At The Briefing, Simon Manchester seeks to address the historical imbalance that have been present in appraisals Samuel Marsden’s life. The introduction: The second chaplain to New South Wales—Samuel Marsden—was born 250 years ago on 28th July 1764. He was slandered for most of his life, and the epithet ‘flogging parson’ has (sadly) stuck down …
Ned Stonehouse’s biographical memoir of J Gresham Machen is an encouraging read. It provides insight into the challenges faithful people face as a denomination slides into liberalism, and there are some nice character touches. I first read it in the 80’s and it provided some helpful insight into understanding figures who had gone through the …
A comment on my post from February 14 informed me that: I am sorry to say that the image you posted that you think portrays the Western saint Valentine of Rome IS NOT! The image is in fact St Valentin. St Valentin Svetitsky one of the many New Russian Martyrs under the Bolsheviks. It is …
Reformation Trust Publishing and Ligonier Ministries are making the electronic editions of The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon available for free during November. You can get the Kindle edition free at Amazon. Other electronic publication types can be accessed at this page. Go and get it. Ligonier describe the book in these terms: Charles Spurgeon, the great Baptist preacher of nineteenth-century …
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