Here is the latest inspirational and informative article on influential Scots in Church History and Missions by Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh. Paul writes, “This week we have moved from India to China in our series of missionaries from Scotland. Today’s article is about Robert Morrison, the Anglo-Scot who first translated the whole Bible into…
I’m not sure why this hasn’t come to my attention before now but I recently found this absolute goldmine of spiritual treasure on the internet – Puritan Search. In my, and many others’, opinion, the Puritans were unequalled in the quality and depth of their writings and I probably quote them more than any others.…
Arthur Keith (1866 – 1955) was a leading figure in the study of human fossils and President of the Royal Anthropological Institute. However, his credibility is somewhat shot through given this most unscientific and irrational statement: Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable. Sir John…
(photo: Marek Studzinski, Unsplash) (Well not me, personally, but Mike Judge, Editor of Evangelical Times who has just posted this excellent piece on their website.) It’s bonfire night here in the UK, and this article may just blow up in my face. So let me say, right off the bat, that I’m flying solo on…
In medieval times, people used to add illustrations of dragons or sea monsters or other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential dangers were thought to exist. In the British Museum in London there’s an old mariner’s chart, drawn in 1525, which outlines the North American coastline. The man who drew the map added comments…
1605 HT: Diana Severance Have you ever heard anyone say, “He’s just an ordinary guy?” Curiously, the word guy has its roots in a l7th century plot to blow up the British Parliament. Religion and politics were inseparable in early England. When Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth in l570, English Catholics did not like obeying…
