Over the summer I read ‘Silent Witnesses – Lessons on theology, life, and the church from Christians in the past’ by Garry Williams. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and have found myself following up many of the issues Garry raises. Particularly helpful were the…
Whilst reading Rick Phillips’ ‘Masculine Mandate‘ (which by the way has the greatest study question I’ve ever seen on page 158 ‘Why can’t dogs really be man’s best friend?’) I found a very helpful illustration from the life of the Baptist FB Meyer:…
“A certain vainglorious party of Pretenders to intellect and culture tell us now that the old Puritanic faith is nearly extinct; there are only a few of us ignorant people who now hold the same truths as John Owen, John…
In Sunday School rooms across a wide spectrum of churches, you will find Bible storybooks that, around page one, display pictures of Adam and Eve, with illustrators using their best judgment on whether to use well-placed leaves, strategic cropping, or…
In Sunday School rooms across a wide spectrum of churches, you will find Bible storybooks that, around page one, display pictures of Adam and Eve, with illustrators using their best judgment on whether to use well-placed leaves, strategic cropping, or…
Another snippet from Fuller, this time from an ordination sermon from Matthew 25.21, concerning the work and encouragements of the Christian minister. As he does often in such writings, Fuller fixes his eye on the last day and the great…
You might be forgiven for thinking this prose reads like Jeremy Walker’s and is of Walker-esque length but infact it dates from 1862 and is one of Brownlow North’s prayers. ”His opening prayer always had a solemnizing effect on the…
Not much a Scottish Presbyterian can learn from Wales you might think, but it’s been a delight to join with brethren from all over the world for the quadrennial meeting of the International Conference of Reformed Churches. It’s a meeting…
At the Free Church General Assembly of 1859 the Moderator, Principal, William Cunningham, addressed Brownlow North on behalf of the Assembly saying, ‘Mr North, I have great pleasure and heartfelt satisfaction in announcing to you that I have been called,…
On the plane to Glasgow yesterday I enjoyed finishing off Robert Hall Sr.’s Help to Zion’s Travellers, edited by Nathan Finn (Borderstone Press, from Amazons US and UK). It is a volume developed from a sermon preached by Hall in…
