1536 HT: Dan Graves What was the surest way to make yourself unpopular in 1530? Join the Anabaptists. Protestant and Catholic alike reviled these usually peaceable, Bible-loving souls and massacred large numbers of them. One group of Anabaptists (the name, given by their enemies, means “re-baptizers”) came into being Jan 21, 1525 in Zurich when…
Of his latest article about Scottish missionaries, Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh writes, “This week’s article is about a remarkably courageous Scottish woman called Minnie Watson. Most people have never heard about her, but her story deserves to be told.“ Sometimes in history significant people remain hidden in the shadows of a more popular personality. Such was the…
I know I will be accused of being old fashioned or unwise or even naive for writing these things, but write them I must! I have written similar sentiments before and being roundly condemned, as well as, it has to be said, commended in some quarters. I am deeply troubled by a generation of preachers…
Towards the end of my ministry in Broxburn, one of our church members unwittingly paid me one of the highest compliments I can imagine. We were having our usual time of fellowship and food after the Sunday morning service, when we would discuss the sermon and folk had opportunities to ask me questions about what…
Today, I meet with four men who are either in, or preparing for, pastoral ministry, for a day of fellowship, study and mutual encouragement. Please pray for Colin, Ramone, William and Sebastian, as well as for myself, as we focus on pastoral theology and expository preaching.
