,
and wholehearted allegIance to the kIngshIp of Jesus ChrIst. Dver 50 of these
courageous Scots were Incarcerated In the dark cells of the 8ass prIson between
167J84, cut off from home and frIends, caged In narrow dungeons and mocked
by coarse and cruel jaIlors.

8ut they were not downcast! James Fraser was there, sIngIng Psalms and
exhortIng hIs companIons from the ScrIptures. And there was Alexander Peden -
"the prophet", they called hIm. Fobert TraIll was there, and Thomas Foss who
could say, "There Is neIther rock nor mountaIn between me and Jesus ChrIst".

John 8lackadder dIed In trIumph there, and Thomas Hogg, serIously Ill, was
cast Into "the black hole", but emerged In good health agaIn, to the
amazement of hIs captors.
The ss . nd Another kock
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PretorIa In Dctober Is a sIght to see. The jacaranda trees are In full bloom and
the cIty Is a sea of blue. ThIs was the settIng for the sIxth CFC Conference,
1J-19 Dctober, 2005. The host church was the Free Feformed Church at
FeItfonteIn In the northern suburbs. ThIs church provIded for the needs of the
delegates wIth great generosIty and consIderatIon.
New hembers
0urIng the conference three new churches were added to the membershIp - the
Feformed Churches In South AfrIca, the Feformed Churches of SpaIn and the
Feformed ConfessIng Church In Congo, brIngIng the combIned membershIp of the
member churches to almost 700,000. However, several Churches' applIcatIons for
membershIp were declIned, IncludIng that of the Free Church of Scotland
(ContInuIng) that was turned down maInly on the grounds of theIr cIvIl actIon.

hIssIons
Dne maIn purpose of the Conference was to encourage cooperatIon among the
member churches In mIssIonary work. The |IssIons CommIttee presented a
summary of the results of Its survey of worldwIde mIssIons work of the member
churches. ThIs useful InformatIon Is now publIshed In booklet form.

Papers
Papers were delIvered on the conference theme-The Lordshp o] Chrst.

The Lordshp o] Chrst n the l]e o] the belever-0r A J de 7Isser, Canada.
The Lordshp o] Chrst n the Church-Prof J W |araIs, Netherlands.
The Lordshp o] Chrst proclcmed n the world-two papers:
Fev Y 0ethan, ndonesIa; Fev 0 Fobertson, Scotland.
lnterntonl Conlerence ol kelormed Churches
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From the Churches
favourIte recIpes 2 f6.00
Produced by Women for |IssIon, Free Church of Scotland
SupplIes of the new book are already wIth several of our
Churches. ts predecessor, Fcvourte Recpes, was publIshed
In 1994 and has raIsed more than fJ5,000 for 0Isaster FelIef In
varIous parts of the world. The proceeds of the new book are
for the same fund.
CopIes are avaIlable from: Shona 8rown
J Cracemount Park, 8elfast 8T8 6CS 028 9070 20J2
0IscussIon
The last two papers were thought provokIng and generated much dIscussIon.

|r 0ethan spoke on proclaImIng the gospel to
pagans and on the sufferIng of persecuted belIevers.
He challenged us to brIng the gospel to pagans
wIthout compromIse, confrontIng them wIth the
ScrIptures, leavIng the results wIth Cod.

|r Fobertson opened up the subject of
proclaImIng ChrIst In a postmodern age where
InstItutIons are suspect; the present Is domInant and
where there Is no master story. The church must be
real rather than role playIng, and radIcal In developIng
relatIonshIps wIth unbelIevers In order to present the LordshIp of ChrIst.

ConcIusIons
WhIle It Is true that thIs conference may be remembered for the ScottIsh
controversy, there was much valuable work accomplIshed. Dld relatIonshIps
were consolIdated and new ones formed.

t was thrIllIng to hear of the growth of Feformed wItness In AfrIca and AsIa
and the presence of brothers from those parts added greatly to the conference.
Duvid John Prudeep kumur
FCCI Indiu
Hnsters nd 0llce erers Annul Conlerence
10-11 February 2006 at PIchhIII

Pev 0r John Scott
(Chelmsford PresbyterIan Church-EPCEW)

wIII gIve four addresses on the generaI theme:
Resondny to Contemorary Challenyes
|InIsters meet on FrIday
|InIsters, Elders and 0eacons on Saturday mornIng
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From the Churches
We have already presented the fIrst steps of our fIrst sIx churches-Knock,
Crosscollyer Street, Shaftesbury Square and LIsburn Foad In 8elfast, and
8allyclare and CrumlIn In the provInces.

