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Reclaiming Europe for Christ

7/30/2021

A World War of Worldviews
From the French Revolution of 1789 to the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Europe has been a continent in conflict with the forces of secular humanism, socialism and Marxism waging a war on many fronts - against the Christian heritage and institutions of Europe.

Fruit of the Reformation
From the time of the Reformation, Europe led the world in scientific innovation, industrial development, economic and military power, and political influence - worldwide. All of this grew out of the dynamic spiritual growth of the continent.

Retreat from Victory
However, the dominance of Europe was devastated by the two world wars which crippled its economic development and devastated the spiritual foundations of most of its countries.

10 Things that are Undermining the Church Today

7/30/2021

1.Prayerlessness
What ever happened to the Prayer Meeting? For centuries the Prayer Meeting was an essential part of Church life, an indispensable part of the weekly programme. Yet few churches today have an active, vibrant Prayer Meeting in which most members participate. "Then Jesus told His disciples that they should always pray and not give up." Luke 18:1.

2.Neglect of the Word of God
We need to know the Word of God and the God of the Word. God guides us first and foremost through His Word. The best way to know the Will of God is to study the Word of God. It is our priority to ensure that we are "not conformed to this world, but transformed by the renewing of our minds, then we will be able to prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Romans 12:2.

Basic Training Course in Evangelism

7/29/2021

How are you going to reach them?
"Seek and save the lost", the way our Lord Jesus did discover the Way of the Master.

Way of the Master
Based on the award winning TV series, The Way of the Master by Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort, the Basic Training Course is specifically formatted to train Believers, in a group setting, to simply and effectively share the Gospel with friends, family and strangers.
"Go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15

Basic Training Course
This 8 session course will teach you to overcome your fears by using a proven, powerful, effective way to make the Gospel understandable and accessible to those in your community. After going through The Way of the Master Basic Training Course, you will never again be at a loss for words. You do not need to be an expert in Apologetics. Instead you will learn the forgotten Biblical principles of how to bypass arguments and speak directly to the conscience the way Jesus did.

"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you" 1 Peter 3:15

Bizarre Examples of Why We Need Reformation Today

7/29/2021

Interfaith
Last year, St. Georges Cathedral, in Cape Town advertised for Reformation Sunday: an Interfaith service!

Nightmare
A prominent church in Cape Town advertised NIGHTMARE - A Halloween party for youth at their church for Halloween!

Idolatry
At a major Evangelistic conference, a pastor greeted the people with the Islamic greeting: "Salaam-Alaikum"! And one of the choirs sang a Hymn of praise to Nelson Mandela, along with clenched fists!

Neutrality
Officials involved in a Christian university declared that they are "neutral" on the matter of abortion and Creation, but include faculty members who are pro-choice on the matter of abortion and who subscribe to evolution. Despite their claims of neutrality, a highly qualified individual was rejected from consideration for the faculty because she was, in their words: "a Creation theorist"!

A New Global Church Council

7/22/2021

The Need for Holding a Series of Church Council Meetings
Since early Church History, the global Body of Christ has convened Church Councils with representatives from many nations to determine by the consensus wisdom of Church's leaders (all were Bishops in the first 1000 plus years), which side of the controversial doctrinal positions was Biblical and true, and which side was false and worthy of condemnation by the Church's leadership. The first Church Council was the Council of Nicea in 325AD where the full Deity of Christ was upheld. The Church has had to go through this process throughout her history of official Church Councils periodically clarifying what it considered to be true, Biblical doctrine, or heresy.

Controversies Which Confront Us
In this 21st century, 24 issues have risen to the surface as controversial issues, all of which arose from within Evangelical and Bible-believing sections of the greater Body of Christ worldwide. Over the past four decades, Dr. Jay Grimstead has gathered together various groups of Theologians from a wide range of denominations to discuss each of these 24 issues as they emerged into church life. Those Theological teams have boiled down each issue into its salient points, then have expressed the Biblical position on each key point in clear, concise creedal statements of "Affirmations and Denials" as theological documents to be presented to the Global Body of Christ for consideration.

