After the Surrey Gardens Music Hall disaster, Spurgeon canceled many speaking opportunities and missed a Sunday in his pulpit. After days of suffering, he returned to church to worship on the Lord’s Day. On November 2nd of 1856, Spurgeon ascended the pulpit to lead his congregation in prayer.
Boston goes in an interesting direction to prove that there is a providence. After quoting very general Scriptural statements about God’s kingship and sovereignty (Psalm 103:19; Acts 17:28; Ephesians 1:11), he writes that providence can be seen in a “three-fold scripture-emblem.”
Our theology, whether good or bad, informs how we view the circumstances of our lives, the difficult and the joyous.
History matters because people matter. The life and theology of Thomas Boston continue to speak and resonate today.
Keach interpreted the advent of the printing press and the advancements that followed as a means to pastor his flock and the broader church. Consequently, he became one of the most prolific publishing pastors in the seventeenth century.
In the Bible you are either a child who cannot speak for himself; or you are an adult who can.
Church, whatever we practice about this issue—even if we conclude that we should not baptize children—we must never allow our children to think that salvation is for when they are older.
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