Somerton Foad was number seven. n the mIddle of 1926 a small group left
NewIngton PresbyterIan Church and commenced meetIngs In the "ron Hall", on
a sIte almost opposIte the present buIldIng In north 8elfast. The leader was S P
Luke In whose FountaIn Street caf, Le Chct Nor, the decIsIon was taken on 15
Dctober 1927 to found the rIsh EvangelIcal Church. Contact wIth the EC CouncIl
began In 0ecember 1927 and the congregatIon was receIved Into the EC In
Dctober 1929.

The present buIldIng opened for worshIp on Saturday 18 January 19J2. Fev
James Hunter and Fev H A |orrIson (the fIrst |InIster) gave addresses and 0r J
H CIllespIe was the ChaIrman. The CouncIl mInute records that "the
congregatIon was large, representatIve, and enthusIastIc, a spIrIt of real
thanksgIvIng beIng detectable throughout the entIre servIce."

Presbytery News: PDCVA CommIttee.
Presbytery has appoInted a commIttee to oversee the ImplementatIon of the
Protecton o] Chldren cnd \ulnercble Adults legIslatIon In our congregatIons.
|embers of the commIttee are:
Pctrcc 6bson, 1ule 1ohnston cnd Scm Frcncey.
0o remember them In your prayers.
Frst 5teps~5omerton kod
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DbItuary: hrs FIorence EmIIy Ferguson (FInaghy)
Florence EmIly Ferguson was born Into the Watters home at Lambeg In 1917.
Dne of fIve chIldren, she had two brothers and two sIsters. WhIle stIll a young
chIld her father dIed and her mother was left to brIng up the famIly alone
durIng very hard tImes. As a result they were very closeknIt, protectIve and
carIng of one another. Dn leavIng school EmIly worked In the Lambeg factory as
a weaver. Later In lIfe she returned to work at the CrundIg factory In 0unmurry.

n course of tIme she marrIed James Ferguson and they were blessed wIth
two sons-Fobert and Terry. However James dIed In 1964 at the early age of 48
and she remaIned a wIdow for 41 years, most of that tIme lIvIng In Seymour
HIll. Her early lIfe experIences made her very famIly orIented and anxIous that
she be no burden to anyone. She was a lovely lady wIth a warm heart and
wonderful sense of humour.

8ut most of all she was a ChrIstIan lady wIth clear and fIrm faIth In the
SavIour. FInaghy congregatIon mourns her sudden passIng on 19th November
2005 and commends her sorrowIng sons, daughtersInlaw, sIx grandchIldren
and one greatgrandchIld to Cod. SW
CongratuIatIons: John and Jean CIbson (FInaghy)
We congratulate John and Jean CIbson on theIr 50th weddIng annIversary, 24
0ecember 2005. Jean grew up In our
8otanIc Avenue congregatIon the eldest of
the sIx chIldren of Sam and sobel |cCurk.
The famIly moved to FInaghy In 195J. John
began attendIng 8otanIc Avenue In hIs late
teens, and marrIed Jean In the LIsburn Foad
Church on ChrIstmas Eve 1955. Jean's
sIster, 0orothy (|rs Young) was 8rIdesmaId
and WIllIam 8ell (now |LA) 8est |an. They
honeymooned In England but could only
manage three of Wolverhampton Wanders' ChrIstmasNew Year fIxtures.

John spent much of hIs workIng lIfe In the Ambulance
ServIce and was seconded to the Foyal 8elfast HospItal for SIck
ChIldren. He achIeved the Ambulcnce Person o] the Yecr 0K
award In 1991. Then, In 199J he was awarded an |8E for
ServIces to the ChIldren's HospItal, sIgned by the PrIme |InIster,
Ft Hon John |ajor. John's voluntary work, IncludIng runnIng In
charIty marathons, was only one of the factors In hIs gaInIng the
award.

