It was the first day of the opening term (semester). Entering the room with purposeful air, the lecturer plonked her books on the table, moved round to its front, leant back – half sitting, half standing – her hands by her side, resting on the table. The conversational buzz quickly died away. The...
Sanctification. What an elastic word it is! As is its bed-fellow, ‘saint’. To be a ‘saint’ is to be sanctified. To some, a ‘saint’ is a person who, though having to suffer under the most appalling conditions, does so without grumbling: ‘She’s a real saint to put up with it!’ To many others, a...
It was said of Robert Murray M‘Cheyne that when he preached you felt ‘as if he was dyin’ a’most to have ye converted’; that is, he wanted your conversion, there and then. That is what you felt. And you were right. M‘Cheyne wasn’t play-acting, putting on a show: your conversion was his consuming...
George M.Ella, to put it mildly, does not agree with what is known as the ‘free offer’, and he makes no bones about it. Indeed, he has written a book on the subject: The Free Offer and The Call of the Gospel, in which, we are told, he has set out ‘sound reasons for rejecting the “free offer” method...
When Paul declared: ‘The Son of God... loved me and gave himself for me’ (Gal. 2:20), he was speaking with resounding confidence, telling us that he had a solid assurance that he was Christ’s, and that Christ was his. The question is, of course, was he speaking as an apostle, as one specially...
Romans 6 is a key chapter in the pinnacle of all the books of the Bible – the letter in which the Spirit of God, through Paul, has given us the clearest, the fullest, the most exalted of all statements of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Consequently, if we want to fully appreciate the gospel,...
‘Priesthood’ is a concept written large in Scripture, in both the Old Testament and the New. In truth, it is not too much to say that unless we come to terms with what God says in his word about ‘priesthood’, we will never grasp how we, as sinners, may approach him, and be saved from our sins. This...
There are many differences between today ’s churches and those of the New Testament; not least, the widespread replacement of the universal priesthood of all believers
by the special priesthood of the few. And this has come at a heavy cost. That is what this book is about. Lest there should be any...
1517-1644 were momentous years in the history of the church – from the break with Rome to the rise of the Particular Baptists. David Gay tells the moving story with clarity and passion. In these pages, the main characters are brought vividly to life. Many endured horrific sufferings – hunger,...
John Calvin inherited the doctrines of the medieval Roman Church. In particular, he inherited that Church’s view of the law of God, given to Israel through Moses on Sinai. Calvin took the Church’s teaching on this, as it had been developed by Thomas Aquinas, and tweaked it to produce a Reformed...
It is the late fifteenth century. The medieval Roman Church, collapsing under the weight of its own corruption, has, thus far, resisted calls from within for serious reformation, and resisted with barbaric cruelty. John Wycliffe has been dead for a hundred years, his bones having been burned in...
‘THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS! EATON, DELL, CRISP AND SALTMARSH WERE ANTINOMIANS. THEIR WORKS SHOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY, AND SHOULD NOT BE RE-PUBLISHED NOW!’ So it will be said. David Gay disagrees. Strongly! Judging by these works, which he has distilled and annotated, they preached the...
Down the centuries, the laying on of hands has made a huge contribution to the fostering of the great evil of sacramentalism. While most of today’s evangelical and Reformed churches have a low view of ordination coupled with the laying on of hands, nevertheless, sacramentalism is never far removed...
1517-1644 were momentous years in the history of the church – from the break with Rome to the rise of the Particular Baptists. David Gay tells the moving story with clarity and passion. In these pages, the main characters are brought vividly to life. Many endured horrific sufferings – hunger,...
1517-1644 were momentous years in the history of the church – from the break with Rome to the rise of the Particular Baptists. David Gay tells the moving story with clarity and passion. In these pages, the main characters are brought vividly to life. Many endured horrific sufferings – hunger,...
John Calvin inherited the doctrines of the medieval Roman Church. In particular, he inherited that Church’s view of the law of God, given to Israel through Moses on Sinai. Calvin took the Church’s teaching on this, as it had been developed by Thomas Aquinas, and tweaked it to produce a Reformed...
John Calvin inherited the doctrines of the medieval Roman Church. In particular, he inherited that Church’s view of the law of God, given to Israel through Moses on Sinai. Calvin took the Church’s teaching on this, as it had been developed by Thomas Aquinas, and tweaked it to produce a Reformed...
In recent years there has been a healthy emphasis by Christians on the biblical concept of the family. A welcome concern has been shown in this important matter. The upbringing of children and the responsibilities of Christian parents have received much attention. All this is good. However I feel...
In recent years there has been a healthy emphasis by Christians on the biblical concept of the family. A welcome concern has been shown in this important matter. The upbringing of children and the responsibilities of Christian parents have received much attention. All this is good. However I feel...
The Bible teaches: (i) Christ died only for the elect; (ii) God offers Christ to all.
This looks like a first-class contradiction.
Many think they have found a way to avoid it. Arminians deny the first statement; hyper-Calvinists, the second. But still the Bible teaches both.
Most...
News headline: ‘Humpty Dumpty Strikes Again!’. What’s that? ‘Humpty
Dumpty Strikes Again – in the Church!’. Let me re-phrase it: 'Believers
Sustain Big Losses by Changing the Meaning of Bible Words'.
Alice was confused. Humpty Dumpty explained: ‘When I use a word’, he
said, ‘it means just...
1517-1644 were momentous years in the history of the church – from the break with Rome to the rise of the Particular Baptists. David Gay tells the moving story with clarity and passion. In these pages, the main characters are brought vividly to life. Many endured horrific sufferings – hunger,...
In recent years there has been a healthy emphasis by Christians on the biblical concept of the family. A welcome concern has been shown in this important matter. The upbringing of children and the responsibilities of Christian parents have received much attention. All this is good. However I feel...
This book will not appeal to every Christian. It is, after all, a polemical work, designed to explore infant baptism and expose it as destructive of the gospel. And it raises important questions: What is a Christian? How does one become a Christian? What is a church? How does one become a member?...
‘The priesthood of all believers’ is a biblical doctrine. Sadly, Satan has laid his meddling fingers on this glorious gospel principle and twisted it to the ruin of many.
How? For a start, the overwhelming majority of believers, for all practical purposes, believe in the priesthood of NO...
John Calvin inherited the doctrines of the medieval Roman Church. In particular, he inherited that Church’s view of the law of God, given to Israel through Moses on Sinai. Calvin took the Church’s teaching on this, as it had been developed by Thomas Aquinas, and tweaked it to produce a Reformed...
