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The Supremacy Of God
Beloved Brethren:–A dear brother in Christ urges me to write for the SIGNS upon two statements of Paul, as follows: “Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.”–Acts 27:21 “In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh…
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The Gospel According To Mark
I believe this gospel record was written by John Mark, the nephew of Barnabas, son in the faith to the Apostle Peter and companion of Paul during his first evangelistic campaign. It is one of four inspired narratives recounting the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. John Gill, “Commentary On The New Testament Scriptures”: “This is the title of…
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The Life And Testimony Of Elizabeth Walters
Death. On March 25th, 1857, aged 20 years, Elizabeth Walters, the beloved niece of C. H. Walters, pastor of the Baptist church, South Chard, of which church she was a member at the time of her death. Her parents were strongly attached to the forms and ceremonies of the Church of England, in which they brought her up till she…
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The Life And Ministry Of Henry Birch
Mr. Birch was the last surviving son of the Rev. Thomas Birch, of Thoresby, Lincolnshire. When at Magdalen College, Oxford, the Lord was pleased to convince him of sin, and he became greatly alarmed concerning his eternal state. The thoughts of eternity would intrude when pursuing his studies so as to unfit him for his ordinary duties, and the only…
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The Letter Of James To The Churches Of Jerusalem
I believe the letter of James, addressed to the churches at Jerusalem, was written between the years 44-49AD, making it the earliest epistle of the New Testament Scriptures. The chart below provides a bird’s-eye view of the chronological order for the books of the New Testament. It mustn’t be thought that the congregation meeting at Jerusalem was one large mega-church,…
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Wesleymania: (A Brief Look At The Current Wesleymania In Our Reformed Churches)
Most books on John and Charles Wesley refer to his religion of the heart. We thus find Leslie Church entitling his biography of John Wesley Knight of the Burning Heart and Arnold Dallimore presenting Charles Wesley under the title A Heart Set Free. Yet there was far more to John Wesley and the Arminian Methodist movement that he founded than…
