Articles & Announcements

Nicaea I: Its Causes, Achievements, and Failures

The following article appeared in the August–September edition of the Banner of Truth Magazine. To receive a monthly selection of helpful articles on theology, church history, the Christian life, and contemporary issues, subscribe to the magazine in print or digital formats. Introduction The Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council, was convened in AD 325 […]

Author Robert Letham

Category Articles

Date August 28, 2025

Read

On the Doctor’s Advice: Details from ML-J’s Correspondence with Arnold Dallimore

The March 2006 issue of the Banner of Truth Magazine (no. 510) was dedicated to the memory of David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, on the 25th anniversary of his death. That issue included some fascinating detail about how Dr Lloyd-Jones (henceforth ML-J) assisted Arnold Dallimore in the writing of his two-volume biography of George Whitefield. The article […]

Author Banner of Truth Trust

Category Articles

Date August 15, 2025

Read

Why So Few Candidates for Gospel Ministry?

The following article is featured in the present issue (743–744) of the Banner of Truth Magazine, Aug–Sept 2025. The world is a needy place; it lies in darkness and the only remedy is gospel light. This should weigh on us, as it weighted on the Lord Jesus. As he himself was engaged in preaching the […]

Author Donald John Maclean

Category Articles

Date July 30, 2025

Read

Humble Prayer — Frans Bakker

The following excerpt is from Frans Bakker’s Praying Always, truly one of the hidden gems of the Banner’s backlist. ‘And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.’ — Luke 18:13 After the Israelites had […]

Author Frans Bakker

Category Book Excerpts

Date July 23, 2025

Read

Isaac Watts: The Man Behind the Hymns

The following article appeared in the February 1982 issue of The Banner of Truth Magazine. In May, 1789, Adam Rankin, having travelled from Kentucky to Philadelphia for the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, made the following query: ‘Whether the churches…have not fallen into a great pernicious error by […]

Author Mark S. Shuttleworth

Category Articles

Date July 16, 2025

Read