1871 HT: Christianity.com For years, no one had heard from the Scottish missionary explorer, David Livingstone. In l866, he had disappeared into the East African interior, searching for the source of the River Nile. Livingstone’s reports of his earlier explorations in Africa had fascinated multitudes of readers at home. Once asked why he decided to…
Last night at Joshua’s induction service in Belfast we sang a wonderful old Fanny Crosby hymn that was, I confess, new to me. But it was so appropriate for the occasion as Joshua embarks on pastoral ministry. Let me share the words with you: I must have the Saviour with me,For I dare not walk…
1865 HT: Dan Graves IN ITS OBITUARY of him, the Missionary Herald asserted that Henry Ballantine preferred above all else to speak of the love of God as manifested in Christ. Once after he had preached from the text, “The blood of Jesus Christ, his son, cleanses us from all sin,” a man of eighty approached, leaning…
I believe it might have been Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones who once said something along the lines of – ‘I wouldn’t cross the road to hear myself preach, but I cross the world to preach to others.’ Without for a moment in any way comparing myself to the great Doctor, I was reminded of his words…
Here is the latest inspirational and informative article on influential Scots in Church History and Missions by Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh. Paul writes, “This week we have moved from India to China in our series of missionaries from Scotland. Today’s article is about Robert Morrison, the Anglo-Scot who first translated the whole Bible into…
I’m not sure why this hasn’t come to my attention before now but I recently found this absolute goldmine of spiritual treasure on the internet – Puritan Search. In my, and many others’, opinion, the Puritans were unequalled in the quality and depth of their writings and I probably quote them more than any others.…