Interview with Derek Cooper on Thomas Manton
Dr. Derek Cooper is Associate Professor of World Christian History at Biblical Seminary (Hatfield, PA). He has the distinct honor of writing the only PhD thesis on the seventeenth-century Puritan,…
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Mondays with Manton: Christ’s Temptation (4)
Continuing through the neglected Puritan Thomas Manton’s (1620–1677) “Christ’s Temptation and Transfiguration Practically Explained and Improved in Several Sermons” (Works 1:258–336), we come to sermon 4, which deals with Matthew 4:7 (click here for sermon 1, sermon 2,…
Wednesday @ Westminster: Double Predestination
The Reformed doctrine of predestination is “an opiate of the flesh and the devil, and is a stronghold of Satan where he lies in wait for all people, wounds most…
Interview on “The Neglected Manton”
Back in 2011 I was interviewed by Tyler Horton over at the “Me and Brooks” blog. Here’s the link. We discussed one of my favorites, Thomas Manton. Enjoy.
Mondays with Manton: Christ’s Temptation (3)
This week we want to continue through the neglected Puritan Thomas Manton’s (1620–1677) “Christ’s Temptation and Transfiguration Practically Explained and Improved in Several Sermons” (Works 1, 258–336). Sermon 3 treats…
“God Broke the Law for Love”
Love will take you further than the law ever could. — Steven Furtick (@stevenfurtick) March 29, 2016 Thanks Todd Pruitt! Thanks for “sharing” this on Facebook…
Wednesday @ Westminster: What are the Decrees of God?
What have you done for me lately? As a former basketball player I new this line well. No one cared about your last game. All that mattered was today and…
Mondays with Manton: Christ’s Temptation (2)
This week we want to continue through Thomas Manton’s (1620–1677) “Christ’s Temptation and Transfiguration Practically Explained and Improved in Several Sermons” (Works 1, 258–336). Sermon 2 treats Matthew 4:2–4.…
April’s Meet the Puritans Resource
In 2016, every two months (Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct, Dec) we will be producing a Meet the Puritans Resource, which you will be able to find linked under Our Resources.…
Wednesday @ Westminster: How is the Trinity Vital for Me?
Back in 2005 America’s new “pastor,” Rick Warren, said, “The first Reformation was about doctrine; the second one needs to be about behavior. We need a reformation not of creeds…
Mondays with Manton: Christ’s Temptation (1)
Thomas Manton (1620–1677) was called “the king of preachers” at his funeral. Anyone that has ever used his expositions of James or Jude for their sermon preparation knows this to…
Thomas Manton: The Neglected Puritan
It was the great nineteenth-century evangelical Anglican, bishop J. C. Ryle (1816–1900), who said that Thomas Manton (1620–1677) was “a man who could neither say, nor do, nor write anything…