J.C. Ryle, “Repentance; Its Nature and Necessity,” a sermon preached on August 29, 1858: No man ever said, at the end of his days, ‘I have read my Bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul.’ William S. Plumer, “Prayer ...
W.H. McMillan, in an essay on “The Idea of Worship” found in John McNaugher, ed., The Psalms in Worship, p. 11, defines true worship thus: Worship is right conceptions of the character and works of God suitably expressed. Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz ...
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. (Ps. 36.9) Joseph Symonds, The Case and Cure of the Deserted Soul, pp. 333-334: The brightest star that shines most with light of comfort derives it from the Sun of Righteousness. And therefore, that they may have a sight of ...
When most people think of an object closely associated with Scotland’s great patriot, they think of his famous sword. But his greatest treasure was in fact a sword of another kind (Eph. 6.17; Heb. 4.12). When Sir William Wallace was a boy, a Psalter was given to him, perhaps by his mother or uncle. It ...
He that winneth souls is wise (Prov. 11.30), and William Guthrie’s (1620-1665) methods of evangelism, though unorthodox, reveal the wisdom of one particular Puritan minister’s labors to bring forth much good fruit from stony ground. John Howie, The Scots Worthies, pp. 435-436: Soon after having obtained his license, Guthrie left St. Andrew’s, and became tutor ...
Whenever the Puritan Arthur Dent (d. 1607) is mentioned in contemporary conversation, comparison is often made to a fictional character by that name in atheist Douglas Adams’ science-fiction classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. That Arthur Dent traveled through time and space wearing his robe somehow solving galactic problems. Although the latter is by ...
John Brown of Haddington was a poor, orphaned shepherd boy in 1742 or so when, having been affected following a series of illnesses by a spiritual awakening in connection with reading the Bible and various theological works (he mentions the Westminster Larger Catechism and the expositions of the Shorter Catechism by Thomas Vincent and John ...
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Let’s see who’s familiar enough with their English language to be able to tell which verse of the Bible this is. It is dated around 995AD and comes from Anglo-Saxon Proto-English Manuscripts. Anglo-Saxon is the early roots of the English language: God lufode middan-eard swa, dat he seade his an-cennedan sunu, dat nan ne forweorde ...
Tom Ascol, over at the Founders Blog, received some very interesting documents recently that have been circulating among some churches in western Tennessee. It seems there is a move afoot to root out anyone on the staffs of these churches who may hold to the Doctrines of Grace. It is, in my opinion, one of ...