Remember the Lord’s Day 
      
      
      
          Why was the sabbath day instituted by the Lord, and does it continue now as the Lord’s Day? If so, in what way has it changed with the coming of Christ? How should it be kept? Is it true there was a conflict of views about the continuation of the sabbath between the early and later Reformers? 
      
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          The Doctrine of Biblical Separation
      
      
      
          Biblical Separation from denominational heresy and apostasy (nowadays including homosexual immorality) is no longer widely followed by evangelicals. Evangelical Anglicans remain in their deeply corrupt denomination no matter what; the Evangelical
      
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          The Holy War - Do we dodge enlistment?
      
      
      
          The devil’s self-assumed task is to bring down the human race in order to prove that God has failed in its design and creation. He has brought about the Fall by his lies, and if he can keep all people in rebellion against God’s standards and desires, then the Lord will appear to have failed. Of
      
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          The Seven Pillars of Counselling
      
      
      
          This article is about the ministry of mutual admonition, or mutual personal help and encouragement. ‘And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another’ (Romans 15.14).
      
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          Witchcraft in a Modern Guise
      
      
      
          In reviewing the sins of the flesh (in Galatians 5.19-21) the apostle mentions witchcraft, often today translated sorcery. He actually uses a word which we have in English, although for us it has a much nobler meaning.The Greek word is a form of our word ‘pharmacy’. Obviously, no Bible
      
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          Features of Apostate Behaviour
      
      
      
          In the course of his prophetic words in 2 Timothy 3, Paul moves swiftly to list the chief features of behaviour that will come to the fore in a perilous season, naming nineteen prominent sins which will take over society. These evil tendencies 
      
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          The Cancer in all Human Relationships
      
      
      
          Following the evils of self-love, the apostle lists ten more evils, all of which are about relationships between people. A prominent feature of any perilous time is that of relationship wickedness. Once people choose to despise the authority of Almighty  God, they soon
      
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