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Alexander Nowell (c. 1507-1602): Teacher of Sound Doctrine
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672): Poet of Purity
Anne Hutchinson (1591-1634): The Failure of the New England Experiment
Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778): A Debtor to Mercy Alone
Christopher and Mary Love: Like Name, Like Nature.
Cotton Mather (1663-1728): New England Pietist
Daniel Featley ( 1582-1645): …
Posts Tagged On the Right Way of Handling Divine Subjects
Lecture Subjects
Aug 21
Most readers are familiar with the Calvinist-Arminian controversy of the 18th century in which free-grace, championed by Whitefield, Toplady and Romaine was set against free-will, maintained by Fletcher, Sellon and Wesley. The controversy dealt with whether salvation was made possible by Christ, depending on man’s acceptance of it, or whether Christ secured His Church’s salvation by His atoning death. At the same time, a …
Letter to the Evangelical Times claiming that later Puritans and Dissenters were sounder than our Reformers in their understanding of Scripture – The letter was not published.
Sir:
Towards the end of the nineteen fifties, several Christian magazines served their readership well by re-introducing the teachings of the long-neglected Puritans. Subsequently, the Puritans have become the …
Part One: The Ejection of the ‘Scandalous Ministers’
The problem outlined
Having spent all my life in Free Church circles, I learnt very early of the severe persecutions meted out in England during the 17th century to Dissenters, Non-Conformists and Non-Jurors who wished to preach, teach and witness in Anglican parishes. Two books which became of special influence in forming my …
The Synod of Dort
Aug 17
The Synod of Dort (1618-9): Milestone of the Reformation
The background
The Dutch town of Dortrecht (Engl. Dort), may be unfamiliar to many an English-speaking Christian but it was the place where the churches of Holland, Britain, Germany and Switzerland held a great ecumenical conference which resulted in their unanimous agreement concerning the doctrines of grace reflected in …
The Dumbing Down of Doctrine
Aug 17
The Aims of This Lecture:
In my paper, I would like to air the perpetual challenge of presenting doctrine in evangelism, pastoral work and personal witness to a people who find doctrine hard to digest, difficult to understand and indeed, an insult to their view of themselves. I will first look at the fact that even in Christian circles doctrine is dumbed down and then at the methods …
Receiving the antitype before the type
Most Baptists accuse believers in covenant baptism of confusing type with antitype. Actually, the boot is on the other foot in the special case of Carson who argues:
“Sins are washed away by faith in the blood of Christ, but they are symbolically washed away in baptism. Just as we become partakers in the death of Christ the moment we believe; …
