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Lord Kelvin (1824 – 1907)
William Thompson, Lord Kelvin, (1824-1907) was a physical scientist of the same stature as Newton and Faraday before him, and all three were Bible-believing Christians. He was an infant and teenage prodigy and then held the chair of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow for fifty-four years.
The number of his contributions in physics and mathematics, as well as practical inventions, was enormous. He established the scale of absolute temperatures, so that such temperatures are today given as so many “degrees Kelvin.”
7 Characteristics of false Teachers
Written by Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
That Satan labours might and main, by false teachers, which are his messengers and ambassadors, to deceive, delude, and forever undo the precious souls of men (Acts 20:28-30; 2 Cor. 11:13-15; Eph. 4:14; 2 Tim. 3:4-6; Titus 1:11,12; 2 Peter 2:18,19): “I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err” (Jer. 23:13). “The prophets make my people to err” (Micah 3:5). They seduce them, and carry them out of the right way into by-paths and blind thickets of error, blasphemy, and wickedness, where they are lost forever. “Beware of false prophets, for they come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” (Mat. 7:15). These lick and suck the blood of souls: “Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision” (Phil. 3:2). These kiss and kill; these cry, Peace, peace, till souls fall into everlasting flames, &c., Proverbs 7.
Now, the best way to deliver poor souls from being deluded and destroyed by these messengers of Satan is, to discover them in their colors, that so, having known, poor souls may shun them, and fly from them as from hell itself.
HOW THE REFORMATION CHANGED THE CHURCH
Written by: DR. Peter Hammond
In the book of Judges we read about another generation which arose, which knew neither the Lord nor what He had done (Judges 2:10). Today, it appears that a generation has arisen, which like Israel under the Judges, knows little of either the Lord nor of what He did during the time of the Protestant exodus and the struggles in the wilderness, which followed in the 16th and 17th century. Sometimes this is from a cowardly dislike of controversy and confrontation. But few people seem to understand either the evils from which the Reformation delivered us or the blessings which the Reformation won for us.
Sketsa Kemanusiaan Seorang Calvin
by: Lisman Komaladi
Banyak tulisan sering menggambarkan John Calvin sebagai seorang manusia yang sangat serius, membosankan, tidak beremosi, dan bukan orang yang mudah bersosialisasi (unsociable), dan kelihatannya tidak bisa menemukan apapun dalam hidupnya yang dapat dinikmati. Lukisan wajah Calvin pun seolah mendukung hal ini. Gambaran dominan ini tidak sepenuhnya benar.
Tulisan ini hendak memberikan beberapa sketsa naratif dari kehidupan seorang Calvin, tidak secara kronologis namun banyak tersirat dari surat-surat Calvin, yang mencoba untuk memperlihatkan sisi manusiawi Calvin dan menunjukkan bahwa pada akhirnya ia pun hanya seorang manusia biasa. Beberapa pelajaran dan refleksi pun akan dipaparkan. Sebagaimana sebuah kumpulan sketsa, tulisan ini tidak bermaksud menjadi referensi komprehensif tentang kehidupan Calvin.
Fanny Crosby
Musik rohani Kristen di pertengahan abad ke-19 selalu dihubungkan dengan nama-nama seperti Moody, Sankey, Bliss dan Crosby. Crosby diakui sebagai seorang yang benar-benar mampu menggerakkan kemajuan lagu-lagu rohani di Amerika pada masa itu. Ia diperkirakan menulis lebih dari 8000 teks lagu rohani selama hidupnya.
