… of teaching which it has come to appreciate over the years. The main speaker, Philip Eveson, a Bible College Principal and reputed to be a Reformed man, proved a wolf in sheep’s clothing and openly declared himself to be a contender against the reformed faith. Radically denying the experimental, new-life-giving work of God in Justification so much emphasised by the New Testament writers and our Reformers, Eveson proclaimed that it was merely a legal, ‘as if’ act with no actual …
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… not possibly, as a Calvinist, believe in the holiness of the Law and in good works. Though the Principal of a theological college, he had no idea what Calvinism really was. Gill told him, “Though we say, that works are not necessary to salvation; do we say, that they are not necessary to anything else? Do we say, that they are not necessary to be done in obedience to the law of God? Do we say, that the commands of the law are not to be regarded by men? That they are things indifferent, …
… Protestant Reformation Conference: August 28-30
The PRS met once again at Regents Park College, Oxford for their annual conference. The college is situated centrally in what must be one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. The staff made all their guests most comfortable and the fellowship was deep and sweet indeed. As usual at such a conference, the conversations which took place quite equalled the lectures in benefit and depth. This year’s topic was ‘Secularism and the …
… work on the history of Christianity and doing research work for a new translation of the German Bible. Bengel took charge of the books Job to Malachi, working from the original Hebrew manuscripts. At this time he composed a work on Hebrew accentuation which he saw as an essential meaning-carrier for the understanding of Scripture. During these studies, Bengel built on the pioneer publications of Spener and Franke and older Jewish scholars.
Bengel enters the preaching and teaching …
… no time, Ward had set up his press, sufficient paper was at hand and he began to print the Bengali Bible. Due to the generosity of the Danish King, the missionaries were able to add a school, a college, a hostel and private houses so that within a few years, the buildings alone of the mission station covered five acres. These were set in several acres of botanical gardens. Soon after settling in Serampore, Carey realised what a godsend Ward and Marshman were. He told the Society, “Brother …
… seemed that both Church and State had succumbed to its whims.
A smuggler points Oncken to the Bible
Young Oncken was protected from this worldly atmosphere by the prayers and witness of his godly grandmother and the testimony of a neighbouring tailor, nicknamed ‘The Holy One’, because of his stalwart Christian witness. Though Oncken was baptised and confirmed in the Lutheran Church, this made no impression on his heart. God moves in mysterious ways and the next step in …
The Synod of Dort
Aug 17
… Dean of Worcester: John Davenant, a Cambridge Margaret-Professor and Samuel Ward, Master of Sydney College, Cambridge. All these were men of outstanding Christian credentials and learning. Equal to them was the representative for the Church of Scotland, Gualter (Walter) Balcanqual, Fellow of Pembroke College. Hall became ill during the Synod and was replaced by Abbot’s chaplain, Thomas Goad, a man well-known for preaching against Pelagianism. Presbyterian Prof. Miller of Princeton wrote of …
Puritan Papers
Aug 18
… persecuting his son Samuel, and his fellow-reformer Lawrence Humphrey, President of Samuel’s college, Magdalan, he protested at their puritanising of externals instead of preserving Christian doctrinal and spiritual norms, exclaiming:
“I marvel the more what turbulent genius has so inspired these factius puritans, that violating the laws of gratitude, scorning my letters and prayer to them, despising the intercession of the president himself, they practice this monstrous tyranny …
… Foster on one side, critic Edwin Welch on the other
Mrs Cook mentions Cheshunt College and the Cheshunt archives but does not mention that J. K. Foster of the college, an expert on the history of the Connexion, wrote two long introductory essays to Seymour’s 1839 first edition, affirming its accuracy and recommending it strongly without reservation. Thus cries of inaccuracy against Seymour should be treated warily. On the other hand, Mrs Cook obviously relies heavily on …
Lecture given at the Protestant Reformation Society,
Regent’s Park College, Oxford, 2007
The Troubles at Frankfurt
A Vindication of our Martyrs’ Legacy
The tiny enclave that rescued the Reformation in England
Readers of Asterix will be familiar with a tiny fortress, a mere dot on the map of the Roman Empire, which was to bring Rome to its knees. So much for fairy-tales. Solid fact are better than airy fiction. The real Frankfurt of …
