(this post has also appeared on the Evangelicals Now website) Have you noticed how people like to find fancy names to make ordinary things seem more special? For example, I have seen a window cleaner described as a Transparent Wall Maintenance Engineer, and did you know that the role of Education Centre Nourishment Consultant refers…
Last night at Joshua’s induction service in Belfast we sang a wonderful old Fanny Crosby hymn that was, I confess, new to me. But it was so appropriate for the occasion as Joshua embarks on pastoral ministry. Let me share the words with you: I must have the Saviour with me,For I dare not walk…
I believe it might have been Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones who once said something along the lines of – ‘I wouldn’t cross the road to hear myself preach, but I cross the world to preach to others.’ Without for a moment in any way comparing myself to the great Doctor, I was reminded of his words…
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…