8oth John and Jean have worked tIrelessly In the FInaghy
Church. John Is a 0eacon and Jean has many years of servIce In
the Sunday School and as Leader of the Women's |eetIng.
John and Jean's son Cary and hIs wIfe 0Iane have two chIldren,
0avId and |ark. We Include them In our congratulatIons.
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EPC Pryer 0ry~1nury
Sun 1 Cospel Pray for conversIons In 2006 through the preachIng of the gospel
|on 2 PDC7A Pray that the commIttee wIll know Cod's help wIth theIr heavy workload
Tues J 8ook Shop Pray for the wItness of E8S; gIve thanks for good ChrIstIan books
Wed 4 Sun Schools Pray for the 200506 Projects: Hudson Taylor or EPC HIstory
Thur 5 FIchhIll Pray for SpIrItanoInted preachIng to saInt and sInner In 2006
FrI 6 Students Pray for our students for the mInIstry In theIr studIes.
Sat 7 South AfrIca Pray for 0umIsanI as the offIce reopens and fInal applIcatIons come In
Sun 8 CrumlIn Pray for the monthly outreach to young people on the streets.
|on 9 EPCEW Pray for Norman Creen and the 8lackburn Church, for blessIng and growth
Tues 10 8allyclare Pray that our Sunday school teachers wIll be encouraged In the work
Wed 11 LatIn AmerIca 0avId E Dlwen Ford are on a short vIsIt home. Pray that It wIll be restful
Thur 12 LIsburn Fd Pray for the nterIm moderator and the pastoral care of the people
FrI 1J Knock CIve thanks for the vIsItors who came to the 0ecember FamIly ServIce
Sat 14 Jnr Camp Pray for the JunIor Camp reunIon In CrumlIn today
Sun 15 StranmIllIs Pray for recent dIstrIbutIon of 2,500 ScrIpture calendars In the dIstrIct
|on 16 0ublIn Pray for recent new contacts: gIve thanks for those attendIng worshIp
Tues 17 ndIa Pray for a Feformed PublIshIng project presently under consIderatIon
Wed 18 Somerton Pray for the recent dIstrIbutIon of EvangelIcal TImes In the dIstrIct
Thur 19 ACTS Pray for ACTS. Femember SIdney, Jean and Pamela In theIr daIly routIne
FrI 20 E|F Femember the work In Poland and the UkraIne; pray for the Churches
Sat 21 FInaghy Pray for the elders as they seek to gIve spIrItual leadershIp and dIrectIon
Sun 22 Croomsport Pray for the recently formed LadIes FellowshIp
|on 2J Dmagh Pray for a settlement to the vacancy; gIve thanks for the wItness In the town
Tues 24 Crosscollyer Pray for ongoIng wItness to paramIlItarIes; pray for wIsdom and help
Wed 25 |InIsters CIve thanks for our |InIsters, Elders and 0eacons. Pray for them
Thur 26 South AfrIca CIve thanks that the Church has receIved two new Students for the |InIstry
FrI 27 |oodIes Pray for Andrew and EunIce In Uganda, for blessIng upon theIr work In ColI
Sat 28 YPA Pray for our young people, for theIr growth In grace
Sun 29 CW Pray for |Ike |oore, Ceneral Secretary, as he oversees the work
|on J0 Dur Land Pray for our land that Cod would come In revIvIng power
Tues J1 Presbytery Pray for the |oderator and Clerk of Presbytery In theIr extra dutIes
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EPC Pryer 0ry~Februry
Wed 1 The SIck Pray that those housebound and In hospItal would know Cod's grace
Thur 2 Knock Pray that the encouragIng chIldren's work wIll open up parent contact
FrI J Arab World Pray for the safety and courage of those who wItness to the Arab world
Sat 4 LIsburn Fd Pray for Cod's blessIng on the youth and chIldren's work
Sun 5 Faculty Femember the Faculty at the Feformed TheologIcal College
|on 6 Presbytery Pray that Presbytery may know Cod's grace and help at tonIght's meetIng
Tues 7 FIchhIll Pray for guIdance for forthcomIng electIon of 0eacons
Wed 8 Croomsport Pray for Sunday School and Youth Leaders' traInIng
Thur 9 Dmagh Femember the sIck and housebound at thIs tIme
FrI 10 |InIsters Pray for the conference at FIchhIll today; pray for 0r John Scott
Sat 11 Dff 8earers Pray for blessIng on the conference at FIchhIll today
Sun 12 The NatIon Pray for our natIon that Cod would have mercy upon our land
|on 1J Somerton CIve thanks for good Sunday School and Youth Club attendances
Tues 14 Students Pray for Fobert Johnston and John Coates In theIr studIes
Wed 15 8allyclare Pray for good contacts In our evangelIstIc outreach and wItness
Thur 16 Chad Pray for the many unreached people and |IssIon AfrIca's work. See p 1819
FrI 17 Dff 8earers Pray for our elders and deacons that Cod would bless theIr work
Sat 18 StranmIllIs Pray for the SessIon as they seek a student worker for autumn 2006
Sun 19 ColumbIa Pray for the Preachers' Project that |anuel Feao travels wIth
|on 20 Crosscollyer Pray that 0r 8eckett wIll be gIven strength and grace for hIs heavy schedule
Tues 21 The SIck Pray for those who are Ill; remember those In hospItal
Wed 22 PersecutIon Pray for persecuted ChrIstIans In many lands throughout the world
Thur 2J CrumlIn Pray for planned return vIsIt of 0r Joel 8eeke In June
FrI 24 FamIlIes Pray that our famIlIes wIll know much joy and blessIng at thIs tIme of year
Sat 25 ChIna PraIse Cod for the growth of the church In ChIna
Sun 26 EPCEW Pray for |ark Ladds In Hull and the weekly market outreach
|on 27 YPA Pray for the regular meetIngs In our congregatIons
Tues 28 FInaghy Pray for Sunday school teachers that they would know encouragement
Prayer Is Indeed the best half of our busIness whIle on earth, and that whIch gIves spIrIt
and effIcacy to all the rest. Prayer Is not only our ImmedIate duty, but the hIghest dIgnIty,
the rIchest prIvIlege we are capable of receIvIng on thIs sIde of eternIty: and the neglect
of It ImplIes the deepest guIlt, and Includes the heavIest punIshment. John Newton
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Chldren'sPgeChldren'sPgeChldren'sPge
Did you huve un egg for breukfust? If so, if probobIy fook jusf Z or 3 minufes
fo cookunIess if wos on osfrich egg. Thof wouId foke obouf 40 minufes ond one
egg wouId be enough for you ond your fomiIy for severoI breokfosfs,

