http://www.calvaryherald.com/ The web magazine of Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church in Hampton, Virginia. en-us 2010 webmaster@calvaryrpc.org webmaster@calvaryrpc.org http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp100215.html by Byron Snapp. John Owen was a giant among Puritan theologians. His prolific writings require close reading. He was a scholar but he was not cut off from ministering face to face to people. He was a minister, a chaplain to Cromwell's army, and also a mentor of Oxford students. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp100214.html One of the strangest encounters Christ had was his conversation with the Gentile woman who sought healing for her daughter. The event is recorded in Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:24-30. by Byron Snapp. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp100213.html by Byron Snapp. Of all Calvin's writings, his two volume work known as the Institutes of the Christian Religion remains the most well-known. This is not surprising as he wrote the work to instruct readers in basic Christianity. ...This book reflects the heart of Calvin's understanding of scripture as it is to be lived out in daily life. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp100212.html by Byron Snapp. I doubt if any new problems that threaten the church today. The attacks within and outside organized churches are, in some form, restatements or renewals of attacks on God's character and the Bible that have been ongoing since the church was established. This book was published with this view in mind. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp100211.html by Byron Snapp. The centuries-old on again, off again warfare between England and France was at times fought beyond the boundaries of the two countries and the adjoining waterways. This book is a fictionalized account of their twelve year battle for control of southern India in the eighteenth century. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp100210.html by Byron Snapp. The topic of homosexuality continues to generate much discussion today. Basic to the discussion are presuppositions as to the morality or immorality of homosexuality. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp091115.html by Byron Snapp. We live in a culture that wants Christianity to be relegated to our private lives. The author reminds readers that the God of creation commands Christianity to flow out into every facet of life. He then shows how the Bible speaks to many areas of life that may seem to be neutral. He rightly begins with God’s attributes including God’s sovereignty and providence. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp091114.html by Byron Snapp. Are the Gospel accounts of Christ’s life credible? In answer to the modern criticism to the contrary, the author tackles this question. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp091113.html by Byron Snapp. What method did the noted Reformed evangelist, Francis Schaeffer, use to defend the faith? Was he a presuppositionalist? Was he an evidentialist? The author seeks to answer these questions by examining Schaeffer’s lecturers and recorded interaction with students. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp091112.html by Byron Snapp. Too often I have forgotten the sacrifices made, and the dangers endured, by others so that people like me can hold an English Bible translation in their hand. Bobrick’s account gave me a greater appreciation for the translators and of God’s providence in the peopleand path that were involved in the translation process. http://www.calvaryherald.com/A-Snapp090830.html by Byron Snapp. Jean Louis, a French ship owner, was between the proverbial rock and hard place. During the French Revolution, the wealthy were targeted by new rulers who did not mind overthrowing the monarchy and committing mayhem and murder to obtain the wealth which the victims left behind. Jean, the son of a successful trader, decided to flee Nantes with his English wife to his more peaceful Vendee possessions. However it was not long before this rural peace was shattered by the Parisian powers demanding peasants to fight in their army. These peasants valiantly refused and thus faced the fire and force of the French soldiers.