Monthly Archives: January 2024
January 2024
This article is taken from the New Focus Magazine, January 2024. It was written by Alfred Hewlett (1804 - 1885) who was a high-calvinist Anglican preacher and writer.Perhaps there is no subject which creates so much distress among real Christians, as the doubt and perplexity of the mind, with regard to an individual interest in the precious salvation of the Lord Jesus, as also with reference t…
A modern spelling edition of the 1534 translation with an introduction by David Daniell.Marker ribbon.…
Can we really believe everything that exists has come from nothing without a designer? It has been said that, because there is a law such as gravity, the universe will create itself from nothing. But we may reasonably ask, ‘Where did this law of gravity come from?’ Prompted by hearing Professor Richard Dawkins say, in a public lecture in 2006, that the universe was made out of ‘nearly nothing’, an…
Everyone knows that Christians go to church. Each Sunday, while others are having a lie-in, they head there to sing badly, say prayers and try to listen to a sermon. Whether the building has a steeple is optional; the biscuits and weak coffee at the end are not. I am sure you know that is far from the way the Bible describes church! But I wonder if you have grasped the glorious truth of what it me…
The priesthood of all believers is a neglected subject and consequently a little-understood subject. Nevertheless, it is an important subject, one that every true believer ought to know about and ought to understand. The purpose of this little book is to introduce the subject by giving the biblical background and to help people to begin to explore its contours for themselves.There are plenty o…
The word ‘evangelism’ may conjure up a set of images – street preachers, tracts, boldly speaking to strangers on buses about Jesus. Things that, in other words, send many Christians into a panic. While all of these things have been used powerfully by God in spreading the gospel, not every Christian is an specifically gifted Evangelist. However, every Christian is called to evangelism.Andy Pate…
John wants us to understand that Jesus is the promised Messiah and God’s Son, and through this to receive eternal life.
To achieve this aim, the apostle highlights seven ‘signs’ that display Jesus’ deity, and seven ‘I am’ sayings of Jesus that identify him as the God who revealed himself at the burning bush.
This Welwyn Commentary is for those who want to grapple seriously with the biblical text…
The eighteenth century saw many changes within the Scottish church. The Kirk was divided by the Patronage Act of 1712 into Moderates (men favoured by the landed gentry) and Evangelicals (men favoured by the people). The Marrow Controversy highlighted theological strife within the Church. Ebenezer Erskine’s Protest against patronage led to the first major rift in the Church of Scotland with the Sec…