In Job chopfer 39, 0od feIIs us fhof fhe osfrich is rofher coreIess wifh her eggs,
She Ioys fhem in fhe worm, sondy soiI ond Ieoves fhem fhere, forgeffing fhof fhey
couId be crushed underfoof by o wiId onimoI. Even when her chicks hofch, fhe
mofher freofs fhem horshIy oImosf os if fhey were nof hers, soys 0od in verse Io.

The osfrich is pecuIior in ofher woys foo. If connof fIy, perch, sing or swim, buf if
con cerfoinIy run. Wifh o speed of oround bo km per hour, if's nof surprising fhof
0od soys fhe osfrich con Iough of fhe horse ond ifs rider.

Who designed such o foscinofing creofure7 Who creofed every
porf of fhe osfrich fo work so perfecfIy7 Why 0od of coursel

In fhe finoI chopfers of fhe book of Job, 0od osks Job fo fhink
obouf fhe worId oround himfhe seo ond snow, fhe mounfoin
goofs ond mighfy eogIes. He reminds Job fhof onIy 0od knows oII
fhe secrefs of nofure, becouse onIy 0od hos been fhere from fhe
beginning. He mode fhe worId ond He oIone confroIs if. If's sfiII
fhe some fodoy. Even modern fechnoIogy connof hoId bock fhe
seo, or moke o snowsform. Mo scienfisf con ever expIoin why on
osfrich is so differenf from on eogIe, or o goof from o dinosour.

Affer 0od soid fhese fhings, Job undersfood how very cIever ond
powerfuI 0od is ond how fooIish if is fo fhink we know beffer fhon
He does. Job wos oshomed fhof he hod fried fo be
wiser fhon 0od.

I hope you enjoy Ieorning obouf fhe mony wonderfuI creofures 0od
hos puf on fhis eorfh. PIeuse write und teII me whut you think is
Sod's most umuzing bird or unimuI, You mighf Iike fo drow o
picfure, or feII me on inferesfing focf or fwo. 8uf even if you don'f wrife, pIeose
sfop ond proise 0od ond remember jusf how wonderfuI He is.
Send your Ietters to the editor, Put "ChiIdren's Puge" ut the
top und remember to incIude you nume uge und uddress,
Looking forwurd to heuring from you|
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La Pampa
"8uenos dIas hermana!" "0Ios te
bendIga!" After two tIrIng days of
travelIng we were overwhelmed and
surprIsed at beIng greeted wIth kIsses
from 4050 people as we entered the
glesIa EvangelIca 8autIsta In the shanty
town of La Pampa! Although we
understood lIttle, the warmth of theIr
welcome and delIght at havIng vIsItors
from reland was clear from theIr
smIles and we felt rude at only
managIng a few words of SpanIsh In
pathetIc reply!

ThIs was the fIrst of many amazIng
experIences enjoyed thIs summer
when vIsIted Peru to do my medIcal
electIve. spent 7 weeks wIth a frIend
from my year In the small port of lo,
In the south of the country. There we
worked In several hospItals and stayed
wIth the |orrow famIly who work
there wIth rIsh 8aptIst |IssIons.

hINSA hedIcaI Posts
We spent tIme In |NSA medIcal posts
where care was very basIc but all that
the poorest could afford, EsSalud
hospItal where there were the good
servIces for those who could pay socIal
securIty and a prIvate hospItal where
medIcIne was not so dIfferent from
here. As wIth so many thIngs In Peru,
much depended on what you could
afford, and for the poor majorIty thIs
often meant relyIng on famIlIes savIng
up or beggIng to be able to pay for any
medIcal attentIon at all. |any patIents
needIng any specIalIst treatments or
InvestIgatIons had to travel to
ArequIpa (5 hours away) or even LIma
(18 hours). t made me grateful that
here medIcal care Is free for everyone
and experts are never too far away.

hoyobamba
We also vIsIted |oyobamba for a few
days, a town In the north where my
A Hedcl Electve n Peru
The Moyobumbu
Church
Lu Pumpu
Church
All Lnds to Cod!
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grandmother worked as a mIssIonary
nurse for the Free Church of
Scotland,1948195J. We stayed wIth
the |acPherson famIly who work there
now wIth the mIssIon.

