A Fuller taste
This year is the 200th anniversary of the death of the Baptist pastor-theologian Andrew Fuller, so expect a few bits and pieces coming your way. Here is your starter for ten … You may be in the sad condition of…
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Pictures of Christ & The Beatific Vision
The debate over whether pictures of Jesus are allowed, suitable, etc., usually revolves around the interpretation of the second commandment. I want to look at the debate from a slightly different angle, namely: the beatific vision. There are only two…
‘Mindfulness’ or the mind of Christ
The singularly brilliant Christian apologist of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal, noted the existential reality that the human condition was one of inconstancy, boredom and anxiety. For him, the only real cure was made known in history by the God…
‘Mindfulness’ or the mind of Christ
The singularly brilliant Christian apologist of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal, noted the existential reality that the human condition was one of inconstancy, boredom and anxiety. For him, the only real cure was made known in history by the God…
Reasons Why People Leave Churches: A Rebuttal (1)
There are plenty of reasons why people leave churches. Some are legitimate and others are not. In this short series, I want to focus on illegitimate reasons why people leave churches. Here is one: “I don’t feel connected.” This can…
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 Galatians 5:12 or Matthew 23:1-33. It needs to be seen…
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 with 2 Timothy 2:22-26. I do the same with <a…
Back to Business as Usual: Calvin on Gen. 9
The flood waters having receded, and Noah and family having disembarked from the ark, it was back to business as usual on earth in a number of discernable ways. Thus we see, firstly, the restitution of the creation ordinance of…
Should we Assent to the Descent?
Did Christ descend into hell? With this question, as with so many others, much depends upon what one means by the words–in this case, much depends on the meaning of all three words, “descended,” “into,” and “hell.” The question is…
“The Excellent Benjamin Keach”
Would you allow me to draw your attention to a book? It is my father’s work, and concerns a man that you may not know, a seventeenth century Baptist called Benjamin Keach. Keach was one of the movers and shakers…