Archive for 'Biblical'
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 – [...]
A prayer for today
The following article was written while the writer was on holiday in New England. Spiritually the place is far different from the 1740-50s when Edwards and others knew such remarkable evidences of the mercy of God [...]
How should I benefit from communion?
Many helpful books and articles have been written on how the believer can and should benefit from partaking the Lord’s Supper. At the heart of most of them the believer is encouraged to meditate on Christ, [...]
The blessing of unanswered prayer
There is an arresting line in George Croly’s hymn ‘Spirit of God, descend upon my heart’ (New Christian Hymns, 342) in which he prays ‘teach me the patience of unanswered prayer’. There is another hymn, whose [...]
The missing note in Christian piety
When I was a young Christian in the nineteen-fifties I quite often heard a fellow believer described as a God-fearing man or woman. It is many years since I heard any one so described. The expression [...]
The condemned King
In order to establish the doctrine of penal substitution we are not dependent on a few isolated proof-texts here and there in Scripture. The doctrine is woven indelibly into the very fabric of the account of [...]
The correct use of money: lessons from the book of Amos
When I started my final pastorate in 1984 there were only nine church members. Most of them were not in employment. Even though I received no pay, it was still difficult to find enough money to [...]
How should Christians give?
I was once quizzed by a man whose adult daughter had become a Christian and applied for church membership. He himself was not a church-goer and had many questions. One was, ‘What will she have to [...]
The great escape: Matthew 2 as the remake of a classic story
You don’t usually need a TV guide to know what films are on over Christmas. Every year, without fail, there are some classic films that return to our screens. It just wouldn’t be Christmas without The [...]
Reaching rural Wales
Great to read this. I've been doing a similar thing, going around rura
A little known quarryman in Wales
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So you have no children?
Thank you so much for writing this article. It is very comforting. It'
The great harvest
I live and worship in Yeadon, in a church born out of the revival. It
Feminine Threads
I was interested in the above review of Diana Severance's book. Althou