We attended the glesIa EvangelIca
PresbyterIana where around 500
people met to worshIp and vIsIted
some ChrIstIan mInIstrIes there-the
radIo statIon, Ebenezer, whIch
broadcasts ChrIstIan content to the
regIon 24 hours a day, IncludIng the
Sunday servIces, the AnnIe Soper
ChrIstIan School, where we helped
Dlwen Ford teach an EnglIsh lesson
and the medIcal clInIc, run by the
Luke SocIety.

t was great to see the huge sIte
owned by the mIssIon on the outskIrts
of |oyobamba where they eventually
hope to buIld a ChrIstIan unIversIty.
The 2005 YPA |IssIonary Project was
to raIse money for the development of
school playIng fIelds there.
Prayer for Peru
Please pray for ChrIstIans In Peru, our
brothers and sIsters In ChrIst, many of
whom face dIffIcult famIly and
fInancIal sItuatIons, yet have a lot to
teach us about havIng real love for one
another In the Lord and a burden to
see others come to know hIm.
Femember too the mIssIonarIes lIke
the |orrows and the |acPhersons, far
from theIr famIlIes, as they work for
Cod's kIngdom In thIs needy land.
Suruh und coIIeugues ut work
New Church n 5outh Alrc
Those famIlIar wIth Norman and Angela FeId's Prayer Letters wIll be aware of a
new church under constructIon at Qhugqwala (Kooqwala), about half an hour's
drIve from KIng WIllIam's Town. 8elow are a couple of pIctures whIch show Its
progress. Please pray for Its early completIon and for the growth, especIally the
spIrItual growth of the new congregatIon. We thank those congregatIons and
frIends at home who have generously raIsed funds for thIs encouragIng advance.
We wIll keep you In touch wIth the project.
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n July 2005, took part In the fIrst
|IssIon AfrIca STeP team to Chad.
There were two team members, Sally
and myself, and we spent J weeks In
N'0jamena, the capItal. Chad, a
former French colony In North AfrIca,
Is one of AfrIca's poorest countrIes.
PredomInantly |uslIm, there Is
freedom of relIgIon, but In many ways
It Is stIll a very closed country.
ChrIstIans can worshIp freely, but
|uslIms are very opposed to the
gospel and It Is extremely dIffIcult for
those from a |uslIm background to
even assocIate wIth ChrIstIans, never
mInd become a belIever.

The ethanIe Drphanage
The fIrst part of our tIme was spent
workIng In 8ethanIe orphanage, whIch
Is run by SwIss mIssIonarIes. Sally and
were Involved In helpIng to care for
the chIldren and play wIth them. |ost
of the chIldren have lost one parent,
and the other Is unable to care for
them, so they lIve at 8ethanIe untIl
the age of 6 and are then gradually re
Integrated back Into theIr famIlIes.
Each summer, many of the chIldren
come back for a camp. The chIldren
are brought up In a ChrIstIan
envIronment and taught from the
8Ible, although many return to |uslIm
homes, so theIr tIme at 8ethanIe may
be the only tIme they hear the gospel.
The chIldren were so welcomIng and
frIendly, and always so happy, despIte
what lIttle they had. Each mornIng we
had a tIme of prayer and sIngIng and
the chIldren prayed and thanked Cod
for all hIs blessIngs.

WIth harIe-ChrIstIne
The second part of our tIme was spent
workIng wIth |arIeChrIstIne, a SwIss
mIssIonary who teaches In N'0jamena
and works wIth chIldren In |ursal, a
"ChrIstIan" area of N'0jamena. |arIe
ChrIstIne has a weekly radIo
programme for chIldren, whIch Is
broadcast every Saturday, and
twIce a week she holds a
chIldren's club In her home for
about 12 chIldren from the
church. WhIle we were there,
she also ran a 5day club, sImIlar
to our HolIday 8Ible Clubs, wIth
the aIm of reachIng out to other
local chIldren. t was to be held
In the local church, EglIse , and
the chIldren from the church
were encouraged to come and to
brIng theIr frIends along.
The fIrst mornIng we went to the
church at 7.J0am as the club was to
start at 8.00am, and waIted for the
wth the 5TeP Tem n Chd
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chIldren to come. 8y 8.J0am there
were stIll no chIldren there, and
although AfrIcans are not noted for
theIr tImekeepIng, we were begInnIng
to feel dIscouraged. After a short tIme
of prayer, we decIded that If the
chIldren were not goIng to come, we
would go to them! Across the road was
an area where lots of chIldren and
young people were playIng, so we
went across and started to throw a
ball around. n no tIme at all, we had
a crowd of about 50 chIldren and
teenagers playIng games wIth us who
then stayed and sang songs and
lIstened to a 8Ible story. There were
chIldren and young people of all ages
and from dIfferent backgrounds, and
they lIstened so well, and came back
every day that week. At the end of the
week, a few of the older boys
professed conversIon and asked for
8Ibles. t was amazIng to see how
Cod answered our prayers so
remarkably after the dIsappoIntment
of the fIrst mornIng.

