It was April 15, 1912, when HMS Titanic sank beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic, taking with it 1517 lives. The largest and most luxurious ship at the…
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“When I am parched and dry in my own soul (and, yes, even pastors get that way sometimes) the best cure that I know is to pick up and read…
The subject of this address is “John Calvin the Theologian,” and I take it that what will be expected of me is to convey some idea of what manner of…
“The doctrine of justification itself, as preached by an Arminian, is nothing but the doctrine of salvation by works…” — C.H. Spurgeon Praised by many evangelicals as a great preacher,…
I am very well aware what different effects publishing this letter against the dear Mr. Wesley’s Sermon will produce. Many of my friends who are strenuous advocates for universal redemption…
President & Church History Professor of Westminster Theological Seminary James Arminius (Jacob Harmenszoon) is undoubtedly the most famous theologian ever produced by the Dutch Reformed Church. His fame is a…
The publication of a complete and uniform edition of Manton’s works is a great boon to the readers of English theology. Many of his best writings have been hitherto inaccessible…
Gentlemen. I have long looked for a suitable opportunity of acknowledging an old debt to a favourite author of mine. But when I proceed to pay a little of that…
Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without God’s help, I do humbly entreat him by his grace to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as…
Thomas Haukes, with six others, was condemned on the ninth of February, 1555. In education he was erudite; in person, comely, and of good stature; in manners, a gentleman, and…
Three days before he was apprehended, as he was praying at night, he fell asleep, and saw in a dream the pillow take fire under his head, and presently consumed….
The memory of certain of God’s people lingers long after their passing like the fragrance of a bouquet of flowers. Such is the case with the subject of our biographical…
At the turn of the seventeenth century, the Church of England was in a very troubled state. Henry VIII, some seventy years earlier, had set in motion changes that brought…
The following sketch is from memory, and relates to the last century. J. L— was the son of pious parents in humble circumstances. He was brought up to labor on…
A few of Bilney’s friends went to Norwich to bid him farewell: among them was Matthew Parker, later archbishop of Canterbury. It was in the evening, and Bilney was taking…
The time was drawing near when, in the midst of his usefulness, and with little warning, he was to be summoned to his eternal rest. He had been seriously attacked…
Since he lived such a life, it was to be expected that he would die a glorious death. In the full tide of his splendid career, just as he was…
Samuel Rutherford, a gentleman by extraction, having spent some time at the grammar school, went to the University of Edinburgh, where he was so much admired for his pregnancy of…
Samuel Davies lived in a time and place when God mercifully sent His Spirit in gracious showers of awakening, and convincing, and — bless God! — converting power. Such effusions…
Some years ago the late Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones said to an audience in the United States, ‘You Americans do not know one of your greatest preachers’. He then pronounced a…
Two men were working beside a fire in a quarry, one day in winter, when a stranger approached them on horseback. Alighting from his horse he began to enter into…
Richard Baxter was born on the 12th of November, 1615 at Rowton, Salop, and died at the age of 76 on the 8th of December, 1691. We meet here this…
It was June 26, 1702. After thirty-six hours labor, Monica Doddridge gave birth to her twentieth child. It was obviously stillborn and Monica’s hopes were dashed. Eighteen of her children…
Jonathan Edwards’ own account of his early years and testimony to his own saving faith in Christ. I had a variety of concerns and exercises about my soul from my…
We have it on high authority, that ‘the memory of the just is blessed, and that the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.’ It follows that exertions ought to be…
