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Jonathan Edwards Forsees that the End Time Church will Display Greater Glory and Purity

As I have been reading my bible recently, I have been spending time in the O.T prophetic scriptures. Time and time again I find that the O.T prophetic scriptures speak right into the contemporary church world.
In spite of en masse spiritual, moral and doctrinal indiferance within the churches of God, scripture looks forward to a [...]

Are evangelicals standing firm in the faith or losing their grip on the faith?

I think this quote from Spurgeon is very appropriate for today. These are not days in which whole hearted commitment to the scriptures are encouraged. Many evangelicals think they want revival but very few are willing to pay the price for true revival.
“We admire a man who was firm in the faith, say four hundred [...]

Rediscovering Tradition

This Christmas period has felt very ‘traditional’ in so many ways. Firstly we had one of the first ‘white Christmas’ that we have had for many years. Also it was Ethan’s first ‘real’ Christmas in that he is 14 months old and therefore he had a greater awareness and a lot of what was happening [...]

Comments on Why We Love The Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organised Religion

 Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck have brought out another book, this time tackling critics of institutional church. I really enjoyed their book on the emergent church and I gave it a mostly favourable review.
I finished their second book in a matter of days and I enjoyed a lot of what was written. I agree with [...]

Acts 29 London Boot Camp Audio Sessions

 Here is a link to an audio version of the sessions delivered at the Acts 29 Boot Camp in London.


    "For Calvinism is just religion in its purity… Calvinism is, therefore, that type of thought in which there comes to its rights the truly religious attitude of utter dependence on God and humble trust in His mercy alone for salvation… This is why those who have caught a glimpse of these things, love with passion what men call “Calvinism,” sometimes with an air of contempt; and why they cling to it with enthusiasm."
    B.B. Warfield