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Scripture sets forth two objects of faith - the Father and the Son. Christ says 'ye believe in God, believe also in me'. These are s...

The following extract is from John Owen's book "The Grace and Duty of being Spiritually Minded". It is a very striking piece a...

John Willison Examination. O communicants, try if ye be within this covenant; remember, if you be not you have no right to the seals of it; ...

This question follows on from our previous post. John Owen provides the answer. God certainly gives us enough time for all of the duties tha...

The book by James Gleick Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything (Pantheon, 1999) argues that everything is speeding up; technolo...

The puritan Richard Sibbes was called 'the heavenly Doctor'. Izaac Walton wrote of Sibbes: Of this blest man, let this just praise b...

By Rev. NEIL MACINTYRE, Edinburgh (Paper Delivered at 1943 Synod). The Free Presbyterian Church has had a wonderful history. She might be co...

Scott Clark has a useful reflection upon the necessity of confessionalism in the contemporary confusion. Samuel Miller's defence of con...

"A Single version of the truth" is a cliché commonly heard in the context of information management and business intelligence. It ...

'The ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come with songs unto Zion' (Isa. 35:10), The truth of this is well illustrated by the ex...

This phrase is frequently in the mouth of the Church in the Song of Solomon. The best commentary on this book is Christian experience itself...

Rev. Jonathan Edwards The addition of happiness and glory made to the saints at the resurrection, it seems to me evident by the current of t...

The Inclusive Bible called the first egalitarian translation takes dynamic equivalence to its logical conclusion. It not only erases gender...

1. His wrongs done to Christ will prick him most. If the wrongs be done by others, they affect him; if by himself, they some way faint him. ...

Both doctrine and application had great weight with me, and made me go away longing to be reconciled to God, and resolved never to be easy t...

It would be a good practice to meditate on one of these 12 lessons during each month of the year. THINGS TO BE PONDERED A course of twelve l...

Rev John Maclaurin Comparisons can give but a very imperfect view of this love which passeth knowledge. Though we should suppose all the lov...

The Original Secession Magazine (Vol 5, 1860-61-62) took notice of a remark in the London Times, "We really wish that clergymen would r...