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The Lord Jesus had 'neither form nor comeliness', wrote Isaiah. Yet those called by God see his divine glory by the Spirit's power.| Banner of Truth USA
The following is taken from our forthcoming title Shapers of Christianity by Nick Needham, which presents brief sketches of twelve men from church history. The book will be released on 19 May and you can sign up for the waitlist here. The following sketch, on J. Gresham Machen, was first published as an article in […]| Banner of Truth USA
Resources by C. H. Spurgeon| Banner of Truth USA
The thirteenth volume of Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ exposition of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, Life in Two Kingdoms is a tour de force of Christian teaching on the church, the state, and the individual Christian’s relationship to the ‘higher powers’. One mark of Lloyd-Jones’ treatment is specific, straightforward application. One such application concerns capital punishment—the state’s use […] The post Maintaining the Sanctity of Life: Lloyd-Jones on Capital Punishment appeared f...| Banner of Truth USA
Life in Two Kingdoms, volume 13 of Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ series of expositions of Romans, covers Romans 13:1–7. This is, as Dr Lloyd-Jones notes, the locus classicus—the classic place—where the Holy Spirit, through Paul, addresses the question of the state: the ‘powers that be’. The following excerpt is taken from pages 51 to 53 of that […] The post Subject to the Higher Powers, Unless… : Lloyd-Jones on Christian Civil Subjection appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
The following is from an appendix to Jock Purves, Fair Sunshine: Character Studies of the Scottish Covenanters by S. M. Houghton, former chief literary and editorial advisor to the Banner of Truth Trust. The story of religious covenanting in Scotland covers a long period, beginning in 1557 when certain men did ‘band thame selfis’ to maintain […] The post An Outline of Covenanter History—S. M. Houghton appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
John Howie’s The Scots Worthies offers stirring mini-biographies of the great roll-call of the Christian heroes of Scotland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The following excerpt is the first of these: a short sketch of the life, ministry and death of Scotland’s first Reformation martyr. PATRICK HAMILTON was born about the year of our Lord […] The post Patrick Hamilton: Scotland’s First Reformation Martyr appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
Resources by Donald John Maclean| Banner of Truth USA
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 […] The post Humble Prayer — Frans Bakker appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
The following excerpt is from Ned B. Stonehouse, J. Gresham Machen: A Biographical Memoir (1954; repr. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth 2019, 2020). The unwearied and effective manner in which Machen brought into sharp focus the centrality of the Christian view of history and its decisive significance for the understanding of the gospel must be noted. […] The post The Impact of Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
The following is taken from Archibald Alexander, Thoughts on Religious Experience, page 279. “Let not the infirm and aged say that they can now do nothing for God. They can do much; and for ought they can tell, more than they ever did in the days of their vigour. It is a beautiful sight to see men […] The post ‘Let not the aged say…’ appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
The following is taken from Archibald Alexander, Thoughts on Religious Experience, page 279. “Let not the infirm and aged say that they can now do nothing for God. They can do much; and for ought they can tell, more than they ever did in the days of their vigour. It is a beautiful sight to see men […] The post ‘Let not the aged say…’ appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
The following is taken from Archibald Alexander, Thoughts on Religious Experience, page 279. “Let not the infirm and aged say that they can now do nothing for God. They can do much; and for ought they can tell, more than they ever did in the days of their vigour. It is a beautiful sight to see men […] The post ‘Let not the aged say…’ appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
The Banner of Truth Trust has always been an organization which longs for the true revival of religion. Indeed, in many ways, that desire is the pulse beat of the Banner. But what revival is, and why we long for it, is often misunderstood. Indeed, the original preface to this volume begins by noting, “The […] The post The Revival of Religion: Publisher’s Introduction appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
The Lord Jesus had 'neither form nor comeliness', wrote Isaiah. Yet those called by God see his divine glory by the Spirit's power.| Banner of Truth USA
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A free sample chapter from Nick Needham's book 'Shapers of Christianity' (paperback, 112 pages).| Banner of Truth USA
Resources by John Calvin| Banner of Truth USA
An abridgement of Calvin's comments on Psalm 73.| Banner of Truth USA
From time to time we receive questions about the editing of the Banner of Truth edition (first printed 1961) of A. W. Pink’s The Sovereignty of God. Here we reproduce the text of Chapter 16 of Iain H. Murray’s The Life of Arthur Pink, which deals at length with these questions: As we have seen, it […]| Banner of Truth USA
The Trust recently republished Cunningham's 'Historical Theology'. Why should we read it today?| Banner of Truth USA
The following is from John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion (1541 ed.), Chapter 3, ‘The Law’, and the section on the Fourth Commandment. Note also the addendum, featuring a selection from Iain H. Murray’s booklet Rest in God: And a Calamity in Contemporary Christianity which notes how Calvin’s thinking on the Sabbath developed from […]| Banner of Truth USA
The following is taken from William Gurnall’s The Christian in Complete Armour, pages 119–121. There is a law in wrestling which must be observed. If a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully, 2 Timothy 2:5. He alludes to the Roman games, to which there were judges appointed […]| Banner of Truth USA
The following excerpt is from George Newton’s exposition of John 17:24 in the volume George Newton on John 17. DOCTRINE: It is the will of Jesus Christ that all that are his own by the donation of the Father shall be in heaven where he is. There are two things in the doctrine which I […]| Banner of Truth USA
The following excerpt is from D. C. Macnicol’s book, Master Robert Bruce: Minister in the Kirk of Edinburgh. THE public life of Master Robert Bruce in the city of Edinburgh was cast in troublous times. His ministry in the Church of St Giles had an influence which was quite unique, and the voice which found […]| Banner of Truth USA
The following is the text of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s address at the 1975 Puritan Conference, entitled ‘The Christian and the State in Revolutionary Times’: The French Revolution and After. This address appears in The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors. Our object in studying this subject of the Christian and the State in Revolutionary Times […]| Banner of Truth USA
The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 2 of Iain H. Murray’s The Forgotten Spurgeon (pages 46–64). Mr Spurgeon is a Calvinist, which few of the dissenting ministers in London now are. He preaches salvation, not of man’s free will, but of the Lord’s good will, which few in London, it is to be feared, […]| Banner of Truth USA
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The following excerpt is from Chapter IV of Robert H. Ireland’s Light from Calvary: The Seven Last Words of Jesus, first published in 1873 and out this summer in a Banner edition. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, […]| Banner of Truth USA
