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.
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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.”
Andrew Fuller and Antinomianism | Michael Haykin
“The pathway to renewal and mission necessitated a literary demolition of what was a regnant theological narrative in far too many Baptist circles, namely, that of High Calvinism, which gloried in eternal justification and rejected the free offer of the gospel.”
Surprised By Strife? Pastoral Remedies to Controversy in the Local Church | Dewey Dovel
Although Keach authored this work in the seventeenth century, his correctional insights about local church controversy are relevant to every generation of Christians. As such, the remainder of this article features what Keach deemed to be “common causes of discord [in a local church].”
On being Baptist, Reformed, and catholic | Michael Haykin
When I began to study the Particular Baptist heritage and to sense a call to engage in genuine ressourcement of both the theology and ethos of this tradition, I met a living paragon of this glorious tradition, namely Erroll Hulse. What a remarkable Christian leader and author he was, especially in this area of Christian unity.
“Aut Christus aut nullus”: The witness of Hugh D. Brown | Michael Haykin
Brown’s friendship with Spurgeon through the desperate days of the Downgrade Controversy over the Scriptures in the 1880s was rooted, in part, in a shared conviction of the necessity of upholding the verbal, plenary inspiration of the Bible.
Evangelism and Missions in the Life of Johann Gerhard Oncken | Garrett Kerber
The evangelistic efforts of Johann Gerhard Oncken deserve high recognition, and a deep study will provide encouragement and instruction for how believers today ought to participate in evangelism and missions. As Baptist historian, H. Leon McBeth puts it, “the greatest pioneer of the Baptist faith in Europe was J. G. Oncken.”
The Famous Sermon by William Carey | Michael Haykin
Human strength and human schemes will fail in the expansion of God’s kingdom. It must be God’s work.
Expect Great Things, Attempt Great Things | R. Austin McCormick
To rightly examine the life, ministry, and impact of William Carey is to consider a group of friends plodding together for the Lord.