On this day in 1885, Lord Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury) entered the presence of his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. The Sunday following, C. H. Spurgeon preached a sermon entitled Departed Saints Yet Living on Luke 20:37, 38. In it, he related a tribute to the late Earl which is moving, spiritual, […]| Banner of Truth USA
‘Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!’ So writes the Psalmist in Psalm 120, lamenting his extended time living among ‘those who hate peace’ (verse 6).| Banner of Truth USA
‘Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!’ So writes the Psalmist in Psalm 120, lamenting his extended time living among ‘those who hate peace’ (verse 6). It is a cry to which the Christian living in twenty-first century Britain can relate. We are reminded almost daily […]| Banner of Truth USA
A free sample chapter from Nick Needham's book 'Shapers of Christianity' (paperback, 112 pages).| Banner of Truth USA
John Murray was arguably the premier Reformed theologian of the twentieth century. He was born and brought up in a small crofting community in the Highlands of Scotland and was shaped by the piety and confessional rigour of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland in which his father was a much respected elder. However, through […]| Banner of Truth USA
The following excerpt is from C. H. Spurgeon’s Pictures from Pilgrim’s Progress: A Commentary on Portions of John Bunyan’s Immortal Allegory, forthcoming in summer 2024. WHEN Christian and Hopeful left the Delectable Mountains to pursue their way towards the Celestial City the shepherds bade them ‘Beware of the Flatterer.’ They learned afterwards, by sad experience, […]| Banner of Truth USA