hIssIon AfrIca In Chad
0urIng our tIme In Chad, we also had
the opportunIty to see the work done
by |IssIon AfrIca and other mIssIon
organIsatIons. Foy and Jane Jones
work wIth |A In Chad, and they
looked after Sally and me whIle we
were there. Foy Is a doctor and works
as a CP both for the other mIssIonarIes
In Chad, and also IncreasIngly amongst
local people. As more and more of the
local people hear of hIm, there are
frequent callers to the house lookIng
for help, and In thIs practIcal way, Foy
Is able to show Cod's love to these
needy people. As well as thIs, Foy and
Jane are both Involved In teachIng
EnglIsh, and In learnIng ArabIc and
Coran, a trIbal language spoken by a
group of people In Northern Chad.
Dnce every fortnIght, they go to a
wIdows' camp outsIde N'0jamena,
where Foy holds a clInIc and Jane
dIspenses medIcInes. They also are
seekIng to reach out to the people of
Northern Chad, and go twIce a year to
spend 10 days lIvIng wIth one of the
northern trIbes, where Foy holds a
medIcal clInIc and Jane dIspenses
medIcInes. They are seekIng to
befrIend and break down barrIers wIth
thIs group of prevIously unreached
people. The work Is just begInnIng,
and It Is necessary to spend a long
tIme buIldIng up trust and showIng
love to these needy people.
Please pray for the many
unreached people of Chad, and for Foy
and Jane and |arIeChrIstIne as they
seek to show Cod's love to them.
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The words we Use~uspIrutIou
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InspiIi0n
The word 'InspIratIon' occurs twIce In the 8Ible, but It Is wrItten all over It.
"What the 8Ible Is, Is just the questIon of Its InspIratIon"
1
ChrIst hImself
testIfIed In the 8Ible: "ScrIpture cannot be broken" (John 10:J5). Paul saId,
"All scrIpture Is breathed out (InspIred) by Cod" (2 TIm J:16). And Peter added,
"For no prophecy was ever produced by the wIll of man, but men spoke from
Cod as they were carrIed along by the Holy SpIrIt" (1 Peter 1:21).

0oes thIs mean that those who wrote the ScrIptures were Infused, or
anImated wIth feelIngs that moved them to wrIte In a creatIve way, just as
poets, hIstorIans, and phIlosophers have always done: Dr does It mean they
were quIckened, or Influenced by the SpIrIt of Cod, to a greater extent
perhaps, but, In the same way that other relIgIous wrIters have been: Dr dId
the Holy SpIrIt Influence and superIntend them In some places, whIle other
parts are the product of theIr own InsIghts and abIlItIes: Dr can It mean that
they made all the mIstakes and errors that humans make, but somehow Cod
Invests theIr words wIth power and meanIng to become the Word of Cod at
some exIstentIal poInt:

The InspIratIon upon whIch we claIm ScrIpture Is the Inerrant and
authorItatIve Word of Cod Is dIfferent from all these. ScrIpture cannot be
broken or vIolated because It Is the InspIred Word of Cod. That means It has
been 'breathed out', or expIred, from Cod. t was not the wrIters who were
InspIred; It was the ScrIptures they wrote. The wrIters were the agents
employed In the task. They were borne, or carrIed along, by the Holy SpIrIt In
doIng so. ThIs does not mean they were coerced Into the task, or prompted and
dIctated to In fulfIllIng It. They used theIr own facultIes, made theIr own
choIces, and expressed theIr own personalItIes In doIng so, but at the same
tIme they were controlled and superIntended by the Holy SpIrIt so that what
they penned was precIsely what Cod Intended them to say. nspIratIon,
therefore, "Is a supernatural, provIdentIal Influence of Cod's Holy SpIrIt upon
the human authors whIch caused them to wrIte what he wIshed to be wrItten
for the communIcatIon of truth to others".
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All ScrIpture Is InspIred In thIs way. That Is, 'every ScrIpture', every text,
every lIne, "every sIngle entIty that qualIfIes for the desIgnatIon 'scrIpture'".
J

Some parts may be more InterestIng and stIrrIng than other parts, but no part Is
more InspIred than any other. t Is a full and total InspIratIon, IncludIng where
It touches on hIstory and the cosmos. t Is somethIng Cod has done, therefore,
It Is true, It Is InfallIble, It Is relIable, It Is Inerrant, and It Is forever.

