This site endeavours to collect together theological material of practical import to Christians
in cases where that material is not readily available on-line or in print.
The site seeks to answers commonly asked, but rarely answered questions.
Can Satan plant brand new thoughts in your mind?
- a consideration of the popular Thought Injection myth and some relevant texts, by D.W. Legg.
How to recover after sinning - Notes from a 'Christian Basics Course'
run at Hounslow West Evangelical Church, by Chris Bennett.
Who did write the book of 'Hebrews'?
- Does it matter? Can we know, or must it remain a mystery? - by J.D. Legg
Would you like to become a fully-Reformed Baptist?
- Read a brief article by Chris Bennett about infant baptism.
Are you a practical atheist? - Give your faith a health check with the help of B.B. Warfield.
What is the purpose of Christian meetings?
- Have we slipped back into Old Testament worship? Chris Bennett explains.
Perhaps you are a Christian parent, doing your very best to bring up your children
according to the Bible so that they too become Christians. Perhaps you have lots of
questions in your mind ...
More for Christian parents, a couple of catechisms: A short one for very young children,
and one with 30 questions for a wider range of ages. Also Bible Reading notes for 4 - 7 year-olds.
Theological Articles and Stuff
This site endeavours to collect together theological material of practical import to Christians
in cases where that material is not readily available on-line or in print.
How to Recover after Sinning
Despite reading the above article about resisting the Devil, you just did your
favourite sin again. So, has God written you off or what? Notes from a 'Christian
Basics Course' run at Hounslow West Evangelical Church, by Chris Bennett.
Our Brother Timothy
Who did write the book of 'Hebrews'? Can we know, or must it remain a mystery? By J.D. Legg
The Case for Infant Baptism
Would you like to become a fully-Reformed Baptist? Read this article for a brief by Chris Bennett
and make your doctrine of baptism more biblical. See also
Bringing up Children for God below which presents a more
detailed justification for household baptism (or infant baptism as well as adult baptism).
There is also a PDF version below - see the summary.
The Meaning and Mode of Christian Baptism
Many people have had a stab at writing what they think the true meaning of Christian baptism is.
Too often, they read into Biblical texts meanings that they wish were there, but are not.
This article attempts to answer the questions "What is baptism about?" and "How should it be done?"
This is just a short, simple, article, but for a longer treatment, see
Francis Schaeffer or
Jay E. Adams.
This article is dedicated to the elders of Ashford Congregational Church.
Practical Atheism
Are you a practical atheist? Give your faith a health check with the help of B.B. Warfield.
Churches Together and Ecumenism
What are the problems for Evangelicals who are tempted to join Churches Together?
Surely the Bible doesn't have anything to say on the matter does it?
Church Membership in a Post-Modern, Consumer, Society
In the Western world, many churches find that fewer than half of the people in their Sunday congregations
have committed themselves as church members. They are just consumers,along for the ride, but uncommitted.
Is the notion of church membership biblical, or is it just an outmoded cultural manifestation?
What is Worship?
What is the purpose of Christian meetings?
Have we slipped back into Old Testament worship? Chris Bennett explains.
Bringing up Children for God (PDF)
or
Bringing up Children for God (HTML)
Perhaps you are a Christian parent, doing your very best to bring up your children
according to the Bible so that they too become Christians. Perhaps you have lots of
questions in your mind ...
This article was recently given as a paper at the 2007
EFCC Studies Conference. If anyone ordered
the audios of the presentation, it will be disappointing without the diagrams, so feel free to
download them from here in PDF format
or from here in ISO 26300 OASIS format (OpenOffice.org).
One-Two-Three
A simple catechism for very young children.
A cunning structure allows this catechism to be used with children in the age range
under two to ten years old simultaneously.
Children's Catechism
A catechism for children, with a memory verse for each question, and a set of
seven daily Bible readings. This catechism is suitable for use during daily family worship.
Small Children's Bible Reading Notes
Do you have youngsters who are too young for any published Bible reading notes.
This example notes show how any parent can do his own DIY notes for 4 to 7 years olds.
Showing Respect to Genesis Chapter One
What are the days (yoms) that are built into the structure of Genesis Chapter One? Are they periods of time?
Have you been reading Sunday Skool lessons back into Genesis One, or Ken Ham propaganda? Find out, but please
don't get upset. Approach the sacred text afresh.
Bible Study Ideas
The Genesis Roller-Coaster Bible Study Notes
Do you like the idea of being able to cover all of Genesis in 12 studies.
These notes are suitable for use by both groups and individuals, and are free ...
A Home Group Bible Study Idea
An idea of a book to study to help facilitate home group Bible studies.
The book, by Vaughan Roberts, is called God's Big Picture.
Another Home Group Bible Study Idea
An idea of how to approach Bible studies in Mark's Gospel, despite commentators
and traditional approaches.
Arrangements of Old Songs/Hymns to New Music
These arrangements were made in Rosegarden (rosegarden4) for Linux under Fedora 8 or earlier, and
are free to download also as PDF files and MIDI files.
A Modern Setting of Immortal Honours
William Gadsby's great hymn is in danger of being lost to modern congregations
Here is my setting of it to a modern tune, with downloadable PDF and MIDI files.
A Modern Setting of Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
Isaac Watts' (not to mention Moses) great hymn/psalm is in danger of being lost to modern congregations
Here is my setting of it to a modern tune, with downloadable PDF and MIDI files.
A Modern Setting of Father of Mercies In Your Word
Anne Steele's hymn is very suitable for singing prior to preaching or Bible study.
Here is my setting of it to a modern tune, with downloadable PDF and MIDI files.
He Shall Feed His Sheep Like a Shepherd
An arrangement of the soprano and alto aria from Handel's Messiah,
set for SATB plus piano continuo, or piano plus continuo.
Linux-related Stuff
How to Find Out IP Address of PC Behind ADSL Router and Log in Using SSH
You often find that you need to log into a remote machine over the Internet,
but don't know where to find it, i.e. you don't know its IP number.
Maybe it is behind an ADSL router that gets a new IP number every time the service
provider feels like it, or every time that the router is re-booted.
Here is a little script that looks up the PC's IP number,that is its IP number on the Internet,
and emails it to you.
