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Great Controversy – Day 22
“I had long before,” he says, “observed the great seriousness of their behavior. Of their humility they had given a continual proof, by performing those servile offices for the other passengers which none of the English would undertake; for which they desired and would receive no pay, saying it was good for their proud hearts,…
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Chapter 14—Later English Reformers While Luther was opening a closed Bible to the people of Germany, Tyndale was impelled by the Spirit of God to do the same for England. Wycliffe’s Bible had been translated from the Latin text, which contained many errors. It had never been printed, and the cost of manuscript copies was…
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Join Zoom Meeting Wednesday 06:00-06:30am PST. New Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83451254773 Meeting ID: 834 5125 4773Password: 852719One tap mobile16699006833 “We should go to Jesus and tell Him all our needs. We may bring Him our little cares and perplexities as well as our greater troubles” (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 200). Join prayer for…
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Join Zoom Meeting Tuesday 06:00-06:30am PST. New Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83451254773 Meeting ID: 834 5125 4773Password: 852719One tap mobile16699006833 “‘Come unto Me,’ is His invitation. Whatever your anxieties and trials, spread out your case before the Lord. Your spirit will be braced for endurance” (Desire of Ages 329). Join prayer for our church and our own…
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Chapter 13—The Netherlands and Scandinavia In The Netherlands the papal tyranny very early called forth resolute protest. Seven hundred years before Luther’s time the Roman pontiff was thus fearlessly impeached by two bishops, who, having been sent on an embassy to Rome, had learned the true character of the “holy see“: God “has made His…
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Here for a few months he remained, safe under the protection of powerful friends, and engaged as before in study. But his heart was set upon the evangelization of France, and he could not long remain inactive. As soon as the storm had somewhat abated, he sought a new field of labor in Poitiers, where…
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Join Zoom Meeting Monday 06:00-06:30am PST. New Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83451254773 Meeting ID: 834 5125 4773Password: 852719One tap mobile16699006833 “The Lord gives us the privilege of seeking Him individually in earnest prayer, of unburdening our souls to Him, keeping nothing from Him who has invited us, ‘Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden,…
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Chapter 12—The French Reformation The Protest of Spires and the Confession at Augsburg, which marked the triumph of the Reformation in Germany, were followed by years of conflict and darkness. Weakened by divisions among its supporters, and assailed by powerful foes, Protestantism seemed destined to be utterly destroyed. Thousands sealed their testimony with their blood.…
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Join Zoom Meeting Sunday 06:00-06:30am PST. New Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83451254773 Meeting ID: 834 5125 4773Password: 852719One tap mobile16699006833 “The prayers you offer in loneliness, in weariness, in trial, God answers, not always according to your expectations, but always for your good” (Gospel Workers 258). Join prayer for our church and our own hearts and families,…
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Chapter 11—Protest of the Princes One of the noblest testimonies ever uttered for the Reformation was the Protest offered by the Christian princes of Germany at the Diet of Spires in 1529. The courage, faith, and firmness of those men of God gained for succeeding ages liberty of thought and of conscience. Their Protest gave…
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