1672 HT: Christian History Institute Richard Baxter was an English Puritan author, pastor, theologian, and controversialist. He gained a national reputation when revival broke out under his ministry at Kidderminster. England was fractured into many religious and political factions and he advocated peace, saying “In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.”…
In this episode of Equipping the Saints – the podcast formerly known as ‘The EBC Podcast’ – Ramone and I begin a series of studies in 1 John
1893 HT: Dan Graves On this day, January 23, l893, Christians throughout the world mourned the death of Phillips Brooks. Yet sorrow soon turned to songs of triumph and praise of God for Phillips Brooks’ life. Over his tomb they would erect these words: “A preacher of righteousness and hope, majestic in stature, impetuous in…
1793 HT: Christian History Institute FOR TWENTY YEARS, John Berridge was known as “the old devil” by the clergymen around Everton (a district of Liverpool in England). They grumbled against him because he preached to the people of their parishes—souls they had neglected. Not only that, but he used illustrations they considered in bad taste,…
I received this letter from our friends at Wick Reformed Baptist Church / Harbour Mission and am happy to bring this need to a wider audience. We are the only confessionally Reformed Baptist Church north of Inverness and subscribe (in the main) to the 1689 2nd London Baptist Confession. The church has been faithfully proclaiming…
1773 HT: Dan Graves When THOMAS CHARLES was fourteen, his father sent him to the nearby academy at Carmarthen, Wales. Godly friends feared for him because the school was headed by a master who openly held low views of Christ’s divinity. Charles stayed orthodox, however, by reading sound books and by associating with local Methodists.…