Sword & Trowel 2019: Issue 1
on the Lord Jesus and look up to him, and wait on him from whom every good and perfect gift comes, and give him no rest till he hath given thee that jewel faith’ (1653 – Vol. 1, p. 144).
STEPHEN CHARNOCK ‘This condition of faith and repentance is suited to the consciences of men. The law of nature teaches us that we are bound to believe every revelation from God when it is made known to us; and not only to assent to it as true,
NEWS FROM DR DAVID ELANGOVAN, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA
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alem Reformed Baptist Church has outreach Sunday Schools in fi ve locations includ- ing one in Pattankiraypatty, a remote village in the Kolli Hills. The church also supports the evangelistic Sunday School min- istries of three pioneer reformed Baptist churches including one in the village of Semmanapatty (photo 2).
1. Sunday School children of Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Kolli Hills, pastored by Thomas Edison. The church has three branch Sun- day Schools. 2. Outreach Sunday School in Semmanapatty.
3. A monthly meeting for pastors in Chennai (Dr Elan- govan seated).
Dr David studied at the LRBS from 1990-91 and is supported by the Tabernacle’s Overseas Ministry Fund. See page 22 for details.
Duty Faith – by A W Pink page 17 3
but embrace it as good.’ ‘Our rejection of Christ, and the way of his appoint- ing, is a high contempt of God…It is a “making light” of a rich feast of God’s providing’ (1660 – Vol. 3, pp. 68 and 469).
JOHN BUNYAN John Bunyan in his The Heavenly Footman or A description of the man that gets to Heaven (1675) which is addressed to ‘All the slothful and care- less people’, being an exposition and
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