Matthew Henry on Lev. 23.14: [W]e must always begin with God, begin our lives with him, begin every day with him, begin every meal with him, begin every affair and business with him; seek first the kingdom of God. Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz ...
Rhys Prichard, The Morning Star, or, The Divine Poems of Rees Prichard, p. 257: A Midnight Meditation How proper, and how sweet a thing,It is with all the heart to singTo God at midnight, when the rest,Of mortals are with sleep opprest! How good, how grateful, and how right,To praise him with the dawning light,And ...
A Puritan classic of Roman Catholic apologetics is soon to see the light of day once again thanks to Dr. Don Kistler of Northampton Press. First published in 1672 by Matthew Poole as A Dialogue between a Popish-Priest and an English Protestant: Wherein the principal points and arguments of both religions are truly proposed, and ...
Dr. Steven Dilday will be interviewed about the Matthew Poole Project on Whitefield Radio on May 14, 2010, by Dr. Kenneth Talbot, President of Whitefield Theological Seminary. May 14, 2010Dr. Steven DildayProfessor – Whitefield Theological SeminaryPastor – Liberty and Grace Reformed ChurchTopic: The Matthew Poole Project Be sure to tune in or visit the Whitefield ...
In 1840, Joseph Patterson Engles (1793-1861), a Presbyterian Ruling Elder and educator, published the Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism. It is still in use today (available online here or for purchase here), often employed before training children, such as my own, on the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Engles wrote in ...
In Richard Baxter’s The Life of Faith, found The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Vol. 3, he speaks of the value of taking to heart the promises of God. After giving this direction (‘Direct. 34. Lay up in your memory, particular, pertinent, and clear promises, for every particular use of faith’) he proceeds to list ...
Sir William Waller, Divine Meditations Upon Several Occasions: With a Daily Directory, p. 161: Every day is a life in little; in the account thereof, we may reckon our growth from the womb of the morning; our growth, from thence to noon, when we are as the sun in his strength; after which, like a ...
J.I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life, p. 114: Richard Rogers, the Puritan pastor of Wethersfield, Essex, at the turn of the sixteenth century, was riding one day with the local lord of the manor, who, after twitting him for some time about his ‘precisian’ way, asked him what ...
The Delight of Kings: A Compendium by A. Hayter From A Hind Let Loose — Gen. 49.21, pp. 6-7: The New Testament gives a definitive statement of civil government in Romans ch. 13 v. 1-9 and 1 Timothy ch. 2 v. 1-2; which is a summary of the pattern also found in the Old Testament. ...
WELCOME TO THE CONTINUING COLLAPSE! By Bruce N. Shortt, J.D., Ph.D Exposing Government Schools: The Youth Ministry of the State Churchof Secular Humanism April, Anno Domini 2010 "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies."(Groucho Marx) ? "If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries ...