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In recent weeks there has been a spate of arrests of Christian brothers in the UK involved in street preaching and other open-air witness. As someone who preaches in this way fairly regularly, this is obviously a matter of interest and concern, and that on a number of fronts. For the record, I do...

Reformation Heritage Books sent me this promotional video yesterday for the release of Why Christ Came: 31 Meditations on the Incarnation by Beeke and Boekestein. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OkP8psAlkTk I posted information about this book back in July of...

As part of our attempts to proclaim Christ in our small corner, we are investing some effort in a village near the town where I live. This village is, I think, fairly typical of our part of the world. It has a storied and pleasant-looking Church of England building nestled near the comfortably...

My friend Jason Delgado over at "The Confessing Baptist" blog has posted a series of sermons by Pastor Albert Martin on raising children which if you haven't heard are well worth listening to. I can think of no better series on this vital subject. http://confessingbaptist.com/how-not-to-foul-up-the...

Over the summer I read 'Silent Witnesses - Lessons on theology, life, and the church from Christians in the past' by Garry Williams . I thoroughly enjoyed the book and have found myself following up many of the issues Garry raises. Particularly helpful were the chapters on Calvin, Luther and John...

Whilst reading Rick Phillips' ' Masculine Mandate ' (which by the way has the greatest study question I've ever seen on page 158 'Why can't dogs really be man's best friend?') I found a very helpful illustration from the life of the Baptist FB Meyer: ''God called him to serve in London at the same...

"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 Bunyan, Goodwin, and Charnock; but all the elite of the world, those who have...

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 prize: Place yourself in idea, my brother, before your Lord...

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 congregation, and though the language was unconventional, it had...

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 of common Presbyterian minds, so as you can guess, it's warm...