1793 HT: Christian History Institute FOR TWENTY YEARS, John Berridge was known as “the old devil” by the clergymen around Everton (a district of Liverpool in England). They grumbled against him because he preached to the people of their parishes—souls they had neglected. Not only that, but he used illustrations they considered in bad taste,…
I received this letter from our friends at Wick Reformed Baptist Church / Harbour Mission and am happy to bring this need to a wider audience. We are the only confessionally Reformed Baptist Church north of Inverness and subscribe (in the main) to the 1689 2nd London Baptist Confession. The church has been faithfully proclaiming…
1773 HT: Dan Graves When THOMAS CHARLES was fourteen, his father sent him to the nearby academy at Carmarthen, Wales. Godly friends feared for him because the school was headed by a master who openly held low views of Christ’s divinity. Charles stayed orthodox, however, by reading sound books and by associating with local Methodists.…
1563 HT: Dan Graves Some things must be memorized to be really useful. If your work required you to multiply numbers such as 6×7 or 8×9, you would save a lot of time by memorizing the multiplication table. The same is true of Bible truths. A good catechism sets out the core truths that Christians…