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If you're looking for online Bible commentaries, you probably won't come across a bigger or better collection than the following whi...

I'm sure this must have occurred to many others... The Eternal Son of God made man in His own image. In the Son "was life; and ...

Paraphrased notes of a sermon by an FP minister: NB this is NOT a word-for-word note. Luke 11 v21-22. 'When a strong man armed keepeth h...

"Line up the most powerful female politicians in the world - Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel, Theresa May, Christine Lagarde, Nicola Stu...

What can we learn from the past about the mission of the local Church. There is an insightful and practical lecture here  about how Thomas ...

During my A-levels I had to write an essay on whether membership of the European union undermined Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Ki...

The following is quoted from Adrian Hilton's book  The Principality and Power of Europe .  These are the words with which the book co...

The following passage on self-denial is by Richard Baxter You hear ministers tell you of the odiousness and danger and sad effects of sin; b...

The following is quoted from Adrian Hilton's book  The Principality and Power of Europe .  It refers to the overweening claims of the...

The following is quoted from Adrian Hilton's book The Principality and Power of Europe .  It illustrates the key question at stake in...

...we are sure that every faithful Protestant who has a desire for the advancement of Christ's cause, and for the spiritual and social w...

Someone passed me the following apt quotation regarding indifference towards politics and other matters. Of course we must be careful to avo...

Awaiting me on the table of the train the other week was a discarded newspaper. Nothing unusual about that. This one had a Bible text writt...

...there are so many useful and powerful sermons we hear but I just wanted to pick out one that I've heard that is very practical and ex...

Today marks the 400th birthday of Richard Baxter. I know his systematic theology was a very modern mish-mash of much error. His practical wr...

Yesterday was the second day of the FP Theological Conference. Unfortunately, I was only able to take some summary notes of a paper by Rev. ...

If you have read much of the Puritans on the subject of sin and temptation you will be aware that often they speak of avoiding occasions of ...

This piece from Jonathan Edwards is very refreshing and illuminating. Judges 1:12-15. Concerning Othniel and Caleb’s daughter.  Othniel i...

There may be further help from a precept, promise and prayer related to distraction. "attend upon the Lord without distraction"...

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#10 in the top ten most accessed posts on this blog is a post Long hair and feminity . A new article on www.fpchurch.org.uk Long hair for wo...

Notes excerpted from a sermon by Rev William Maclean. Psalm 9:13-14 The title of Psalm 9 means 'the death of the champion'. It i...

This concludes some cursory comments on the subject of terms of communion and visible unity. It is a matter of emphasis elsewhere in the New...

Acts 15:22-23 "Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with ...

The result of the UK General Election has taken many by surprise. Political pundits made confident forecasts. Politicians made strong assert...

we must esteem it not merely a duty but a privilege, to remind the people, that it is through having God glorified in the exercise of their...

"And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things t...

In what follows I would like to endeavour to reflect upon Acts 15 and what we can we can learn about the unity of the visible church and ter...

William Perkins said to his student preachers at the conclusion of his Arte of Prophecying, "The sum of the sum: Preach one Christ by C...

A lot of new material has been added to the now re-launched Church website. You can now find out a lot about the distinctives of the Church ...

C.S. Lewis once wrote a book  Reflections on the Psalms  but it is not very recommended reading because of his treatment of the doctrine of...

Some notes from a sermon by one of our ministers some time ago. John 20:1-8. There is much interest in the fact that John reached the grav...

One or two notes taken from a sermon by one of our ministers some years ago. This is a summary not a verbatim quote. Zechariah 3v9 "I...

A few sermon notes from one of the ministers. Psalm 43 v 3;4. "O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring m...

One or two notes taken from a sermon by one of our ministers some years ago. This is a summary not a verbatim quote. John 6 v5-6 "Whe...

One or two notes taken from a sermon by one of our ministers some years ago. This is a summary not a verbatim quote. Galatians 6v14. “But ...

One or two notes taken from a sermon by one of our ministers some years ago. This is a summary not a verbatim quote. John 6v53 Then Jes...

Luke 23v42, 43. "And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say u...

One or two notes taken from a sermon by one of our ministers some years ago. This is a summary not a verbatim quote. John 3v29. "He...