Here’s this week’s inspirational delve into the past by Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh. Paul writes, “Before I write about individual missionaries who went abroad from Scotland, I must mention about Dr Chalmers, whose sharp mind was mightily used by God for the purpose of shaping a Christian worldview in the evangelical Scottish movement of the…
1700 HT: Dan Graves The man with the sponge lifted it and dabbed at the wall, wiping off the “No. 45” chalked there. Wherever he saw this popular slogan, he repeated his action. It was Alexander Cruden‘s odd way of showing his loyalty to King George III and cleaning up morals. George had given the…
1780 HT: www.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 ideas…