Bible Text: Isaiah 42 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: God the Son, Lord’s Day 12 | I. His Office
II. His Work
III. His Praise

Timeline of Fulgentius of Ruspe (c. 467 – c. 532)
467  — born into a wealthy noble family in Thelepte (W. central Tunisia)
        — death of his father, Claudius, not long after his birth
        — studied Greek literature, committing all of Homer to memory
        — studied Latin literature
        — manager of family affairs
        — tax collector (like Matthew the disciple)
493 — monk, despite the protestations of his mother, Mariana
507 — ordained as Bishop of Ruspe (coastal town, 30 km N. of Sfax, Tunisia)
508-515 — 1st exile in Sardinia ordered by Arian Vandal King Thrasamund
515 — recalled from exile to Carthage to debate Vandal King Thrasamund on Arianism
517-523 — 2nd exile in Sardinia ordered by Arian Vandal King Thrasamund
518/9 — read Semi-Pelagian Faustus of Riez’s (c. 405 – c. 490) Of Grace (474/5)
518/9 — wrote On the Forgiveness of Sins
519 — received Letter From the Scythian Monks (Epistle 16)
519 — wrote First Letter to the Scythian Monks (Epistle 17)
523 — recalled from exile to Ruspe upon the death of King Thrasamund
523 — wrote Second Letter to the Scythian Monks (Epistle 15)
523 — wrote The Truth About Predestination and Grace
532 — death (1 January) and burial (2 January)

Bible Text: II Peter 1 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: God the Son, Lord’s Day 11 | I. He Has Saved Us
II. He Is Saving Us
III. He Will Save Us

Bible Text: I Kings 2:28-35 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: Solomon: Israel’s Wisest King | I. It Looked Unlikely for Many Years
II. It Came Despite His Efforts to Escape
III. It Had Just Grounds and Purposes

Bible Text: Revelation 20 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: Belgic Confession 37, The Last Judgment | Article 37
THE LAST JUDGMENT
Finally, we believe, according to the Word of God, when the time appointed by the Lord (which is unknown to all creatures) is come, and the number of the elect complete, that our Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven, corporally and visibly, as He ascended, with great glory and majesty to declare Himself Judge of the quick and the dead, burning this old world with fire and flame to cleanse it …

Bible Text: Psalm 139 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: Lord’s Day 10, The Trinity and God the Father | I. The Understanding of God’s Providence
II. The Calling of God’s Providence

Bible Text: I Kings 2:26-27 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: Solomon: Israel’s Wisest King | I. The History of Abiathar
II. The Punishment of Abiathar
III. The Fulfilment of Prophecy

Bible Text: Revelation 20 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: Belgic Confession 37, The Last Judgment | Article 37
THE LAST JUDGMENT
Finally, we believe, according to the Word of God, when the time appointed by the Lord (which is unknown to all creatures) is come, and the number of the elect complete, that our Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven, corporally and visibly, as He ascended, with great glory and majesty to declare Himself Judge of the quick and the dead, burning this old world with fire and flame to cleanse it.
Then all men will personally appear before this great Judge, both men and women and children, that have been from the beginning of the world to the end thereof, being summoned by the voice of the archangel and by the sound of the trumpet of God. For all the dead shall be raised out of the earth, and their souls joined and united with their proper bodies in which they formerly lived. As for those who shall then be living, they shall not die as the others, but be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and from corruptible become incorruptible. Then the books (that is to say, the consciences) shall be opened, and the dead judged according to what they shall have done in this world, whether it be good or evil. Nay, all men shall give an account of every idle word they have spoken, which the world only counts amusement and jest; and then the secrets and hypocrisy of men shall be disclosed and laid open before all …

Bible Text: Philippians 4 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: Lord’s Day 9, The Trinity and God the Father | I. To Provide Me With All Necessities
II. To Turn All Evils to My Advantage

Bible Text: I Kings 2:13-25 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: Solomon: Israel’s Wisest King | I. Adonijah’s Ungrateful Scheming
II. Bathsheba’s Naïve Intercession
III. Solomon’s Wise Justice