A Great Spurgeon Saying
“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…
Category Reformation21
Our Make-Believe Parents: When Adam Becomes More Fiction than Fact
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…
Our Make-Believe Parents: When Adam Becomes More Fiction than Fact
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…
Press on for the “Well done!”
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…
Brownlow North (3)
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…
Lessons from Wales
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…
Brownlow North (2)
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,…
Hall of fame
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…
Brownlow North (1)
Brownlow North – His life and Work’ by K Moody-Stuart was first published in 1876 and is one of those books that has got slightly lost over time. The Banner republished it with light editing in 1961 but I think it’s…
Should Christians Love Their Country?
In a provocative article published on reformation21.org on July 2, Rick Phillips offered some thoughts on the meaning of Christian patriotism in an America that is changing rapidly. Phillips eschewed any identification of America with the kingdom of God, framing…