Power outage
I remember … when the lights went out Melbourne had an enormous electricity outage recently, caused by a brief but fierce storm taking down some key power lines. Thankfully power […]
The Parson’s Prayer
The Parson’s Prayer, for those who minister to small congregations: That standing room be priced; I only ask that as I voice the message they may see Christ. 2. I […]
TREADING WATER OR STANDING ON THE ROCK
I REMEMBER … The Day Bruce Christian Brought The House Down THERE we all were, budding young students for the ministry. Most of us were studying for the ‘United Faculty […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE POWER AND THE GLORY
Review of John Stuart Ross, The Power and the Glory: The Evangelisation Of Manchuria And Korea, Christian Focus Publications Ltd, Fearn, Scotland, 2022. ISBN 978-1-5271-0891-2 (Hardback); ISBN 978-1-5271-0981-0 (Ebook).www.christianfocus.com THE […]
REVIEW OF EVIDENCE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Review of Peter Masters, Heritage of Evidence in the British Museum, The Wakeman Trust, London, 2016. http://www.wakemantrust.org SOME people of strong Christian faith set aside any attempt to show the […]
WESLEY’S HEART STRANGELY WARMED
I REMEMBER … John Wesley’s Happy Day JOHN Wesley was an Anglican clergyman who did his best to live an obedient life before God. He had an ardent faith, yet […]
REVIEW OF ‘READING THE BIBLE AND PRAYING IN PUBLIC’
Review of Stuart Olyott Reading the Bible and Praying in Public, Edinburgh: Banner Of Truth, 2010. HERE is a small booklet which illustrates the saying that ‘little things can mean […]
ML-J on ISAIAH 1:1-18
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, God’s Way Not Ours, Sermons on Isaiah 1.1-18, Banner of Truth, Edinburgh, 2003. LET’S play a word association game. What words come to mind when you hear […]
Book Review: Ministering Like the Master
Review of Stuart Olyott, Ministering like the Master. Three Messages For Today’s Preachers, Edinburgh: Banner Of Truth, 2003. Stuart Olyott’s name is not nearly well enough known here in Australia, […]
Review of J. C. Ryle’s ‘The Upper Room’
Review of J. C. Ryle, The upper Room – Being A Few Truths For The Times, The Banner Of Truth Trust, Edinburgh, first published 1888, this (retypeset) edition 2022. Sure […]
Review of George Smeaton’s Sermons and Addresses
George Smeaton, Sermons and Addresses, edited by John W. Keddie, Edinburgh: Banner Of Truth, 2022. ‘Time like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly, forgotten as a […]
A HEART’S DESIRE FOR REVIVAL
A Challenge To Us Who Live In Difficult Days: In the Introduction of his magisterial biography, ‘George Whitefield Volume 1’, published by The Banner of Truth Trust, Dr Arnold Dallimore […]
REVIEW: THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME
Review of Mark G. Johnston, This World is not my Home: Reflections For Pilgrims On The Way, Edinburgh: The Banner Of Truth Trust, 2021. A glance at the title and […]
INSIGHTS FROM SPURGEON
I Remember … Charles Haddon Spurgeon I’d never heard of Charles Haddon Spurgeon until my good mate and fellow student John Webster urged me to start reading him. So I […]
BOOK REVIEWS ON THOMAS CHARLES
John Aaron Thomas Charles of Bala, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth. 2022. My wife and I were driving around Wales a few years ago and were surprised to see statues of […]
Review of J. C. Ryle, HOW DO YOU READ THE BIBLE? (Edinburgh: Banner Of Truth Trust, 2021).
TOO much is never enough when it comes to reading, marking, learning and inwardly digesting the Word of God, for it is in His Word, the Bible, that God reveals […]