The Accommodation of Martin Bucer (Ep. 23)

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The tango is a popular form of ballroom dancing made famous in South America. Both partners must move in perfect unison for the dance to work. The phrase “it takes two to tango” means cooperation is required from both parties for an activity to work. 

In a similar way, Scripture exhorts Christians to labor and strive to accommodate one another. But along the way, we must avoid two mistakes. First, don’t seek peace at all costs. That is, don’t change your biblical convictions just to enjoy a ceasefire. Second, don’t view peace as a one-way street. There are others involved who must agree. Martin Bucer, the great Reformer from Germany, was not perfect in his partnerships with others. Yet, he labored so relentlessly for unity that he serves as an excellent example for the Church.  

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Missionary Minds: Van Zyls in Thailand

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Missionary Minds is a series of ten questions with missionaries around the world.

Nico Van Zyl, his wife Roxanne and their son Nicolas, are serving as missionaries in Thailand with Timothy Two Project International. They focus their evangelism, church planting, and leadership training among the Thai people.

Pray for the strenuous process of language learning, that they would persevere until they can speak fluently and teach in Thai and find joy in the process. Also pray for their spiritual growth, their Timothy Two projects in Thailand, India, and Myanmar and for their new church plant, Sovereign Grace Fellowship, constituted in August 2025 with ten members. 

1. Finish the sentence: Do not become a missionary if…

You think you are going to learn a new language and master it in a year or two. You are in it for the long haul. Think about learning a new language as getting a degree or an advanced degree. If we want to do missions effectively, we need to put in time to learn the heart language of the people. This is by far the most difficult thing to do for me and probably one of the most rewarding, I believe, in the end. 

We need to focus on investing time in the local language so we can make the gospel understandable and make sure the locals understand the gospel is not only for Westerners and that they don’t need to learn English to worship God effectively and truly.

That is also why Protestants believed and believe in translating the Bible into local languages. This has escalated since the Reformation and especially since William Carey went to India in 1792.

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Can a Christian Vote for the DA?

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–– Evan Cantrell

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On 13 October 2025, the Democratic Alliance, also known as the DA, participated in the “Joburg Pride” march, celebrating what the DA’s Rainbow Alliance called “the beauty, resilience, and strength of Africa’s LGBTQIA+ community”. 

The largest party in South Africa is the ANC, whose policies and actions have brought South Africa to its knees. The party most known for resisting the ANC in ways that have achieved practical results for the good of South Africa is the DA. The DA stands for the free market and against the ANC’s hyper-racial and socialist policies. 

However, the DA does not oppose abortion, allowing the murder of innocents to continue unabated. It proudly supports homosexual relationships in every form, contributing to the breakdown of the families which form the bedrock of society. Scripture clearly describes these positions (also endorsed by the ANC) as bringing God’s judgment on a nation. The DA government in Cape Town also distinguished itself in the Covid-19 era by stringently enforcing “lockdown” measures. 

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The Versatility of Miles Coverdale (Ep. 22)

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It may surprise the reader that England was one of the last nations in Europe to receive a Bible translation in their own language.

It wasn’t for fame or fortune that Miles Coverdale compiled the Scriptures in English. In the preface to the Coverdale Bible, he wrote: “It was neither my labor nor desire, to have this work put in my hand: nevertheless, it grieved me that other nations should be more plenteously provided for with the Scripture in their mother tongue, than we.”

Coverdale translated and compiled the Bible into English during a time when participating in such a project would get you killed. And yet he was willing to work on a host of translation projects in a plethora of challenging settings, such that God used this selfless attitude to produce the first complete English Bible ever printed.

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The Danger of Date-setters

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Recently, a man from South Africa named Joshua Mhlakela predicted that the rapture of the church would occur between September 23-24 of this year. He made this claim after supposedly receiving a vision about Christ’s return. In his TV interview, which has since received hundreds of thousands of views, Mhlakela claimed to be a “billion per cent sure” the Lord would return on those dates, though the dates continue to change. South African singer-turned preacher Danie Botha made a similar false claim about the Lord’s return.

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The Evil Extortion Epidemic

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–– Joe Shoko

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In most African countries, when citizens see the police, they turn the other way or pass them begrudgingly. Instead of feeling safe and secure around their supposed protection unit, people would rather risk driving into the drainage ditches, fleeing from their assailers. This is the reality that every Zimbabwean, believer or non-believer, must live with: the fact that they are likely to be arrested, extorted, and harassed on trumped-up charges.

