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A response to the article entitled ‘The Word of the Lord Endureth For Ever’ in the Friendly Companion for August 2023.The article contends that trousers are not to be worn by women on the basis of Deuteronomy 22:5, The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.The Bible clea…

Love the Ones Who Drive You Crazy: Eight Truths for Pursuing Unity in your Church by Jamie DunlopWe all know the familiar texts on the importance of brotherly love and unity in the church. But are we honest with ourselves about our commitment to this? Especially unity with 'those people' - the ones who, whether by personality or personal conduct, actually wind us up. We may not show it, we may…

This is one to keep an eye out for - if you enjoy satire. Reminiscent of C S Lewis' Screwtape Letters, Natalie Brand has cleverly written a series of letters from the Heart to the Tongue. The Heart strongly berates the Tongue for all manner of sly and malicious dealings demonstrating the many references in Scripture to this 'little member' and the havoc it can wreak. Words of gossip, wild intemper…

We are so pleased to have this little book available again! When I read it to our children back in 2008 I found it powerful and moving. When I mentioned it recently to our (now adult) children they remembered it well and, most importantly, they remembered the message of the passover lamb and the principle of substitution (and also that I read parts of it to them through tears, such was the emotion…

This little book of Meditations on the Sufferings and Death of the Lord Jesus Christ consists of 48 short pieces taken from Hawker's The Poor Man's Morning and Evening Portions. This extract is from Meditation 31 on the text 'But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre' John 20:11.Behold, my soul! in this woman, a delightfu…

Seven Words - Revealing the Mystery of the Cross by Hugh M. Cartwright, published by Ettrick Press (2023).Taking each of the sacred utterances of the Saviour as He suffered, the Just for the unjust, Hugh Cartwright expounds the doctrinal and experiential truths which flow from 'the preaching of the cross'.As in his other works, the savour of Christ, a zeal for His honour and a deep l…

Sermons by William Gadsby (Gospel Standard Publications, 1991)Many have testified to the Christ exalting nature of William Gadsby's sermons. It is to these that I have turned this week, and this extract from a sermon on 'The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad' (Psalm 126:3) illustrates Gadsby's forthright style. His preaching always directed sinners to Christ as their only…

Holy Spirit Now Descend: Thomas Davis and the Evangelical Revival in Georgian Berkshire was reviewed in the Banner of Truth Magazine, February 2024 by Alex Arrell...While largely unknown today, Thomas Davis was a leading Particular Baptist pastor during the eighteenth century. In this succinct and stimulating work, Haykin introduces us to him and the lessons we can learn from his example.…

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…

Through Water & Fire by Matthew Wainwright (Wakeman, 2023).Matthew Wainwright has written another brilliant historical novel! Through Water & Fire is set in the exciting times of Tudor England when Tyndale's translation of the New Testament is being smuggled illegally into the hands of the common man and the truths of the Reformation are becoming more widely understood.Into the…