1
J |urray, Collected Wrtnys, 4.J1
2
J Packer, 'Fundcmentclsm' cnd the Word o] 6od, 77
J
0 |acleod, A Fcth to Proclcm, 12
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Fth nd Lle
A seres o] one pcye summcres o] the JJ Chcpters o] the Westmnster Con]esson,
wth comment where spcce on one pcye permts. Plecse recd the Con]esson Chcpter tsel]!
Chater 7-Cod's Covenant wth Man
SectIon 1 Cod's Expresses hIs Crace as "Covenant"
WhIle all people have a duty of obedIence to Cod as theIr Creator, the dIstance
between them and Cod Is so great that they could never enjoy hIs blessIngs and
reward, except by hIs grace. ThIs grace he has expressed In terms of "covenant".

SectIon 2 The Covenant of Works
The fIrst covenant Cod made was a covenant of works promIsIng lIfe to Adam,
and In hIm to hIs descendents, on condItIon of hIs perfect, personal obedIence.

SectIon 3 The Covenant of Crace
When the fall made man Incapable of lIfe through the covenant of works the
Lord gracIously made the covenant of grace. n It he freely offers to sInners lIfe
and salvatIon by Jesus ChrIst, requIrIng them to belIeve In hIm, and promIsIng
hIs Holy SpIrIt to the elect to make them able and wIllIng to belIeve.

SectIon 4 The Covenant of Crace as a "Testament"
ScrIpture commonly presents the covenant of grace as "Testament" thus poIntIng
to the death of ChrIst, the Testator, and to the bequest of eternal InherItance.

SectIon 5 The Covenant of Crace In the DId Testament
n the Dld Testament perIod the Covenant of Crace was admInIstered by
promIses, prophecIes, sacrIfIces, types and symbols. TheIr purpose was to poInt
forward to |essIah ChrIst, and the SpIrIt made them effectIve In establIshIng the
faIth of the elect In hIm, In whom they had pardon of sIn and eternal salvatIon.

SectIon 6 The Covenant of Crace In the New Testament
n the New Testament perIod, wIth the comIng of ChrIst, the covenant of grace
Is admInIstered In the preachIng of the Word and the sacraments. WhIlst these
arrangements are fewer, more sImply dIspensed, and have less outward glory than
those of the Dld Testament, they present the Cospel wIth greater clarIty and
power to Jews and CentIles of all natIons. A sIngle covenant of grace has been In
force sInce the fall, admInIstered dIfferently durIng the Dld and New Testaments.

WhIlst the Con]esson o] Fcth uses the term "covenant of works" the Shorter
Cctechsm has "covenant of lIfe" (12). The Lcryer employs both terms (20,J0).
The Lcryer Cctechsm, QJ1, Wth whom wcs the covencnt o] yrcce mcde,
amplIfIes the teachIng of the Con]esson In statIng that Cod made the Covenant of
Crace wIth ChrIst as the second Adam, "and In hIm wIth all the elect as hIs seed."

t Is Important to note that the ConfessIon stIpulates the ]ree offer of salvatIon
In the covenant of grace (J). 8ut the covenant Is not uncondItIonal. FaIth In ChrIst
Is requIred of sInners for lIfe and salvatIon. No quarter Is gIven to antInomIanIsm!
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The ChrIst of the Prophets
D PaImer Pobertson, P E F PublIshIng, Hardback, 502pp, f18.95, f14.25
ThIs Is a substantIal and thorough study of Dld Testament
prophecy by the respected author of 'ChrIst of the Covenants'.
Fobertson Is metIculous In hIs consIderatIon of the prophets,
both major and mInor, and the volume Is sImply packed full of
ScrIpture. n readIng through thIs work you wIll encounter
numerous helpful InsIghts Into the nature and purpose of DT
prophecy. For example on page 26 we're told that "the word of
the prophet does not prImarIly Involve predIctIons regardIng
future events. |oses' maIn task In delIverIng the law at SInaI was
not to predIct the future, but to declare Cod's wIll as It was revealed to hIm.
Not a sIngle predIctIon Is found In the Ten Commandments ."
Dn page 82 we fInd thIs challengIng statement: "deep convIctIon of sIn was
a common element of the prophetIc call. Dnly when a person became aware of
hIs own sInfulness and the grace of Cod that was capable of restorIng hIm could
he take on the role of Cod's spokesman to a sInful humanIty." For those of us
wrestlIng wIth eschatologIcal Issues Fobertson's comment on page 492 left me
In no doubt as to where he stood on the Issue of the establIshment of the State of
srael: "FeconstItutIon of srael In the land that underscores JewIsh natIonalIsm
and buIlds walls of separatIon between them and CentIle peoples cannot
possIbly qualIfy as the restoratIon depIcted In the wrItIngs of the prophets."
ThIs excellent volume Is not an easy read but anyone who Is serIous about
understandIng the Dld Testament and especIally the message and mInIstry of
the prophets would we well advIsed to acquIre thIs book. ,. :., ,. :., ,. :., ,. :.,

