Monthly Archives: March 2023
March 2023
Samuel Rutherford (ca.1600–1661) was an accomplished man—university scholar, defender of the Reformed faith, prolific author, astute political theorist, formidable defender of Presbyterian church government, Scottish commissioner at the Westminster Assembly from 1643 to 1647. However, Bruce McLennan introduces us to the life and times of Rutherford with a particular view to his pastoral labors. Wh…
Holiness and Happiness acquaints readers to the life and writings of Isaac Watts (1674–1748). Opening the book with an informative biographical introduction, Britt Stokes reveals how Watts was more than just an accomplished hymn writer—he was a dedicated pastor-scholar pursuing sincere Christian devotion among the people of God. Stokes then presents thirty-four selections from across Watts’s writi…
Covenant Theology: From Adam to Christ, by Nehemiah Coxe & John Owen (Reformed Baptist Academic Press, 2005).'There were giants in the land in those days'. Two of them have contributed to this valuable book presenting a Baptist view of the covenants of God. One of them is the famous John Owen, a selection of whose work on the New Covenant in his exposition of the Hebrews is given in th…
A valuable resource on Covenant Theology from two seventeenth century theologians, Nehemiah Coxe (Adam-Abraham) and John Owen (Mosaic-New). It amply displays the fact that seventeenth century Particular Baptists fit within the broader Covenant Theology of that day.Nehemiah Coxe says “That notion (which is often supposed in this discourse) that the old covenant and the new differ in substance a…
Samuel Miller (1769–1850), was a faithful pastor, who became a founding father and a professor of Princeton Theological Seminary. He had a deep commitment to the church and an abiding interest in seeing ministers trained ably for her service — an interest which led to him writing this book.As Dr. Jonathan Master notes in his Foreword to this edition of Miller’s work, ‘public prayer is the prio…
Over 13 years, 14 books, 40 readers, more than 560 blog posts and nearly 800 comments, our online ladies reading club has studied the writings of John Owen, Thomas Watson, Martin Luther, J C Ryle and many more. But I have now decided not to start a new book. Partly, this is because I recognise that technology has moved on and other online book clubs are making use of podcasts and video calls to co…
