In recent years, God has given me the great joy and privilege of fellowship with and ministry to Christians and churches in Poland, mainly through my friendship with former student Adam Urban who is my latest Preacher on Preaching. Enjoy and be blessed!
Of his latest article about Scottish church history, Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh writes, “This week’s article is all about Eric Liddell, one of Scotland’s best-known Christians. He combined Olympic professionalism with a vibrant faith and spent many years as a missionary in China.” Whenever I take groups to St Andrews for a Christian Heritage…
Outside of Scripture, nothing I have ever read captures the horror of hell so much as these words from Thomas Watson.
1605 HT: Christian History Institute John Welsh, first University of Edinburgh graduate ordained to ministry, served as a Presbyterian minister at Selkirk, Kirkcudbright, and Ayr, Scotland. Revival broke out while he was at Ayr. He held the last position for five years. In those years his faithful witness and prayer saw the transformation of the…
1680 HT: Dan Graves A company of English dragoons surprised and surrounded a Scottish preacher and a small band of armed men on this day July 22, 1680. Deciding to fight to the death, their leader, Richard Cameron, prayed “Lord, spare the green and take the ripe.” The skirmish took place at Ayrsmoss and sprang out of…