Fervent prayers
How do you pray? How do you think about praying? How do you set out to pray? Consider these encouragements from Thomas Brooks in his volume, The Privy Key of Heaven (also reprinted recently by Banner as The Secret Key…
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Powerful Preaching
Peter Adam is an Aussie and former Principal of Ridley, Melbourne, he spent the summer over in the UK and has been a frequent visitor to these shores for the last 20 years.. His books are very thought provoking and…
Showing some love for the Anglicans
I’ve never been to St Andrew’s the Great Church in Cambridge. I never heard or knew Mark Ruston or Mark Ashton and yet have met countless people hugely influenced by both of them. CFP have just published ‘Persistently preaching Christ’…
Baptism Foundations
Ralph Cunnington wades into the watery divide in his first foray as editor of Foundations Journal. I’ve not managed to read it yet but the contents look very good indeed, contributors include Del-boy, John Stevens, Lee Gatiss, Mike Gillbart-Smith and…
“Not Enough Evidence!”: Augustine versus Russell
Such was the (in)famous reply of atheistic British analytic philosopher Bertrand Russell when asked what he would say if, upon his death, he found out that God really existed. Our own Carl Trueman, eschewing the unbelief of Russell while evidencing…
Say it with confessions
For those persuaded beyond all reasoned argument that Christmas is truly the most wonderful time of the year (and, indeed, for those who are not), might I draw your attention to a couple of new volumes from the Banner of…
“He stepped from his high throne”
6 6. 6 6. 8 8 (Rhosymedre) He stepped from his high throne,And laid aside his crown,And to this sinful worldThe Son of God stooped down:He came as our ImmanuelThat God as man with men should dwell. The virgin brought…
It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Every year, as the Christmas season approaches, some folks object to the celebration of Christmas due to its allegedly pagan roots. Some critics are Christians while others are cultists (i.e. Jehovah’s Witnesses). Before proceeding any further, let’s draw a few…
It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Every year, as the Christmas season approaches, some folks object to the celebration of Christmas due to its allegedly pagan roots. Some critics are Christians while others are cultists (i.e. Jehovah’s Witnesses). Before proceeding any further, let’s draw a few…
Calculating with Calamy
Despite the implied goading of the Pope of Ealing and the Dean of Westminster, I have no intention of engaging in a tit-for-tat with my brother Lee Gatiss, responding to all the various points of contention (and I do not…