Articles
November 23, 2017
Much has been said and written about Martin Luther in recent months. A lot has been made of the Latin phrase which he used to characterise his understanding of justification by faith – simul justus et peccator – the meaning […]
October 10, 2017
In this year 2017, and in this month of October, we commemorate what was the beginning of the Protestant Reformation under Martin Luther. One of the features of his life and work was the central place that the Scriptures played […]
September 16, 2017
There are many misconceptions of faith abroad today. Some think of it as a commodity. They say: “I wish I had your faith.” Others think of it as simply the means of salvation, to deliver us from hell. Much of […]
July 28, 2017
Some of us who are advanced in years can lay claim to remembering life in a God-centred church and, to a certain extent, in a God-centred nation. The influence of three centuries of the Shorter Catechism being memorized in the […]
June 24, 2017
It is now over sixty years since Professor John Murray, in his 1955 Peyton Lectures, which were later published in Principles of Conduct (IVP, London, 1957), spoke of the “eclipse of the fear of God”. It was such he said […]
May 2, 2017
The idea that professing Christians may not be true Christians is something not easily acknowledged in the present climate of the church. One finds it even more difficult to believe that ministers, with acknowledged gifts and abilities, whose teaching may […]
April 4, 2017
Some of the most life-changing events in the history of the church have come about due to a stand being taken by one man at a critical juncture. In this year, 2017, we are commemorating the 500th anniversary of Martin […]
March 4, 2017
Times are a changing. There has been a shaking among some nations of the Western world. Latent forces have been asserting themselves. Some layers of society have found a voice. Leadership has brought change to Europe and to the United […]
January 27, 2017
Few would disagree that there is a lightness in society today. Men of substance are scarce. David Wells, in commenting on the loss of character, says: “We have become T S Eliot’s ‘hollow men’, without weight, for whom appearance and […]