Lawson on Spurgeon free
In case you have not already picked it up, Steven Lawson’s “Long Line of Godly Men” treatment of The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon is free on Kindle at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
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The Christian traveller
While immensely thankful for the benefits of modern travel, there are elements of it that are not in the first rank of Walker enjoyments. I tend toward dislike of the experience of being herded and managed, with even the temperature…
New Alliance Website
No doubt, gentle reader, you have thought to yourself, “Where can I read more Reformed articles and find great Reformed resources on the web?” Well, the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is happy to answer that question with the launch of…
Effective personal evangelism: prayer
The marks of effective personal evangelism we have surveyed so far are love, tenacity, boldness, consistency and understanding. The sixth mark of the effective personal evangelist is prayer. The place of prayer in this list is not a marker of…
Halloween or the Lord’s Day?
Michael Ives, pastor of the Presbyterian Reformed Church of East Greenwich, RI, wrote a helpful piece on Halloween that is well worth reading. With the day fast approaching, this thought provoking article will assist us as we seek to live…
Effective personal evangelism: understanding
To date, we have looked briefly at love, tenacity, boldness and consistency as particular features of the effective personal evangelist. The fifth mark of the effective personal evangelist is understanding. We have said that we do not need special training…
My Brief History
On my way back from a meeting in Edinburgh I picked up Stephen Hawking’s newly published memoir at Glasgow airport, a short hardback aptly titled ‘My Brief History‘, which I read on the plane journey home. Did you know he…
We’ll keep a welcome in the hillside…
Last Sunday we had a session over lunch for those involved in welcoming at our congregation. Penny Chew (it is her real name) who has the gift of greeting (!) gave our folk a number of top tips and others weighed…
Effective personal evangelism: consistency
So far we have considered love, tenacity and boldness as some particular features of the effective personal evangelist. The fourth mark of the effective personal evangelist is consistency. If tenacity is an unwillingness to let go in the face of…
The Glorious Groan of the Gospel
In my last article, I hinted at one way that a Christian could respond to the “problem of evil.” The problem, we will remember, is a distinctly Christian problem. As it is often charged, the problem has to do with…