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From down-grade to landslide

You must have noticed all the empty chapels that litter the Welsh landscape. How did this come to be? Is it the inevitable effect of the drift of population to the cities with the mine closures? [...]

David Bogue: the forgotten man (1750-1825)

David Bogue is ‘one of the greatest of the forgotten figures of Church History’ (Iain Murray) and especially of the history of missions. After the Moravians, William Carey, rightly, took centre stage. However, Bogue was very [...]

Evangelistic Calvinism

It will be a shame if this book’s title puts off potential readers. However much we may dislike the term ‘Calvinism’, the fact remains that it is in general use and may be useful as a [...]

The simple gospel?

Many a young preacher has been advised, ‘Just preach a simple gospel sermon’. Many have also found that this is easier said than done. The sermon may be over-simplified or simply be inaccurate. Both these dangers [...]

Archibald G. Brown: Spurgeon’s Successor

To be C.H. Spurgeon’s protegé, friend, supporter and successor at the Metropolitan Tabernacle was an undoubted privilege. As far as future recognition and fame are concerned, it was a distinct disadvantage, but that would not have [...]

Charles Simeon: An ordinary pastor of extraordinary influence

There can be very few, if any, ministers who have been locked out of their own church buildings. The great Charles Simeon (1759-1836) had this experience. Appointed Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge by the bishop, [...]

1859

1859 is the year when revival, which began in America in 1857, spread to the British Isles. That, however, was more climax than ‘turning point’. (A brief account may be found in The church that Christ [...]

The Life of John Milne of Perth

The early nineteenth-century was a golden era for the Scottish church. We are familiar with the names of Thomas Chalmers, Robert Murray M’Cheyne, the Bonar brothers, William C. Burns, William Cunningham and Rabbi Duncan, but that [...]

Turning points in church history: 13. Pre ’59 revival – Part 2: Scotland

Henry Cooke (see pages 14-15 in the May/June issue) had strong links with the evangelical church in Scotland, which had to go through similar travails to Ireland’s and to these we now turn. Moderatism in Scotland [...]

Christianity is unacceptably intolerant

Does this mean, then, that some intolerance is acceptable? Probably, for there are many who say that they will tolerate anything except (Christian) intolerance. Some things, such as child abuse, are not to be tolerated at [...]

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