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Samuel Rutherford gives these reasons in his A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons . if permitting sin had not been, 1) T...

Estimation produceth love, even the love of Christ; and love is a great favourite, and is much at court, and dwelleth constantly with the ki...

Commonly, the phrase "where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst" (Matt. l8:20) is applied to small gathe...

The Dutch theologian Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635-1711) is best known for his four-volume work, The Christian's Reasonable Service (Reformat...

The best summary of Sandy Gair's life is in the article by Rev. Douglas Somerset on the Separatists here The following account is told o...

Household baptism is a New Testament term and it may seem strange to associate it with the Old Testament. There are indeed five household (o...

This poem by John Flavel written in 1691 was recorded by William Sinclair of Wick in his diary which is online here . William Sinclair was (...

ALL that men have to know, may be comprised under these two heads,—What their end is; and What is the right, way to attain to that end. And ...

J.H. Thornwell spoke of his personal debt to the Westminster Standards (Confession and Catechisms): "I bless God, for that glorious sum...

1. Our frailty and entire dependence as creatures on the self-existent and infinitely glorious Jehovah. 2. Our awful inconceivable guilt as ...

thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith Revelation 2:12,13. It is commended for holding fast His name, that is His truth, ca...

9 days into 2009 how about some real reading challenges? Read the New Testament right through in Greek here - although you may want to lea...

Anna, Countess of the Covenant by Mary McGrigor Birlinn Books pbk Price: £9.99 ISBN: 9781841586687 This book is a biography of Lady Anna Ma...

You won't find 25 December in the Bible. So where did it come from? Find out here . The article referred to is here .

Following on from a previous post on The Sum of Saving Knowledge. Dickson's Friendship with Durham Robert Wodrow records that David Dic...

An extremely topical article on the moral state of the nation is to be found here under the above title. Here is an excerpt: 'John Owen...

We are not as familiar with the Early Fathers as the Reformers and Puritans were. This is to our disadvantage. The following description by ...

John Owen in Volume 2 of his Works enlarges upon the subject'Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost'. He defines '...

This post looks at the text that heads up this blog. Revelation 2:24-25 “I will put upon you none other burden. But that which ye have alre...

An article recently published on the Persecution of the Bible . It looks at the persecution of the Scriptures at the time of the Reformation...

Luther said that that it is prayer, meditation, and temptation that contribute to make a theologian or minister. Trials, testings and tempta...

“The law of God has its place in the book, and its use in the work of God. ‘By the law is the knowledge of sin’; and the Spirit, who convinc...

There is a recommendation of from Andrew Bonar’s book The Person of Christ and an extract here . This book is essential reading ( here ). I...