Having recently read, and greatly enjoyed, Faith Cook’s excellent biography of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, I was inspired to read her account of the life of one of the great lady’s contemporaries, William Grimshaw; but reading this biography elicited from me a shameful confession! Despite having lived and done my secondary schooling just 15 miles…
I have long been aware of both Selina, Countess of Huntingdon and Faith Cook, her biographer, but never read anything substantial about the former or anything by the latter. Now I have remedied that and am enormously thankful I have. It is a long time since I have been so drawn into the life of…
I can’t tell you how much I continue to enjoy reading Faith Cook’s account of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon who was so greatly used of God during the 18th century revival. I’ll write a full review of this excellent book soon but here’s another excerpt. It’s from a letter the Countess wrote to Henry Venn,…
Here are two more short excerpts from my current reading – Selina. Countess of Huntingdon by Faith Cook. (See this post). These two are, interestingly, on a related topic. “An anecdote is told of the Countess’s attempts to influence those who worked for her. On one occasion, she spoke with a man repairing a wall.…
I have long maintained that, next to the Scriptures, there are few books that encourage and inspire more than the biographies of believers. I haven’t had much chance to read biographies for a while but am currently delighting in Faith Cook’s superb account of the life of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (1707-1791). I will, in…
There is no question that Carl Trueman is an exceptionally gifted writer and this little book ably displays three aspects of that gift in particular. First, he is able to concisely and cogently cover a great deal of ground and yet do so in a way that gives the read a real knowledge of his…
As the author himself admits, what “works” in a sermon does not always read as well, and this exposition of Romans 8 may well have been richer in the hearing, but even as a written and read series of studies it is powerful, pastoral and, at times, intensely moving. In the course of eleven chapters,…
I am nervous about dramatic autobiographical accounts of recently converted people. I am somewhat suspicious about their motivation and concerned about their spiritual vulnerability in becoming so prominent and high-profile at such an early stage in the spiritual journey. Of course, time will tell as far as Son of Hamas is concerned, but I put…
With a line-up of contributors that includes John MacArthur, John Piper, Eric Alexander and Sinclair Ferguson, you know that this book is going to live up to its expectations and do exactly what is says on the cover. Frankly any one of the 11 chapters would be worth the price of the book. These are…
If you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, what should you judge it by? Well for me, one of the great tests is how many passages have I highlighted, how many quotes underlined, how many notes scribbled in the margin? On the basis of those criteria, this book rates very highly and so it…