John Owen was not a Presbyterian
In the last month or two on Reformation21, I think it’s safe to say I have decisively proven once and for all that: 1. John Wesley was an Arminian. 2.…
Lee Gatiss
John Owen: still not a Baptist
Well, if I thought it was bad when I exposed a few less-well-known things about John Wesley, that’s nothing compared to what happens when you touch the sacred shibboleths of…
John Owen was never a Baptist
I remember once telling a friend at church that I was going to go do a PhD on John Owen. They replied, “Oh yes, I know him. He’s that great…
Follow the Blood
Do you remember the story of Hansel and Gretel? Two young children are taken out into the forest one day and then abandoned by their father, who can’t afford to…
Longing for importance?
Jesus told spiritual climbers James and John that they would have to drink the cup that he was about to drink (Mark 10:39). He refers to his death, and the…
Longing for importance?
Jesus told spiritual climbers James and John that they would have to drink the cup that he was about to drink (Mark 10:39). He refers to his death, and the…
The shame of the cross
The Apostle Paul talks about not being ashamed of the gospel (Romans 1:16). He also encourages his co-worker Timothy not to be ashamed of Jesus or of Paul himself, when…
Toplady and Arminians. Or “You should pray, and get out more.”
Augustus Toplady once said that “it is not necessary to be timid in order to be meek.” And I guess that must be right, glancing at the inspired examples in…
In my book <a href=”https://www.latimertrust.org/index.php/publications/books-and-compilations/24-tpg”><em>The True Profession of the Gospel</em></a>, I criticise Augustus Montague Toplady for his occasionally barbed and acerbic responses to John Wesley, as not being in keeping…
Wesley and the death of Toplady
In my former forays into the dangerous territory of saying anything negative about the great and famous John Wesley, I foolishly mentioned his unusually positive views of the arch-heretic Pelagius…