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October 2026

October 16, 2026

How the author of the world’s best hymn became a Christian

I've been working with John Newton for a while now. This makes it sound like...

August 2026

August 14, 2026

Ten Reasons Christians Don’t Know Jesus Like in the Past

How the church lost sight of the centrality of a personal relationship with Jesus and...

August 07, 2026

Revive a hymn: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds

"Oh, may His precious name be engraved on our hearts, and sound sweeter than music...

July 2026

July 28, 2026

“As I read John Newton, he reminds me that I need Christ.”

What makes a person read an entire multi volume edition of a 300 year-old preacher's...

July 25, 2026

John Newton Struggled with Prayer Just Like You and Me

"I find vanity engraved in capital letters, on myself and everything around me. I am...

July 22, 2026

Newton: “I am a riddle to myself, a heap of contradictions”

Some might think that Newton's previous assessment of himself which we discussed in the last...

February 2026

February 19, 2026

Evangelicals Now: Learning from John Newton 300 years on

The headlines of the story are well-known. A rebellious youth. Pressganged into the Royal Navy....

January 2026

January 13, 2026

Encouraging Reviews of John Newton’s Amazing Grace

It couldn’t be more encouraging to any author than to receive reviews like the first...

January 23, 2025

Did Herod’s Masacre of the Innocents Really Happen?

The events of epiphany and what followed are not well understood by many Christians. For...

July 2024

July 17, 2024

Jesus Revolution Fruit: Calvary Chapel and Chuck Smith

I have been learning more about the Jesus Revolution Movement after watching the movie a...

June 2024

June 26, 2024

FF Bruce on Predestination and free will: Calvin vs Arminius

F.F. Bruce wrote the following brief summary of Predestination, which is one of the five...

June 21, 2024

God knows about your suffering: Spurgeon on God’s Compassion

One of the hardest things about going through any form of suffering is the sense...

June 13, 2024

Greg Laurie and Harvest Church: Fruit of Jesus Revolution

Greg Laurie is the young hippie convert featured in The Jesus Revolution movie. The film...

June 11, 2024

The Jesus Revolution: Revival Roots and Fruits

The Jesus People Movement was the largest ever religious awakening in the USA. It saw...

June 01, 2024

The Jesus Revolution: A Review of the Hippies for Jesus Film

Have you watched the Jesus Revolution film about when a remarkable move of the Holy...

April 2024

April 23, 2024

Send a Resurrection: Revival in History and Today

History teaches us that the greatest need of the church today is a revival. Revival...

April 21, 2024

Calvinism vs Arminianism: Both Wrong but Both Important

Don't let your theology trump the Bible. Arminians and Calvinists have a lot to offer...

March 2024

March 27, 2024

Resurrection: Fact or Fiction? Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?

The most important question we will ever ask is "Did Jesus really rise from the...

March 15, 2024

Stott: Reform, Don’t Follow Church Traditions.

How attached are you to what your church teaches you? Many Christians are committed to...

February 2024

February 24, 2024

Bunyan: Our Sin + The Saviour = The Sweetest Frame

In God alone there truly is a sweet frame of mind to be found. Whilst...

February 23, 2024

Baxter: “Preacher, Mind Your Frame!”

I have been enjoying finding references to our frame of mind or heart from older...

February 11, 2024

A new Reformation: What The Brethren Restored to the Church

How can we follow the Bible and not the traditions of men? Only by learning...

January 2024

January 12, 2024

My childhood in an early charismatic church

To begin at the beginning, I was fortunate enough to be born to Christian parents....

September 2022

September 08, 2022

Queen Elizabeth’s Rainbows – Did Heaven itself commemorate her death?

Queen Elizabeth will be remembered as the UK's longest serving and probably greatest ever monarch...

July 2018

July 06, 2018

The Value of Looking Back

When God delivered the Israelites, Samuel didn't want them to forget what had happened as...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

Video reflections on Billy Graham, a father of the Church

Scroll down for embedded video memories on Billy Graham from BGEA, Terry Virgo, Lex Loizides, Adrian...

February 21, 2018

Billy Graham dies at 99, the most influential Christian of the 20th Century

Just a few minutes ago I turned to my phone and received an alert from...

January 2018

January 28, 2018

Jesus Commands: Listen to My Voice

There is a Voice that demands to be heard above the competing crowd. There...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Reformation: 500 years young

Five hundred years later some Christians seem almost embarrassed about the Reformation. Not me.

October 04, 2016

Ravi Zacharias Ministries: LONDON THIS SATURDAY

A friend of mine, Ben Virgo is helping to organise a day of apologetics training...