1640 HT: Christianity.com What is the best form of church government? Should there be bishops ruling in a hierarchical order, should each congregation be independent, should councils and synods establish church policy, or should a church be organized along some other lines? These issues were being fiercely debated in England in the seventeenth century. On December…
1656 HT: Dan Graves JOHN FLAVEL was a man of prayer. On at least two occasions, his public prayers resulted in divine intervention with immediate and consequential results. Born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England around 1630, he lived through the turbulent period of the English Civil War. The son of a nonconformist minister, he became a…
I recently had the great joy of interviewing Pastor Pal Borzasi in my Preachers on Preaching series and out of that has come a wonderful new ministry opportunity. Pál is an EMF Missionary and pastor of the Hungarian Baptist Church at Pericei, in the region of Transylvania, Romania. In addition to his pastoral responsibilities, Pál…
Here’s the audio: Having looked at the terminology the New Testament uses to refer to the spiritual leaders of the church – the elders, overseers and pastors – and before we consider what the function, or job description is of the men in those roles, we need to look at three things we find –…
1835 HT: Dan Graves TOWARD THE END of 1835, George Müller wrestled within himself whether or not to open an orphanage based on faith principles. His concern was not whether God would supply the means, but whether his motives were pure. Was he pursuing the idea to gratify himself or to glorify God? He believed…
Here’s Episode 21 of The Isaiah Podcast – Isaiah 9:8 – 10:4 – Explaining God’s Anger