Tag: Summer 2020

Unity in Difference

Post author By Stephen Pollock
Post date July 15, 2020

It was inevitable that this issue of Current would be dominated by Covid-19. Such has been the impact that most of us have had to view life through a virus-tainted lens. I have no delusions of grandeur regarding the import of this publication, but if the Lord tarries and there is…

Post author By William Pinkston
Post date July 13, 2020

While not the most frequently cited animal in Scripture, the one with the longest and most complete description is the leviathan. All of Job chapter 41 is devoted to it. Why does this mysterious animal deserve such biblical attention? One must look at the story of Job to understand the…

Post author By Stephen Pollock
Post date July 12, 2020

“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Hebrews 10:24-25 Let’s be honest. In the past…

Post author By Armen Thomassian
Post date July 11, 2020

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As the Holy Spirit continues His sanctifying work, one evidence will be to eliminate wrong thinking in the Christian’s life by conforming him to Jesus Christ, the perfect reflection of the law of God. An example of wrong thinking is a false notion that the Christian Sabbath is a restriction of our…

Post author By Geoff Banister
Post date July 10, 2020

In recent times the seminary of the FPCNA (GRS) has had to adjust and adapt to some changes. I caught up with the Chairman of the Seminary Committee, Rev. Geoff Banister (Minister of Indianapolis FPC), to get a brief update. Editor. How did you first get involved in the Seminary…

Post author By Ian Goligher
Post date July 9, 2020

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 6 The rapid increase of the world’s population before the flood unleashed an appalling and widespread explosion of human depravity upon society. Intermarriage between the lines of Seth and Cain produced offspring that were renowned for violence and rebellion to God. God saw men as slaves to…

Post author By Thomas Laverty
Post date July 8, 2020

I was born on May 24, 1969 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. My family attended public worship in the Presbyterian church in the nearby village of Ahoghill. I must confess that I never remember a time when I did not know my need of a Savior, due to the fact that…

Post author By Jason Boyle
Post date July 7, 2020

The coronavirus has hit Mexico City hard, as would be expected of a city with a metropolitan area of over 20 million people. The hospitals are almost filled to capacity, and there is still much unease with regard to what the future holds. We have not been meeting in our…

Post author By Stephen Pollock
Post date July 6, 2020

Brownlow North was a well-known evangelist in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. He served in Scotland, but also played a notable role in the Ulster revival of 1859. One fact about Mr. North that is less well known is that, as an unconverted twenty- something, during one winter he…

Post author By Barbara Mooney
Post date July 5, 2020

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None of us will ever forget the year 2020 when the world shut down amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Worry about sickness, coping with sudden changes, and fear of the unknown have stressed both the world and our hearts. While we may not fix the world, living with anxious hearts is…

Post author By Judy Brown
Post date July 3, 2020

For the Free Presbyterian Church of North America, 2020 began as years usually do—with prayer and plans. No one foresaw that less than three months into the new year, God would let a tiny virus affect the world in such a way that almost all those plans would be cancelled.…

Post author By Rachel Huffman
Post date July 2, 2020

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The last few weeks have been very strange, haven’t they? Just like the coronavirus is affecting many people in our time, a terrible disease called leprosy struck during Bible times. Leprosy was an incurable infection that caused painful lumps on a person’s skin. Often, people with leprosy were separated from…

Unity in Difference

Leviathan: None Like Him on Earth

Valuing the Gathering of the Church

A Family Sabbath

Report on Geneva Reformed Seminary

Genesis: God’s Book of Beginnings (6)

Testimony Rev. Thomas Laverty (Minister-Elect of Orlando FPC)

Mexico Mission and Coronavirus

Companionship in Marriage

Surrender to Submission

The FPCNA and the Pandemic of 2020

A Disease Only God Can Cure