It is no secret that Zimbabwe is one of the most corrupt countries in Africa. The logic follows that a country with leaders who selectively apply the law is policed by lawless men and women. In 2017, for example, the head of police was arrested for failing to prove how he acquired his seven-million-dollar mansion and other properties, despite being a mere civil servant. 

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The Resilience of Hugh Latimer (Ep. 21)

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The godly virtue of resiliency begins small and grows with time. Boys with just a little strength now may become men of great fortitude tomorrow. Large oaks begin by seed. Floods start with drops. A frog was once a tadpole. A lion was once a cub. 

Cowards fear man, not God. They fear offending. They fear the consequences of exposing others’ sins. They worry the truth may bring them unemployment, poverty, imprisonment or even death. Proverbs 29:25 says: “The fear of man lays a snare.” Cowards are trapped. They can’t move. They say, “What will others think?” 

Cowards are the sail on a boat. Popular opinion is the wind. They go where the world tells them. Courageous men, on the other hand, do what is right. They are resilient regardless the outcome. When cowards bow, heroes stand. When cowards whisper, heroes proclaim. When cowards run, heroes stand firm. They do not quit. They persevere amidst trials. Why

In 1 Corinthians 4, Paul teaches that despite his afflictions and difficulties, these weaknesses do not disable him. He gives four word pictures to show that his infirmities give him more strength. He’s “afflicted” but “not crushed”; he is “perplexed” but not “driven to despair”; he is “persecuted but not forsaken”; he is “struck down but not destroyed.” The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is the same power that will help us survive our trials (v. 7). God makes us weak so he gets all the credit amidst our resiliency, as shall be seen in the life of Hugh Latimer.

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Can We Unite With Catholics & Mormons? Gospel Purity & Civic Duty

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–– Tim Cantrell

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In preparation for November’s G20 Summit to be hosted in South Africa, an Interfaith Forum was recently held in Cape Town to unite religious leaders to “strengthen peace-making efforts” in global conflicts.  The All Africa Council of Churches accounts for some “200 million Christians” across the continent.  In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder and a conservative resurgence in the USA, there are new calls for reconciling Protestants, Catholics, Mormons, and others (especially when both the 2nd and 3rd in command are devout Catholics—Vance & Rubio).  Meanwhile, others are calling for believers to come out and be separate from any political alliances with unbelievers.

How do we resist the temptation of ecumenism yet remain engaged in society? We’ll look at legitimate and illegitimate cooperation with unbelievers, all hinging upon the purpose for which we are uniting.

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How Many Blind Men were Healed Near Jericho?

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Answering 439 Bible Contradictions 

Answer: Jesus healed two blind men near Jericho, one whose name was Bartimaeus.

Problem: Matthew 20:30 references two blind men, while Mark 10 and Luke 18 name one.

Explanation: Enemies of the gospel try to prove there are errors in the Bible by employing a tactic I heretofore christen the “Jericho Juke”. They use this sham move to mislead their opponents into thinking the Bible contains mistakes. They get you to look that way when the answer is right in front of you. Continue reading →

Why Boys Matter

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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There are more boys alive today than at any time in human history. Africa, in particular, possesses an army of boys, as it is projected that by 2050, 40% of the world’s children will live in Africa. By 2055, Africa’s child population will reach one billion. By 2050, boys ages 1-18 will account for 1.5 billion of the population, more than the entire world’s population just 200 years ago in 1825. 

Add to this the 21st century’s One-Child policy—which wiped out millions of female births—and it’s clear that boys should be our priority, though not for what they can accomplish at this moment.

Despite most boys being too tender-aged for great exploits, there are outliers. Mozart wrote his first symphony at age eight. Alexander the Great started conquering the world at age eighteen. Both at age nineteen, respectively, the Marquis de Lafayette helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War and Blaise Pascal invented a calculator.  

But the average boy simply needs steady character training today so that he will be of good use tomorrow. Let’s explore some reasons why boys matter. 

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God’s Mercenary: The Peaceability of Ulrich Zwingli (Ep. 20)

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While Martin Luther led the Protestant Reformation in Germany, Ulrich Zwingli helped launch the Swiss Reformation in Zurich in the 1520s. As in Germany, the church in Switzerland had become corrupt and desperately needed reformation—a revolt against papal tyranny. Her leaders had become ignorant, superstitious, and corrupt. 

By examining the life of Zwingli, we can learn as much from his errors as we can from his accomplishments. The heroes of the faith in Church History blundered just like the champions of the faith in Scripture. Amidst their mistakes came treasure boxes of triumph, including Zwingli’s tug-of-war success and failure at seeking peace with others. 

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Is Childbearing Sinful?

