Is the Reformation a tragedy that still divides?
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The Preciousness of Faith
Date: Sun PM 22nd October 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: 2 Peter 1v1
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
Remembering that God is in control
Date: Sun AM 22nd October 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Philippians 1v12
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel
Plenteous Harvest – few labourers
Date: Wed PM 18th October 2017
Singers: Revival Trio
Preacher: Rev. Paul Hanna
Bible Reference: Matthew 9v37-38
37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
The Foolish Rich Farmer
Date: Sun PM 15th October 2017
Preacher: Mr. Phil Moffat, ballymoney FPC
Bible Reference: Luke 12v20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee:
Considering a True and Genuine Gospel Ploughman
Date: Sun AM 15th October 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Luke 9v62
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Attempts to Reverse and Reactions to the Reformation
Date: Fri PM 13th October 2017
Speaker: Mr. Wallace Thompson, Evangelical Protestant Society
Bible Reference: Jude v3-4
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Royal Priesthood of All Believers
Date: Thu PM 12th October 2017
Speaker: Dr. John Greer, Ballymena FPC
Bible Reference: 1 Peter 2v9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone
Date: Wed PM 11th October 2017
Speaker: Dr. John Greer, Ballymena FPC
Bible Reference: Galatians 2v16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Reversal of the Reformation
Date: Tue PM 10th October 2017
Speaker: Mr. Cecil Andrews, Take Heed Ministries
Bible Reference: 2 Corinthians 6v17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
The Reasons for and Reactions to the Reformation
Date: Mon PM 9th October 2017
Speaker: Mr. Cecil Andrews, Take Heed Ministries
Bible Reference: Galatians 2v16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
The Conversion of Martin Luther
Date: Sun PM 8th October 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Romans 4v5
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
The Authority of the Scripture Alone
Date: Sun AM 8th October 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Hebrews 4v12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The Precious Thoughts of God
Date: Sun PM 1st October 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Psalm 139v17-18
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
A pastor’s prayer for his people
O how the Protestant church needs spiritual discernment in our day to avoid love devoid of truth, to have love based on the teaching of God’s Word with sound doctrine.
Date: Sun AM 1st October 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Philippians 1v9-11
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.