JC Ryle was born in 1816. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1841. He became the rector of St. Thomas's, Winchester in 1843, then to Helmingham, Suffolk the following year. From 1843 to 1879, he wrote various works and gospel tracts. In 1880, Ryle became the bishop of Liverpool and retired in …
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No Moody Deity: Why the Wrath of God is Unlike the Wrath of Man
By Mathew Gilbert If you’ve ever seen the movie The Lion King, then you’ll surely remember the scene where Mufasa, king of the lion tribe, gazes out at his entire kingdom with his young son, Simba. Mufasa is trying to help Simba see that one day he will be gone and the kingdom will belong …
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Book Briefs: The Doctrine of Justification by James Buchanan
By Evan Knies James Buchanan was born in Paisley in the west of Scotland, and later studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1840 he was appointed to be minister of the High Church (St. Giles) in Edinburgh, where he became colleague to Dr. Robert Gordon, another evangelical preacher. After Thomas Chalmers' death in 1847, …
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Am I Saved? A Brief History of Assurance
By Obbie Todd There’s hardly a more relevant question in the Christian life than that of assurance. Peter affirms that the telos (the end) of our faith is salvation. (1 Pet. 1:9) So the stakes are pretty high. Yet for a question of such ultimate importance, it’s hardly ever asked. In the church today, there …
Your Sunday’s Best
By Colton Corter The Lord's Day is the most important day of the week. Jesus has placed the authority of representing the Kingdom of God on earth in our gathered assemblies (Matt 18:20). So God's glory is put on peculiar display when we meet as local congregations to worship our gracious Triune God. We meet to hear …
The King’s Table 