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Answering 439 Bible Contradictions 

Answer: No, childbearing is honorable and women that embrace feminine roles like motherhood give evidence of genuine conversion.

Problem: Genesis 1:28 commands fruitfulness and 1 Timothy 2:15 promises salvation through “childbearing”, while Leviticus 12 implies a woman has sinned by giving birth.

Explanation: Women should prize their childbearing years. Within this two-decade window, God has made women capable of bringing an immortal soul into the world. Genesis 1:28 commanded Adam and Eve: “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it.” The modern world rejects fruitfulness by lauding homosexuality, delayed marriage, unrestrained birth control, vasectomies, and abortion. Continue reading →

Should a Husband Take His Wife’s Surname?

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Mark it down as another win for feminism after South Africa’s highest courts recently ruled that a husband can legally take the surname of his wife, overturning a law that once barred them from doing so.

What has long been a common practice in Europe has now made its way to Africa, as the South African Constitutional Court decided that the previous law which only allowed male surnames in marriage, was a “colonial import” and did not promote gender equality. This came after both an Afrikaans and an English husband sued for not being allowed to take their respective wives’ surnames.

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The Marriage of Martin Luther (Ep. 19)

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Among the most important dates in church history is October 31, 1517, the day Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany. This document changed the world forever by opening the common man’s eyes to the falsehoods of the Catholic Church. But another event happened eight years later, lesser known, but just as controversial—the marriage between a monk and a nun.

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Thoughts on the Africa Statement on Prosperity Gospel and Word of Faith Theology

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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I would like to commend the Africa Statement on Prosperity Gospel and Word of Faith Theology (ASPG), a formal document launched in 2025 for the purpose of drawing clear lines between those who hold to prosperity and word of faith theology and those who do not. 

The brainchild for this statement apparently comes from Kenyan evangelical churches, as twenty-nine of the original thirty-eight signers serve as ministers in Kenya, with a handful of others residing in Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, Cameroon, and Uganda. 

The authors correctly observe that the greatest danger facing the church in today’s sub-Saharan Africa is not Islam, Hinduism, or atheism but the prosperity gospel—a false doctrine which dovetails nicely with many of the core tenets of African traditional religion. 

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Who Makes People Deaf and Blind?

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Answering 439 Bible Contradictions 

Answer: God decrees all things that come to pass, including the sufferings of His creatures.

Problem: Mark 9:17 says a demon made a father’s son mute and deaf, but Exodus 4:11 says God makes man mute, deaf, and blind.

Explanation: The illustration of a billiard player will help answer this apparent contradiction—“apparent” since at first glance there seems to be real disagreements in the Bible but upon reflection there actually are none.

A billiard player takes his stick, strikes the cue ball, and pockets the eight-ball perfectly. This pictures God’s decrees. He stands behind everything that comes to pass. The Baptist Confession defines God’s decree thus: “God hath decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes to pass.” Continue reading →

Should God Bless Africa?

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–– David de Bruyn

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The national anthem of South Africa begins with the words Nkosi’ Sikelele Africa – God bless Africa. Not often do people stop to ask, ‘Should God bless Africa?’ ‘Why would God bless Africa?’

The Bible describes the source of blessing for a country, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” (Prov. 14:34) When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. (Prov. 29:2) The king establishes the land by justice, but he who receives bribes overthrows it. (Prov. 29:4) Righteous rulers and righteous citizens mean the nation is righteous.

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The Reformation of Balthasar Hubmaier (Ep. 18)

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Here’s a good Latin phrase to know: semper reformanda. It means “always reforming”. Christians should seek continuously to be changed (or, “reformed”)—not by culture or popular opinion—but by the Word of God. 

The most outstanding theologian among the Anabaptists of the sixteenth century was Balthasar Hubmaier, who modelled well the mentality of semper reformanda, though the phrasedid not become popular until hundreds of years after his death. 

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Modesty: A Lost Virtue

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–– Joe Shoko

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It is summertime, and that means Christian men and women, but mostly men, must work all the harder to pluck their eyes out in the face of public indecency and immodesty. Welcome to the postmodern era – where sanity, virtue, shame and dignity have all been thrown out of the window, but nudity, sensuality, and impurity of all kinds have all been embraced in the name of progressivism and inclusivity. The bible has two glaring passages that address the pertinent issue of modest dressing. 

“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire” (1 Timothy 2:9), “but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.” (1 Peter 3:4).

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Should We Believe Everything?

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Answering 439 Bible Contradictions 

Answer: We should believe the good intentions of others as much as possible.

