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On 26 May 1892, the Free Church General Assembly passed the Declaratory Act anent the Confession of Faith. (For previous posts in this serie...

Schools in England will be sent copies of the King James Bible from this week to mark its 400th anniversary. Every state primary and seconda...

A recent blog post counts up 11 Presbyterian denominations in Scotland. Another blog analyses shrewdly the reasons for this. Should we ...

David Dickson commenting on Psalm 47:9 shows that the visible Church can, should and will be one in its government throughout the world. ...

The debate in 1892 around the Declaratory Act related to its constitutional nature. This is well discussed in an anonymous letter to the Gl...

declamatory  (dɪˈklæmətərɪ) merely rhetorical; empty and bombastic The above is a good definition of the Free Church Declaratory Ac...

See previous post .  'A line of praise is worth a leaf of prayer, an hour of praise is worth a day of fasting and mourning'  - John ...

"Faith looks for acceptance to nothing in itself, but goes quite out of a man's self, and rests upon the merits and death of Christ...

The gospels give us biographies of the Lord Jesus Christ but with the exception of the Servant Songs of Isaiah it is only really the Book of...

This booklet is intended for all who are concerned for the glory and honour of God. The praise of God is a vitally important means of glori...

Something re: singing of praise before too long but for now... From the Body of Practical Divinity by theologian John Gill (1697-1771): ...

The Scottish Reformation Society Historical Journal contains articles on Scottish Church history written from an evangelical perspective. Su...

"Vice first is pleasing; then it grows easily; then delightful; then frequent; then habitual; then confirmed; then the man is impeniten...

It's incredible to me that I managed to work through any book from cover to cover last year (beside books for toddlers) - a top 10 would...

We are not to ask such a question as that: “What have we to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God?” (Matt. 8. 29). This is the language of th...

22 December is the shortest day in 2011, when the hours of sunlight are fewest and the sun follows its lowest arc through the sky.  Our life...

...on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme this morning (just prior to the 8am news). The discussion involved Ian McEwan and Dennis McShane lau...

We are not to ask such a question as that: “Who will shew us any good?” though there be many that say so (Psa. 4. 6). This is the question o...

We are not to ask Him such a question as that: “Where is the promise of His coming?” (2 Pet. 3. 4). This is the language of the graceless an...

It is not safe to ask such a question as that: “Lord, and what shall this man do?” (John 21. 21). Some that are attached to a respect of per...

What is this Book which has been enthroned so high above all other literature and is the crowned queen among the grandest works of the ages?...

There is a review of this book in  Reformatorisch Dagblad by Ds. R.W. de Koeijer, Putten under the title ' Gevoelige vroomheid van Sam...

We are not to ask such a question as that: “Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and Thou...

"Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory" (John 17:24) 1. A...

We are not to ask such a question as that: “Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? Can He give us bread to eat? Can He provide flesh for...

We are not to ask Him such a question as that: “Who shall ascend to heaven to bring down Christ? or, who shall descend into the depths to b...

The most insightful analysis of the causes of the recent English riots highlights the role of moral relativism . Encouragingly, this was sha...

We are not to ask such a question as that: “How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?” (Psa. 73. 11). Indeed, whenever yo...

There have been a multitude of causes proposed for the England riots  There has been an inevitable left-wing counter-offensive against the ...

From Virginia Hugenot Joseph Hall,  The Art of Divine Meditation  in  Works , Vol. 7, p. 44: It is not, I suppose, a more bold than profi...

A bible burning event by an Anglican vicar in Wales reveals the logical conclusion of the Enlightenment biblical historical criticism. It al...

The ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 challenged scientific knowledge. While further understanding has been gath...

Another blog draws attention to the similarity between the praise controversy that has been ongoing within the Free Church lately and the De...

The second edition of this unique book has now been produced following the success of the first edition. The second edition is largely the s...

...to download The Next Story by Time Challies as an audio book for free . It is very insightful reading for anyone that uses a mobile phon...

Mortification prunes all the graces of God, and makes room for them in our hearts to grow. The life and vigour of our spiritual lives consis...

Sin "will take away a man’s usefulness in his generation. His works, his endeavours, his labours, seldom receive blessing from God. If ...

Of the 89% of U.S. adults who own at least one Bible, 67% own a King James. 82% of those who read the Bible at least once a month rely on th...

The King in his Beauty now has the release date of 13 April 2011. This is a " wordle " of the total content of the book. Wordles...

As well remembered here , today marks the 350th anniversary of Samuel Rutherford's death 29 March 1661. Rutherford wrote in his book C...