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THE ENSIGN MESSAGE

CHAPLAIN’S PAGE – MYTHS AND MERE MYTHS

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Rather a strange title for  an  article  maybe! However, it needs to be examined at this end time. If it concerned everyday matters, then its importance could be relegated to the waste paper bin. Unfortunately, it has gone a stage further, and has gathered into its orbit serious matters which affect our thinking on various…

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OUR COUSINS IN THE NETHERLANDS – TWENTY CENTURIES OF CO-OPERATION

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WITHOUT DOUBT, the Netherlands contain a significant portion of the Israelite remnant still outside the main body of Israel which is now  embodied  in the English-speaking Family of Nations. During the last 2,000 years, by social, political and economic movements, the influence of the Netherlands has been considerable . Many British and Dutch peoples have…

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YES BUT!

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England When talking-about your faith, how often do you hear the “Yes but” response? The most common I hear are:- ‘Yes but’… ….. . Society has changed – Transient, international travel, inter racial, family breakdown is acceptible, single parent families, laws have changed etc. Science and knowledge – Evolution, creation, archaeology, mobile phones, planes, trains,…

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THE MISSING YEARS IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST

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USA The four Gospels, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, tell of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. That of Matthew traces Him from His birth through the short sojourn in Egypt, then back  to  Nazareth, still as a baby; He next appears in this Gospel in Chapter 3, at the time of…

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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

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South Africa. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was the great reformer of nursing and health care during the 19th century. She was born of British parents in Florence, Italy. Her father was a wealthy landowner and educated his two intelligent daughters, Parthe and Florence, by himself. Florence, however, was not drawn to a conventional social and domestic…

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