Problem: First Corinthians 13:7 says “believe all things” but Proverbs 14:15 laments that dimwits believe everything and Paul commands the church in 1 Thessalonians 5:21 to “test everything”.

Explanation:  The world thinks Christians are imbeciles that believe everything they’re told. In their mind, only a fool would agree that God created the world in six days, that Jesus walked on water, and that trumpets made the walls of Jericho come tumbling down. After all, the Bible says: “Believe all things” (1Co. 13:7). Thus, Karl Marx called religion the opium of the masses. The church is a trick to lure a world of stupid sheep. Continue reading →

A Practical Way to Find a Mission Field

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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In the old days, finding a mission field may have been easier. Too many options make decisions difficult. In the primitive eras of Great Commission work, missionaries didn’t enjoy as many people groups to consider. 

In the 17th century, most Protestant missionaries went to the Native Americans in North America, in the 18th century to Asia, and in the 19th century to Africa. Maps were unsophisticated and incomplete, especially in a nation’s interior regions. Often, prospective missionaries chose the only option available. 

Transportation was rudimentary. For example, in 1829, Anthony Groves arrived in Baghdad with his wife and two boys after trekking 2,000 miles over mountains and deserts. They travelled by foot, by horse, and by a boneshaking German wagon. This was ten years before Livingstone took a three-month voyage to Africa from Scotland. 

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The Memorization of Rawlins White (Ep. 17)

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Two common excuses people employ for avoiding God’s Word are “I’m too busy” and “the Bible is boring”. A far less typical alibi is “I can’t read”, especially because of the rise of education and printed and digital books worldwide over the past several centuries. But in 15th century England, literacy was far less common, with only a quarter of the men able to read. 

Among these illiterate fellows was Rawlins White, who did not allow his learning deficiencies to stop him from imbibing God’s Word, following after Jesus Christ, and eventually becoming one of the three Welsh Marian martyrs.

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Free Speech and the Murder of Charlie Kirk

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Last night, on 10 September 2025, I joined millions worldwide to read in horror about the assassination of American Christian and political activist Charlie Kirk. It pains us to the core to observe the loss of life of such a young, gifted man, just thirty-one years old, with a wife and two young kids who will now grow up only hearing stories about their Dad.

But the hurt only grows when one thinks about how he died—assassinated on live TV by a bullet through his neck from a rifle a hundred yards away. Who can know God’s ways? His works and thoughts are higher than ours (Ps. 92:5). It’s natural to ask why the Almighty would ordain that such an asset to the kingdom would be brought to Heaven so soon.

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What’s True About the Blood Moon: A Christian View of Nature

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–– Tim Cantrell

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Last Sunday, 7 September, was a rare treat for a few billion people, including us here in Johannesburg, as we witnessed a beautiful blood moon resulting from a total lunar eclipse, painting the night sky with hues of fiery red.  The cause was the moon reflecting the earth’s dusty atmosphere, scattering shorter wavelengths (the usual blue and green light of the moon), while the longer red and orange light reached the moon, making it glow a coppery-red. As NASA stated, it was like seeing “all of the earth’s sunsets and sunrises projected on the moon”.  “The heavens declare the glory of God!” (Ps. 19:1).  “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!” (Psalm 8).

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But wait?!  Should we be worshipping the Creator, or worrying about such a celestial sign and apocalyptic omen?  Hindu temples across India were shut down during the blood moon for fear of the negative energies and ritual impurity imposed by this phenomenon.  African traditional leaders explained how this could signal strong winds and sickness, or indicate the death of a king.  Even Christians panic over a red moon, since Scripture mentions this as one of the signs of God’s judgment upon the world near the end.

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The Piety of Thomas à Kempis (Ep. 16)

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A “classic” refers to a book which endures with such excellence that people read and admire it long after the author is dead. Classics increase in popularity hundreds, sometimes thousands, of years past its publication date. The holy Scriptures outpace all books as the classic of classics. Some of its authors lived over 4,000 years ago, yet it still stands atop the bestseller list year after year and has been translated into are more languages than any volume in world history.

The Christian classics that rise above the rest include Confessions by Augustine, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, and The Institutes by John Calvin. Another book equal in substance and readership is The Imitation of Christ by Thomas á Kempis, a man devoted to piety and the emulation of Lord Jesus Christ. 

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The Sin of African Time

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Every culture shares its own set of strengths and weaknesses. The West, for example, is infatuated with the sins of materialism and entertainment, whereas Muslim nations more easily embrace transgressions like polygamy. 

