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William Cunningham: Humble Controversialist – Banner of Truth USA
The following short article appeared in Issue 690 of the Banner of Truth Magazine (March 2021). The first volume of William Cunningham’s works to be prepared for the press by his literary executors, James Buchanan and James Bannerman, was The Reformers and the Theology of the Reformation.
Corporate Worship: 10 Benefits for Our Children – Banner of Truth USA
Having your children with you in worship can be hard. It can be hard for the parents, for the children, and for the rest of the congregation.
A Call to Preserve Evening Worship Services – Banner of Truth USA
The following was published as ‘Preserve Evening Worship Services!’ in the October 2007 edition of the Banner of Truth Magazine (Issue 529). It was written by Michael G. Brown, who at the time was pastor of Christ United Reformed Church, Santee, CA.
How to Read a Soul-Improving Book – Banner of Truth USA
The following, which appeared in Issues 611–612 of the Banner of Truth Magazine (Aug–Sep 2014) is from John Angell James, The Anxious Inquirer After Salvation Directed and Encouraged*. We are grateful to Mr Martyn Jolly for bringing this extract to our attention and supplying the text.
The Real Evidence about Scripture and Homosexual Practice – Banner of Truth USA
1. Jesus Claim: Jesus had no interest in maintaining a male-female requirement for sexual relations.
Preparing Sermons with John Owen – Banner of Truth USA
The following post first appeared (on October 24, 2016) on www.reformation21.org, a blog run by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. It is posted here with their kind permission.
Finished!: A Message for Easter – Banner of Truth USA
Think about someone being selected and sent to do an especially difficult job. Some major crisis has arisen, or some massive problem needs to be tackled, and it requires the knowledge, the experience, the skill-set, the leadership that they so remarkably possess.
Every Christian a Publisher! – Banner of Truth USA
The following article appeared in Issue 291 of the Banner Magazine, dated December 1987.
Truth's Defenders Vindicated – Banner of Truth USA
The following words, so contemporary in their feeling and import, come from John Kennedy (presumably of Dingwall), and were published in the 6th Issue of the Banner of Truth Magazine (May, 1957).
In Defense of Patriarchy – Banner of Truth USA
The following post was published on the Reformation21 Blog, and is reproduced here by their kind permission. Last week I noticed that Ryan Gosling was nominated for an Oscar for playing Ken alongside Margot Robbie’s Barbie in last summer’s hit by the same name.
Ecclesiastical Suicide – Banner of Truth USA
The following article first appeared here on October 26, 2006. In the light of recent developments across many denominations, most notably the Church of England, it remains a most necessary and timely piece.
Learning Practical Holiness from Elizabeth Prentiss – Banner of Truth USA
Elizabeth Prentiss lived in a different century, but the challenges she faced, and the way she responded to those challenges, speak powerfully to us today. Early in their married life, Elizabeth and her husband, George suffered the loss of two of their six children.
The Posture of Preaching – Banner of Truth USA
The following article first appeared in The Founders Journal, Issue 74 (Fall 2008) and was featured on the Banner website in January 2010. By ‘posture’ I do not refer to the alignment of one’s body when standing.
Modern Theories of the Atonement – B. B. Warfield – Banner of Truth USA
The following was an address delivered at the “Religious Conference,” held in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, on October 13, 1902. Reprinted from The Princeton Theological Review, i. 1903, pp. 81-92.
Observations on My Sufferings – Banner of Truth USA
The meditations below are from the Memoirs of the Rev. James Fraser of Brea, Minister of the Gospel at Culross, Written by Himself, as these appear in Vol. II of Scottish Puritans: Select Biographies.
Jesus the Peacemaker? Yes! – Banner of Truth USA
Here’s something that happened just over seven hundred years ago. On the 24th of June 1314 a famous victory was won by the Scots over the English at a place called Bannockburn.
The Life of R. B. Kuiper: a Brief Summary – Banner of Truth USA
The following first appeared in the February 1991 issue of the Banner of Truth Magazine (Issue 329). Over the years, the Trust has published several books by Dr R. B. Kuiper.
Was Jesus a Great Teacher or God Incarnate? – Banner of Truth USA
Many think that Jesus was a “great teacher,” but often such people do not know what He taught about Himself: Jesus Christ said that He was the Messiah the Jews had awaited for over 700 years. John 4:25–26: ‘The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ).
Reexamining the Eternal Sonship of Christ – John MacArthur – Banner of Truth USA
Near the end of his life, Augustine of Hippo meticulously reviewed everything he had ever published.
Samuel Rutherford: Marks of the Man – Banner of Truth USA
We have much to learn from the 17th Century pastor.