Pragmatism
The former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling (he of the white hair and black eyebrows), has written a memoir of his time at No.11 Downing Street. It’s called Back from the Brink and provides a fascinating insight into…
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Somerville on sermons
Alexander Somerville (1813-1889) was a close friend of Robert Murray M’Cheyne. They went to school and university together. As divinity students, they met for the study of the Bible using both the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament,…
This Lent I am giving up . . . reticence
I will make no bones about it: I am an Old World (for which please read ‘continental European’) Christian, of Puritan inclination, and a Dissenter – specifically, a Particular or Reformed Baptist. That means several things. By conviction and heritage…
A Culpable Case of Amnesia
Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence (1 Peter 3:15). We have…
The Glorious Fault of Angels and of Gods: Ungodly Reflections on Alister Chapman’s John Stott
While for me, J I Packer and Dr Lloyd-Jones are the most important British evangelicals of the last hundred years, there is no doubt that, in terms of world impact, it is John Stott who looms largest for the current…
The Glorious Fault of Angels and of Gods: Ungodly Reflections on Alister Chapman’s John Stott
While for me, J I Packer and Dr Lloyd-Jones are the most important British evangelicals of the last hundred years, there is no doubt that, in terms of world impact, it is John Stott who looms largest for the current…
Fire in the dry sticks
It is usually after I have thought through or more formally prepared the introduction to a sermon that I again sit back and remember to pray. I do not mean that I should not or do not pray until that…
VanDoodewaard on Witsius
Our friend Dr. William VanDoodewaard has posted this piece on Witsius on preaching law and gospel.
Rekindling the flame
It may be that you often hear of people praying for revival or are encouraged to do so yourself. It may also be that you are frustrated by what this usually means. In my experience, people praying for revival are…
Highlights from Walter Marshall’s “Gospel Mystery of Sanctification” (4)
Walter Marshall’s Directions 4-9 from Gospel Mystery of Sanctification emphasize that in the pursuit of holiness the order is Gospel then godliness, not godliness then Gospel. Direction Four The means or instruments by which the Spirit of God accomplishes our…