Christian Worldview

As a general principle, a nation that’s been influenced by Christianity will enjoy more strengths in its culture than those countries affected by paganism and false religions. This is because the gospel changes a man’s destiny and his deeds, his future and his feats, his end and his endeavours. Christianity isn’t a mere accessory in one’s life, like a spoiler on the back of a sports car. Rather, Christianity is a worldview that drives a person’s life, like the engine in a pick-up truck. 

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The Trustworthiness of John Huss (Ep. 15)

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Along with Peter Waldo and John Wycliffe, John Huss stands among the greatest of the pre-reformers, Protestant leaders that criticized the Roman Catholic Church and paved the way for the 16th century Reformation led by Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli.  

John Huss’s life and teachings influenced the church long after his death. From the Bohemian Reformation came the Moravians, named after the easter region in the Czech Republic. The Moravian Brethren also influenced George Whitefield and the Great Awakening and helped ignite the missionary movement in the 18th century. Thus, God used John Huss as a central tool to impact the three great revival campaigns of the last five-hundred years in church history: the Protestant Reformation, the great century of missions, and the Great Awakening.

A Practical Way for Men to Overcome Lust

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G.K. Chesterton said: “The soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

Behind a grown man stands his wife and children. Behind a young man stands his future wife and children. No sin will destroy his family more than succumbing to lust. Men must arm themselves with the Scriptures to slay the dragon named Licentiousness.

To help men memorize Scripture, the writer of the Psalms sometimes used acrostics as a mnemonic device. For example, each verse in Psalm 145 begins with a new Hebrew letter. It’s not obvious in English but the first verse starts with the letter aleph, verse two with the letter beth and so forth. Psalm 25, 34, and 119 follow a similar method.

God wrote the Psalms this way to help young men and old men remember and memorize the Scriptures. 

Attached are twenty-six verses in acrostic form to help bring success to every man’s battle for purity. 

  1. A: Abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul (1Pt 2:11).
  2. B: Because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife (1Cor. 7:2).
  3. C: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me (Ps. 51:10).
  4. D: David arose from his couch and…saw…a woman bathing (2Sm. 11:2).
  5. E: Everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart (Mt 5:28).
  6. F: For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality (1Th. 4:3).
  7. G: Guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it (Pr. 4:23 NIV).
  8. H: He left his garment in her hand and fled (Gn. 39:12).
  9. I: I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze upon a virgin (Job 31:1).
  10. J: Jesus said…watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation (Mt. 26:41).
  11. K: Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house (Pr. 5:8).
  12. L: Live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age (Tit. 2:12).
  13. M: Man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths (Pr. 5:21).
  14. N: No eye will see me (Job 24:15).
  15. O: Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality (Mt. 15:19).
  16. P: Put to death…what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion (Col. 3:5).
  17. Q: Quench not the Spirit (1Th. 5:19).
  18. R: Renounce ungodliness and worldly passions (Tit. 2:12).
  19. S: Sexually immoral…will [not] inherit the kingdom of God (1Cor. 6:9-10).
  20. T: Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee (Ps 119:11 KJV).
  21. U: Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the…Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom (Mt. 5:20).
  22. V: She was wearing a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed (2Sm. 13:18).
  23. W: Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed…to thy Word (Ps. 119:9 KJV).
  24. X: Xercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little (1Tm. 4:7).
  25. Y: You did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all (2Sm. 12:12).
  26. Z: The name of the slain [immoral] man…was Zimri (Num. 25:14).

A Husband’s Role in His Wife’s Physical Beauty

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Beauty products make big money around the world. The beauty industry generates over $650 billion in revenue worldwide. In 2023, South Africa alone spent $6 billion on beauty products. South Korea leads the world in skin care products, spending $7 billion in 2023. Just the hair industry in South Africa is worth nearly R10 million, as weaves, wigs, and waves make big business in beauty salons and on social media. The cosmetics industry is taking off in countries like Ghana and Kenya, with Nigeria anticipated to be the rising star. 

Lest the reader questions how much men value beauty, in late 2024 King Mswati III (age 56) married the daughter of former South African president Jacob Zuma. She was twenty-one, becoming his sixteenth wife. 

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The Reproof of Wycliffe (Ep. 14)

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In the 14th century the fault lines of the church widened when Oxford professor John Wycliffe clamored for the holy Scriptures in the vernacular of the common man. He, along with John Hus, thrived as a Reformer before the coming of Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli.

Today he is known as the  Morning Star of the Reformation, for just as some planets become visible mere moments before sunrise, so did Wycliffe shined as a pre-reformer. His censure of false teaching and his love for the Scriptures burned brightly in the night sky so as to illumine the Reformation on come.

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