The Calvinistic Methodist Father of Wales: John Morgan Jones & William Morgan (trans. John Aaron), Banner of Truth Trust, £40 (2 vols.): Christians throughout the English-speaking world have a great deal to thank the Banner of Truth Trust for, and this two volume set adds to that debt of gratitude. Previously only available in Welsh, these two massive volumes (each almost 800 pages long), describle the history of the Calvinistic Methodists of Wales from the first stirrings of the eighteenth century awakening in Wales to the Methodists' decision to ordain their own ministers, thus separ... [read more]

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James I of England and VI of Scotland was a strange man. Pearson M’Adam Muir states that: “He was a strange compound of wisdom and folly, of vacillation and obstinacy, of learning and prejudice, of self-assertion and timidity. Even the tutorship of George Buchanan could not make more of him than a pedant. During his reign many events of the utmost importance for the kingdoms and the churches both of Scotland and of England took place - some for good, some for evil; but whatever part the king took in them he invariably contrived to be ridiculous. At one time he was strongly Presbyterian... [read more]

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God willing, this coming Lord's Day morning I shall be peraching at Brooke Baptist Church, High Green, Brooke, Norfolk. The morning service is at 10.45. Brooke Baptist Church is a historic Strict and Particular Baptist Church dating back to the early 19th century. The chapel at Brooke is one of the earliest in Norfolk built in a Gothic style (in Brooke's case a Tudor Gothic)

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The Annual lectures of the James Begg Society for the past ten years are available in MP3 format on their website here. Subjects range from historical studies to theological discussions, covering a wide range of issues from the identity of the AntiChrist to the Synod of Dort. Reformed Christians will find a great deal of food for thought here.

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In his old age Brown was the patriarch of the United Presbyterian Church. During the period in which he wrote his final works his life seemed like the 'Beulah Land' Of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. His health was preserved, his congregation at Broughton Place remained peaceful and the Theological Hall was quietly pursuing its important work of training a New Testament ministry. The denomination itself was peaceful and flourishing. Just as the United Secession and the Relief had united, so thoughts turned to the uniting of the Free and United Presbyterian Church. This union was not to be, for... [read more]

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God willing, this coming Lord's Day I shall be preaching at the Swanton Abbott Wesleyan Reform Church, Swanton Abbott, Norfolk. The service is at 11.00 AM. The chapel is the last surviving nonconformist chapel in Swanton Abbott, yet another small village chapel that needs our prayers.

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This Monday Quote comes from Pearson M'Adam Muir's Modern Substitutes for Christianity. In the lectures, Dr. Muir shows that Christianity is not only superior to all attempted substitutes, but that the very substitutes are in fact only possible because they draw upon the capital of Christianity. Muir is not completely orthodox, but he is quite insightful at times. Our quotation is taken from the close of the first chapter, 'Morality Without Religion'.What are the facts? What is the growing tendency when men think themselves strong enough to do without religious beliefs, when they have been ... [read more]

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Recently, whilst browsing in a secondhand bookshop in a seaside town in Norfolk we chanced upon a small brown hardcover volume of early 20th century date. Since we have been accused of liking "old brown books", it was worth a look. It proved to be Modern Substitutes for Christianity by Pearson M'Adam Muir, D.D., the Baird lecture for 1909. The chapters deal with:I. Popular Impeachments of ChristianityII. Morality Without ReligionIII. The Religion of the UniverseIV. The Religion of HumanityV. Theism Without ChristVI. The Tribute of Criticism to ChristObviously such a work is of great interes... [read more]

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God willing, I shall be preaching this coming Lord's day at Bethel Chapel, the Bars, Guildford. Services are at 11.00 am and 6.00 pm. After the evening service there will be an opportunity for fellowship at 'Ivydene', next to the chapel. We have obtained our picture of the chapel from the 'Further History of the Gospel Standard Baptists', so it is not terribly up-to-date. Whilst the chapel itself has not changed, the trees in front of it have grown larger, and the large building to the right of the photograph has been demolished and replaced by some rather ugly modern flats 'adorned' with t... [read more]

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The Banner of Truth Trust has been a consistently excellent publisher since the 1950s. They publish books of lasting worth, not just the latest paperback self-help book that will vanish as quickly as it appeared. Two books announced recently, but not yet available in the UK caught our eye as ones that are of particular interest. First, John Morgan's Calvinistic Methodist Fathers of Wales. Translated into English for the first time, it apparently consists of "two massive volumes", hence the rather steep price of £40. It is apparently full of primary source material, rather like the four vol... [read more]

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