A Bold New Initiative for Reformation Today

7/22/2021

The Church Needs a New Reformation
We desperately want God to bless our countries. However, we cannot expect a Holy God to bless those who are in rebellion to His Laws. As in the days of the Reformers in the 16th century, today we are facing a complex series of both internal and external threats.

Facing the Threats
Internally we are facing a renaissance of paganism. Externally we are facing an increasingly aggressive and radical form of Islamic Jihad. Even more seriously, there is a severe crisis in our churches. Most of our people are ignorant of history, and have a very superficial grasp of Scripture. As a result, many professing Christians are compromising, cowardly and ineffective. Our churches are filled with weak, worldly, lukewarm and inactive members. The salt has lost its flavour, and all too often the light is being hid under a bushel.

Hijacked by Humanism
With many Christians in defeat and retreat, we are facing a resurgent paganism, a pervasive humanism and an aggressive Islamic radicalism. It would appear that humanism has hijacked many churches. Theistic Evolution is uncritically accepted, worldly entertainment and a degenerate form of music predominates in all too many youth groups. Antinomianism and Egalitarianism are pervasive. All too many churches seem to be increasingly conformed to the world, rather than transformed by the renewing of their minds.

Are You Praying for Revival

7/22/2021

Reformation Day Events
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The Church Needs a New Reformation and Revival
We desperately want God to bless our countries. However, we cannot expect a Holy God to bless those who are in rebellion to His Laws. We are facing a complex series of both internal and external threats.

Facing the Threats
Internally we are facing a renaissance of paganism. Externally we are facing an increasingly aggressive and radical form of Islamic Jihad. Even more seriously, there is a severe crisis in our churches. Most of our people are ignorant of history, and have a very superficial grasp of Scripture. As a result, many professing Christians are compromising, cowardly and ineffective. Our churches are filled with weak, worldly, lukewarm and inactive members. The salt has lost its flavour, and all too often the light is being hid under a bushel.

A World to Win

7/22/2021

“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues standing before the Throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying: Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the Throne and to the Lamb!” Revelation 7: 9-10

Unprecedented
The great era of missionary advance was the 19th century. The considered judgement of church historian Kenneth Scott Latourette is that: “Never had any other set of ideas, religious or secular, been propagated over so wide an area by so many professional agents maintained by the unconstrained donations of so many millions of individuals.”

Restricted
At the beginning of the 19th century, Protestant Christianity was concentrated in Europe and North America. Except for some small Christian enclaves, Asia was almost untouched by the Gospel. Africa was still the “dark continent” - except for the ancient Copts in Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan and a small number of Dutch settlers at the Southernmost tip of Africa, at the Cape of Good Hope.

Reforming Bible Schools

7/22/2021

Tombstones of Seminars

The need for thoroughly Biblical and practical training for ministers and missionaries is essential.

The Seven Tombstones of Theological Seminaries have been identified as:

Academic intellectual knowledge is given a higher priority than character transformation skills.
The highest priority of lecturers is to impress academic colleagues and not to form, mould and shape students to be men of God and effective pastors.
Excellence is assessed merely on academic terms and learning through field experience is not integrated.
Lecturers have no vision of the Church as God's primary instrument for transformation of society by fulfilling the Great Commission.
Curriculum is determined by secular accreditation agencies.
Forming of character and skills are marginalised in training.
Theological education is being priced out of the market and made unaffordable.

The Five Solas of the Reformation

7/21/2021

To listen to this message as presented at the Reformation 500 Celebration service, 31 October 2017, at the Huguenot Monument in Franschhoek, South Africa, click here, or find on www.frontlinemissionsa.org website Sermon.Audio link.

Reformation Day Events
To see upcoming Reformation Day Celebration events, click here.
You can also view upcoming events on Reformation 500 Facebook page, please like and share on social media.
For more details, phone: 021-689-4480, or e-mail [email protected].

The Solas that Shattered the Darkness
Post Tenebras Lux! After darkness… light! The Protestant Reformation launched by Professor Martin Luther 500 years ago in Wittenberg, was encapsulated in the Five Sola battle cries: “Thus says the Lord: ‘Stand in the ways and see and ask for the old paths, where the good way is and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls…” Jeremiah 6:16