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Welcome to the website of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia. We are a Presbyterian church, constituted as several congregations along the east coast of Australia, whose aim is to faithfully proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, in the tradition of the Protestant Reformation. We believe the truth of the Holy Bible as expressed in the Westminister Confessional Standards as originally adopted by the Reformed Church of Scotland. |
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Maintaining Doctrinal Integrity |
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Paul writes the second epistle to Timothy from prison in Rome. For the second time he had been sent to appear before Nero to “give answer” for his faith and missionary labours. All had forsaken him. “No man stood with me”, he writes (4:16). This faithful preacher was suffering persecution, facing a martyr's death, but still holding fast to his faith. Timothy, meanwhile, was in Ephesus, weeping at the news of such developments (1:4). |
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Seeing Christ In The Psalms #2 - Principles Of Interpretation |
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As Reformed believers, we need to approach the Psalms, as we would any other part of Scripture, with sound historical/ grammatical/ spiritual principles of interpretation. That will keep us in the objective truth as it is in Jesus. It is important that we do not resort to spiritualizing and allegorizing the Psalms. That would be to “insert” a Christ of our own imagination into the Psalms. Nevertheless, that every Psalm has some relationship to Christ is the teaching of our Lord himself – Luke 24:26-27, 44-47. The evidence for this position is compelling. Here is a list of the direct New Testament quotes from the Psalms with reference to Christ: |
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Vital Truths - Expect Health, Wealth & Happiness? |
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Should Christians expect health, wealth and happiness in this life? Is that what God promises them? That is the way some professing Christians talk. But it is not true to the Bible or experience. |
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