The Bible teaching ministry of John Brand
The online Bible teaching ministry of John Brand
Blog (Page 6)
I have been spending a lot of time in recent weeks considering the whole subject of leadership. There is, as I will spell out in a future post, a crisis of leadership in the Church, at least here in the UK, and I suspect further afield. But, with those thoughts filtering in my mind I…
1842 HT: Christian History Institute After a lawless youth, George Müller became a Christian and immediately began to live a life of full commitment to Christ. Although he did not consider himself to be a man with any special gift of faith, he undertook an orphanage ministry based entirely on donations. He determined never to ask for…
1780 HT: Christianity.com When the church becomes a state-supported official religion, churchmen tend to become tepid officeholders. The zeal characteristic of the Scottish clergy in John Knox’s day had become diluted by the early 19th century. Hard as it is to believe, the moderate majority of Scotland’s preachers resisted Sunday schools, saying they would put…
1889 HT: Diane Severance Grey dawn was streaking the sky, when they who had so lovingly watched Him to His burying were making their way to the rock-hewn tomb in the garden. Considerable as are the difficulties of exactly harmonizing the details in the various narratives–if, indeed, importance attaches to such attempts–we are thankful…
