Yearly Archives: 2005

Struggling to achieve salvation through his own efforts, the Gloucester-born student, George Whitefield, at the age of twenty, read The Life of God in the Soul of Man, written by a 17th century Puritan divine, Henry Scougal. Near death for seven weeks because of his constant fasting, Whitefield learnt from this book that it is […]

These are the notes of a Question Meeting held at a Communion Season in Stratherrick in the Scottish Highlands in 1961. The verse, Isaiah 45:22, ‘Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else,‘ was put to the men present and one […]

It is only too easy for Christians to become daunted and deeply pessimistic. The world we live in is a dark, and presently an ever-darkening, place. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is increasingly and publicly mocked and marginalized throughout society, particularly in the media. Our Government passes legislation that defies the living God. […]

Gentleman, it is time to get a grip for the sake of the church and the glory of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ. As pastors we are under increasing pressure to conform to congregational and societal expectations. I recently read somewhere that pastors have been leaving the ministry in unprecedented numbers. The primary reason […]

Sir, By building a straw man of creationists (supposedly) misquoting Darwin and Lewontin, Professor Dawkins labels the lot as “ignorant” and skirts the big issue – there is no hard evidence for molecules-to-man evolution. Dawkins has long touted stories on how the eye and other organs came into being by supposed slow evolutionary processes, but […]

On Monday morning May 9 my wife and I were driven to the Speke airport in Liverpool (now sadly renamed the John Lennon Airport after that pretentious Beatle, the hypocritical author of ‘Imagine.’). We were there two hours before our departure to London City Airport. The only significant aspects of that flight were the sight […]

In the ‘Acts & Facts’ of the Institute for Creation Research (www.icr.org) Vol. 34 No. 5 May 2005 Henry M. Morris announces the retirement of his colleague Dr. Duane Gish at the age of 84. He has taken part in over 300 scientific debates with evolutionary scientists. In addition to his debates Dr. Gish has […]

Forgiveness is no minor aspect of the Christian life. It is an incalculable blessing that we receive from the Lord when we exercise saving faith and repentance. By divine forgiveness, the Lord imputes no iniquity to us, but rather counts us to be as righteous as His beloved Son (Psa. 32:2). The forgiveness of our […]

Gomer also needs the grace of redemption. See how God goes about this, “Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will […]

Sermon preached by Ben Ramsbottom at Bethel Chapel, Luton, on Lord’s day morning, April 10th, 2005. Text:“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:8). This last week has witnessed some of the most amazing things […]

Now I saw in my dream that the highway up which Christian was to go was fenced on either side with a wall, and that wall was called Salvation (Isa. 26. 1). Up this way therefore did burdened Christian run, but not without great difficulty, because of the load on his back. He ran thus […]

Immediately after the hymn before the sermon, the church’s pastor slowly stood up and walked over to the pulpit, but before commencing his sermon, he briefly introduced a guest minister who was with them in the church that evening. In the introduction, the pastor told the congregation that the guest minister was one of his […]

The prophet Hosea marries Gomer, a wife who proves to be unfaithful to him, going after numerous men. How is Gomer to be brought back from her sin? How is the land to be delivered from its wickedness? It’s no secret. The way back is written plainly on every page of the Bible. There are […]

I cannot recollect commenting on, far less criticising, a Prime Minister in our congregational monthly letters – but I am going to do so now, with sadness, and yet with resolve. Last month, our PM, Tony Blair, stated that abortion should not be an issue in the forthcoming election! Just who is this PM who […]

The Christian faith and controversy go hand in hand. Wherever the gospel of God’s grace in Christ is planted it will inevitably provoke controversy and opposition. The reason is not so hard to seek: the gospel confronts and provokes the sin-ingrained self-will and “auto-soterism” of this fallen, God-denying world. The armour-piercing truth of God’s word […]