*The following excerpt is from John Owen's work, The Mortification of Sin. How do we begin to...
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Augustine’s Conversion
“Behold I heard a voice from some neighbour’s house, as it had been of a boy or girl, I know not whether, in a singing tune saying, and often repeating: Take up and read, Take up and read.”
Samuel Medley: His Life and His Hymn | Nettie SouVonna Miller
“God shall alone the refuge be”: The hymn of Samuel Medley (1738-1799)[1] In 2004 a little-known...
The Spiritual Culture of Eden: The Purpose of Sabbath Keeping in the Example of Jeremiah Chaplin | Christopher E. Osterbrock
Keeping the Sabbath remains a biblical and invigorating practice in Christian spirituality. The example and...
Henry Forty: a brief sketch | Michael A.G. Haykin
Henry Forty (c.1620s?-1693) was a key figure in the early days of the Particular Baptists.[1] A Londoner...
How the Reformers, Protestant Orthodox, & Puritans Approached Textual Criticism: Part 2 | Timothy Decker
*Editors Note: This is the third installment of blogs related to Textual Criticism authored by Dr. Timothy Decker....
How the Reformers, Protestant Orthodox, & Puritans Approached Textual Criticism: Part 1 | Timothy Decker
*Editors Note: This is the second installment of blogs related to Textual Criticism authored by Dr. Timothy Decker....
Amazing Grace: 250 Years Old, but Eternally True Pt.2 | Tom Nettles
The Hymn “Amazing Grace,” reached its 250th year of age in 2023. Being first sung under the leadership of its composer, John Newton, by the parish congregation in Olney, Bucks, England, it was published in 1779 in Olney Hymns.
Amazing Grace: 250 Years Old, but Eternally True | Tom Nettles
In light of stated, confirmed, and reconfirmed promises of the eternity of God’s gracious acts, Newton felt perfectly confident in leading his congregation to sing, “But God who called me here below, will be forever mine.”
On building walls and building bridges: an observation on Particular Baptist life in the British and Irish archipelago in the long eighteenth century | Michael A.G. Haykin
“One way of characterizing the change that took place in British and Irish Particular Baptist life in the course of the long eighteenth century (1680s-1830s) is along the lines of walls and bridges: the Particular Baptists transitioned from being a community of wall-builders to one of being bridge-builders.”