687 HT: Dan Graves A lowly shepherd named Cuthbert became a monk after he had a vision in which he saw the soul of the Celtic missionary Aidan carried to heaven by angels. In entering the church, he was influenced by one of his playmates, who prophesied that one day he would become a bishop.…
I have been done some preparatory work for a lecture on What is the Gospel? and have been struck by the variety of ways in which that word is used in the New Testament. The noun – euangelion – comes 96 times throughout the New Testament; three quarters of those occurrences being in Paul’s letters.…
I am reposting this series of powerpoint videos from 2020 taking us through Holy Week, day by day. The sound quality isn’t as good as it could be now, for which apologies.
1525 HT: Dan Graves When Conrad Grebel arrived at St. Gall Switzerland, on this day March 25, 1525, he began to speak on the need for repentance and baptism. Hundreds turned out to hear him preach and over the next few months, he baptized five hundred. What was significant about this was that most of them had already…
I am reposting this series of powerpoint videos from 2020 taking us through Holy Week, day by day. The sound quality isn’t as good as it could be now, for which apologies.
“Everything I meet with, and every day I study my Bible makes me pray more that God would begin and carry on a deep, pure, widespread, and permanent work in Scotland. If it be not deep and pure, it will only end in confusion and grieving the Holy Spirit of God. I am also deepened…