Archive for 'March,2011'
How the mighty have fallen
In spite of the cynics’ raised eye-brows David’s song of lament over the death of Saul and Jonathan in 2 Samuel 1:17-27 is a genuine heart-felt expression of grief at the loss of his king and [...]
It is not death to die
In the year 1881, Jessie Murray, a missionary in China, wrote home describing the death of a Chinese schoolgirl: ‘It seemed as if she had been … to the very door of heaven.’ She had said [...]
Samuel Rutherford: A pastor who lives through his letters
Samuel Rutherford was widely known in his own day as an outspoken opponent of state-sponsored episcopacy, on the one hand, and Independency, on the other. Today he is remembered for his pastoral letters which have been [...]
On my way to heaven
When the surgeon first broke the news to Mark Ashton that he had inoperable gallbladder cancer, Mark’s response was that, as a Christian believer, this was not bad news but good; it was not the end [...]
Ministering to the afflicted
When Job was afflicted, his friends loved him to the extent that they got alongside him and sat with him for a week in silence and then wrestled with him over the issues raised by his [...]
The third day He rose from the dead
At Easter we celebrate the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. We remember that He was crucified and died on Good Friday and that He rose from the dead on the third day – [...]
Atonement and reconciliation
Biblical revelation and the salvation it presents through the work of the cross of Christ is a tale of two cities: Athens and Jerusalem, contrasting two different claims to truth – human wisdom or revelation; the [...]
Where’s the light when you’ve lost a child?
Lois was born perfectly healthy and we noted no difference in her development from our other children, but on the 15 September 2004, aged just two-and-a-half-years old, Lois died. She’d kept her brain tumour as her little [...]
Our great hope
It wasn’t all that long ago that I was sitting in a room with the other members of the editorial board discussing what we should have as the theme for this issue of the Evangelical Magazine. [...]
The Trinity and worship
I would personally rather sing of a 'latent' Christ in the Psalms God
The Trinity and worship
A very helpful article. I've been thinking much more about the Trinity
United we stand
It all depends on what you mean by 'biblical separation' ? !
Amazing and essential
Thank you. There are several good books currently on the Holy Trinity.
Robert Jermain Thomas: an inextinguishable light
Yes, there is much that we do not know, but if you read my book, I do