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THE ENSIGN MESSAGE

OUR LONG-LIVED ANCESTORS – (2) and (3)

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This is the second and third part of three articles, complete in themselves, which offer interesting and sometimes provocative comments on statements made in the book of Genesis. These are questions which have never ceased to interest mankind, and before his death in 1955 Wing Commander V. Matvieff, R.A.F. set out his views which are…

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KEEP THE UNION FLAG FLYING

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IN HIS keynote speech to the Fabian Society’s “Future of Britishness” Conference in January this year, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Gordon Brown M.P) called for all the Queen’s Subjects to embrace the Union Flag. At the outset let me say that I am no fan or friend of Gordon Brown: the man widely tipped…

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HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS DO YOU WANT TO TAKE?

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I BELIEVE that is the question YHWH is putting to His people at this time. Much has been made of the serious issues facing Christians in early 21st century Britain: religious “hate” laws, same-sex marriages, positive discrimination in favour of non-Christian religions, the de-structuring of our Christian heritage, aggressive secularisation. In short, the annihilation of…

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CHAPLAIN’S PAGE – “I DON’T DESERVE TO SUFFER”

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THIS is not the writer complaining! It is only what people say when calamity strikes too close for comfort. No doubt you have heard people ask “Why does God allow dreadful things to happen?” Those who make such remarks have not given any serious thought as to what life is all about. Even many church…

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DID JESUS DO AWAY WITH GOD’S LAW?

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C. H. SPURGEON – ON THE NECESSITY OF THE LAW Now, extremes are the error of ignorance. Generally, when men believe one truth, they carry it so far as to deny another; and, very frequently, the assertion of a cardinal truth leads men to generalise on other particulars, and so to make falsehoods out of…

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