Of his latest article about Scottish missionaries, Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh writes, “This week we look at the remarkable work that was pioneered by Scottish missionaries to reach women in Muslim and Hindu cultures. Male missionaries were forbidden to reach these women, so God raised up an army of women to do it.“ Millions of women…
1546 George Wishart, a Scottish reformer, is arrested by Roman Catholic authorities, and will be burned to death as a heretic the next day by order of Cardinal David Beaton. 1638 HT: Dan Graves Scotland took seriously the religious reforms introduced in the sixteenth century by John Knox, which included church rule by elders. When…
Even after 50 years of preaching, I still get a real thrill, even an adrenaline rush, every time I embark on a new preaching series; engaging with a part of Scripture that I haven’t dealt with at length for some time, if ever. This coming Lord’s Day evening, having just completed my series in Esther,…
398 HT: Dan Graves John Chrysostom resisted, pleaded. The Imperial messengers were deaf to his pleas. They had their secret orders. He was coming with them whether he wished it or not. Outside Antioch they transferred him into a royal chariot and rode for Constantinople. There, in the capital of the Roman Empire he…
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…