1 CorInthIans
Peter NayIor, EvangelIcal Press, Hardback, 4J2pp, f16.5
Why wrIte another Commentary on 1 CorInthIans, wIth a
number of good commentarIes well establIshed: Clearly Naylor
hImself faced thIs questIon as he begIns wIth hIs ratIonale for
wrItIng thIs book. "ThIs book Is to some extent a reactIon."
HavIng been faced wIth the burnIng questIons of the Church In
these days, spIrItual gIfts, tongues, healIng, etc, he felt compelled to make hIs
stand and thoroughly exegete the relevant passages. Yet he goes on to add, "
would want to stress that thIs study . has been undertaken for the sake of the
Letter Itself." ThIs Is an encouragIng affIrmatIon of sound hermeneutIcs, whIch
he portrays throughout the book, to take tIme to examIne the global as well as
the near context. The book Is set out so that we can proceed topIcally or by
chapter. enjoyed hIs InteractIon wIth Cordon Fee on some pIvotal Issues and hIs
easy, lucId style In explaInIng some fIner poInts of doctrIne. Naylor's concern
should be our concern, whether we are Pastors, Students or lay members. When
faced wIth a growIng CharIsmatIc movement we must have the tools to answer
those who ask us why we stand as we do. Naylor wIll help and equIp us to begIn
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Why does beIng a ChrIstIan have to be so hard!
Peter CoIdIng, EvangelIcal Press, Paperback, 144pp, f6.95, f5.50
A common mIsconceptIon, perhaps more so wIth those young In
the faIth, Is that somehow they are sheltered from lIfe's trIals. So
when events take a turn for the worst, It can be quIte a shock to
the system. We forget that Cod truly does work In mysterIous ways
for our sanctIfIcatIon. n such cases, Heb 12:11J Is a useful
passage to turn to for encouragement and succour.
The book tells us that as ChrIstIans we should have ChrIst not just as SavIour,
but as Lord, In every aspect of our lIves. The author grapples successfully wIth
the whole concept of sonshIp, and how the trIals and troubles of thIs lIfe are for
our benefIt In the schemes of the most Holy Cod. Whereas justIfIcatIon from a
legal standpoInt makes us rIght wIth Cod, the tenet of sonshIp draws us over
the raIl and closer to Cod, reflectIng the true nature of parentchIld
relatIonshIp. When we err from hIs paths, he does not sImply abandon us, but
draws us back to hImself by hIs grace. Father than beIng depressed and thInkIng
that Cod has forgotten us, It Is actually we that have forgotten hIm. That Is the
key breakthrough In recognIzIng dIscIplIne for Its true purpose. "Dur Father's
maIn concern for us Is not our hcppness, but our holness." ThIs book brIngs us
from recognItIon through the rIght and wrong ways to deal wIth chastIsement, to
benefItIng fully from It, culmInatIng In the many blessIngs of sonshIp. 8ooks are
successful If they make a dIfference to the way we lIve, act and thInk towards
Cod. ThIs book makes us thInk about how we really do vIew Cod. .. , .. , .. , .. ,

PhIIIppIans for today-PrIorItIes from prIson
Cerard CrIspIn, 0ay Dne PublIcatIons, Paperback, J47pp, f10.00, f7.50
n recent years we have wItnessed a number of very helpful
commentarIes comIng from 0ay Dne PublIcatIons and thIs volume
does not dIsappoInt. The author, an ItInerant Pastor wIth the
FEC, has a background In crImInal law. He descrIbes the
commentary as a 'devotoncl cnd dscpleshp' commentary,
whIch follows a threefold approach of explaInIng the meanIng of
the text, drawIng out prIncIples and then suggestIng areas of applIcatIon. There
Is a very helpful IntroductIon that sets the scene for those who are less famIlIar
wIth thIs gem amongst Paul's letters.
At fIrst sIght the chapters mIght seem rather long for a devotIonal
commentary, but they can be easIly subdIvIded and the commentary Is well
suIted for daIly devotIons. Also the abundance of applIcatIon makes It clear
that the author Is famIlIar wIth many of the dIffIcultIes facIng modern belIevers
and has that he has a real desIre to show the relevance of Cod's Word to our
daIly lIves. The commentary concludes wIth a very novel 'CheckDut' sectIon
that gIves a couple of questIons on every verse of Paul's letter, whIch makes
thIs volume adaptable for group 8Ible study. ThIs commentary Is warmly
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