The Covenanters, Part 3: The King James Bible, a Tyrant, and the Scottish National Covenant
The corridors of history are filled with surprising twists and abrupt turns. Some philosophers, noting how the cogs of history seem to turn abruptly…
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The Marytdom of the Scottish Covenanter Hugh M’Kail
On December 22nd, 1666, the Market-Cross of Edinburgh was filled with a crowd of teary-eyed spectators. The cause of their lament was the young…
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Salem, the Puritans, and the Witch Trials
If there is one haunting line from literature that may encapsulate the American and Christian spirit regarding Salem, Massachusetts, it may be Nathaniel Hawthorne’s…
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The Covenanters, Part 2: The Kirk of the State and Her Confession
If you were to travel to the Reformation Wall in Geneva, Switzerland, or to the Huguenot Memorial in Franschhoek, South Africa, you would likely…
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The Covenanters, Part 1: Tracing the History of the Scottish Covenants
The Scottish Covenanters are not nearly as well remembered as they ought to be these days. If it wasn’t for the Scots, and the…
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The Puritans on Habits and Christlikeness
For the previous post in this four-part series, part 1, part 2, part 3. Perhaps the most general Puritan principle on habits was their…
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