The Winner of A Quest for Godliness
Congratulations to Kasey I. of Solon, OH, who is the winner of our first book giveaway for J.I. Packer’s, A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life.…
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Book Giveaway: Faith of Our Fathers
Thanks to our friends at Crown & Covenant, we have two (2) copies of Dr. Wayne Spear’s, Faith of Our Fathers: A Commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith. The deadline…
Wednesday @ Westminster: Are There More Gods Than One?
A quick web search reveals surveys that show as many as 97% of Americans professing to believe in God. Impressive, isn’t it? But do 97% of Americans actually believe in…
Meet a Puritan: Thomas Watson
Life Thomas Watson (1620–1686) was probably born in Yorkshire. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, earning a B.A. in 1639 and a M.A. in 1642. Then he lived for a…
Wednesday @ Westminster: What is God?
There once was a popular song in my college years with a blasphemous chorus that went like this: “Tell me all your thoughts on God. Cause I’d really like to…
Meet a Puritan: Lewis Bayly
Life Lewis Bayly (1575-1631) was born around 1575 at Carmarthen, Wales, where Thomas Bayly, who probably was his father, was serving as curate at that time. Bayly secured the living…
Wednesday @ Westminster: Growing in the Knowledge of God
Do you know God? How easy it is for us to profess that we do merely with our lips. The visible church of Christ is full of people who profess…
Free Audio/Outlines on William Bates
In relation to this week’s “Meet a Purtian,” you can download a 5-part mid-week teaching series I did through William Bates’ treatise, The Divinity of the Christian Religion. You can…
Meet a Puritan: William Bates
William Bates (1625–1699) Life William Bates was one of the most popular and esteemed preachers among the Nonconformists. A master of the Puritan “plain style” of preaching, his stress…
Book Giveaway: A Quest for Godliness
Thanks to our friends at Crossway, we have one (1) copy of J.I. Packer’s, A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life. The deadline for entering is…
Wednesday @ Westminster: What’s in the Bible?
If I asked you the name of Noah’s wife, would you answer, “Joan of Ark?” Sadly, many would today. The level of biblical illiteracy today among the professing Christian church…
Meet a Puritan: William Ames
William Ames (1576-1633) Life William Ames was born in 1576 at Ipswich, Suffolk, then a center of the robust Puritanism. Ames’s father was a well-to-do merchant with Puritan sympathies;…