The Heidelberg Catechism - The Foundations Of Our Faith

F W Boreham on The Eyes of Easter  On Good Friday F W Boreham looks with Easter eyes with illustrations from Charles Spurgeon and Francis of Assisi. GEOFF POUND APR 3   READ IN APP   The cross in San Damiano's chapel in Assisi On Good Friday we turn to Calvary with Easter Eyes. Bunyan tells us how it is done. When Christian came to the Cross and was welcomed by the Three Shining Ones, 'he looked – and looked – and looked again!' Three looks; but three different looks! The first was the look  Positive ; the second was the look  Comparative ; the third was the look  Superlative . I The Churches of the world have been celebrating the centenary of the conversion of C.H. Spurgeon. It was a snowy Sunday in the middle of last century. As the caretaker fought his way through the storm from his cottage to the chapel in Artillery Street, Colchester (which, to my delight, I myself had the privilege of visiting a few years back), he wondered whether, on such a wild and...

The Bow in the Cloud by Dr. F. W. Boreham Memory is the soul's best minister. Sydney Carton found it so. On the greatest night of his life – the night on which he resolved to lay down his life for his friend – a text swept suddenly into his mind, and, from that moment, it seemed to be written everywhere. The story occurs, of course, in the  Tale of Two Cities . The book lies on the grass beside me as I lounge upon this Australian lawn on a perfect autumn evening. It may be that the bronze and saffron tints upon the foliage around me, and the wrestling of the fallen leaves at my feet, have suggested pensive thoughts. However that may be, I allowed the book to slip from my hand a minute ago, whilst my truant fancy wandered away to all the stricken and bereaved homes that, in the course of my long ministry, I have been privileged to visit. If only I could hurry back to them and bind up the broken hearts that they sheltered with the thoughts that had come thronging through my mind sinc...

Church Antagonists Can't Live With Them, Can Live Without Them By Kenneth C. Haugk   Over 1,000 people had crowded into the sanctuary of a California church to celebrate Pastor Smith's installation. He had successfully served a congregation in Oklahoma for 15 years and was looking forward to the opportunities and challenges of his new pastorate. Early in his ministry in Oklahoma, Pastor Smith had weathered a vicious attack from an antagonist. Fortunately, the situation had been handled with a limited amount of damage, the antagonist had left the congregation, and the congregation had thrived during the remainder of his years there. Life is good , the pastor thought as he entered the fellowship hall for a reception after the service. He gazed over the crowd gathered for the festivities. That's when he saw them. The Oklahoma antagonist and his wife had traveled 1,500 miles to attend the installation and sow discrediting rumors about hi...