Wednesday, April 9, 2014

9 April 2014


“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.” [Ezekiel 33:6]

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”  [Ephesians 6:12


Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Evangelicals at Calvin College and Christian Reformed Church in North America Headquarters Pray 3 April 2014 about Climate Change

[2] Church of Scotland Staff Threaten Strike During 2014 General Assembly

[3] Russell Kent Publishes The Judges Testify of Christ and Give Us Hope

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[1] Evangelicals at Calvin College and Christian Reformed Church in North America Headquarters Pray 3 April 2014 about Climate Change

A 3 April 2014 WOODTV.com article by Brett Thomas titled “Evangelicals to Pray about Climate Change” reports that on 3 April 2014, the Day of Prayer for Climate Action, Calvin College began the day with a prayer vigil, and at the headquarters of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA), a press conference and prayer service were held concerning climate change.

Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, a member of Young Evangelicals for Climate Action stated: “It’s easy for us to think that since our winter was cold, that the rest of the world was cold, but actually global temperatures were up again this year.”

The 2012 CRCNA Synod endorsed the science behind the climate change debate, claiming that humans have played a role in climate change and the church should do something about it.


+ WOODTV.com, 120 College Ave Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, 616-456-8888, Contact Page

+ Christian Reformed Church in North America, 2850 Kalamazoo Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49560, 616-241-1691, Fax: 616-224-0803 crcna@crcna.org

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Calvin College 3201 Burton Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, 616-526-6000


[2] Church of Scotland Staff Threaten Strike During 2014 General Assembly

An 8 April 2014 The Scotsman article titled “Kirk Staff Threaten Strike during General Assembly” reports that members of the Church of Scotland staff are threatening to strike during the 2014 Kirk General Assembly over having a pay raise settlement forced upon them with terms to which they did not agree.


+ The Scotsman, Barclay House, 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AS, Scotland, 131-620-8620

+ Church of Scotland, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN, Scotland, 0131-225-5722


[3] Russell Kent Publishes The Judges Testify of Christ and Give Us Hope

Reformed Presbyterian minister the Rev. Russell Kent on 31 March 2014 published The Judges Testify of Christ and Give us Hope: God's Faithfulness to His Word and His People, which is intended to help us discover how Judges testifies of Jesus, the Christ, and to determine how we may be comforted with hope as a result of the things we learn from Judges.

The book is available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble in Kindle and Nook format respectively for US$6.99, and is additionally available in paperback and hardbound.


+ Reformed Presbyterian Church-Hanover Presbytery , hanoverpresbyter@yahoo.com