In his book A Scottish Christian Heritage (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2006), Iain Murray quotes two prayers of Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), and they seemed appropriate as we stand at the beginning of a new year, the one for personal steadfastness and the other for national renewal “O God, make me feel the firmness of the…
One of the challenges in these dark days of spiritual compromise and apostasy is to be faithful to the true gospel and yet continue to have fellowship with those who may differ on secondary issues. It grieves me that some, in a genuine desire to be spiritually pure, move in ever decreasing circles and dis-fellowship…
I have recently been reading Iain Murray’s inspirational book, A Scottish Christian Heritage; a great book that stirs the heart to pray that God would once again visit this nation with the sort of godly men and preachers he has used in the past. I was reminded of some of what Murray writes when I…
Today is the 94th birthday of a man who has for years been one of my spiritual heroes and who, in more recent days, has become a very dear personal friend. Iain Murray is, in my personal opinion, the Church’s foremost historian of our day, especially in the sphere of biographical works. As one writer…
