It Doesn’t Take All That
I have been on both sides of this issue. On one side, the argument is against loud, impassioned prayers. I’ve heard it argued, “God isn’t hard of hearing. You don’t have to be so loud. If prayer is a conversation,…
Stay or Go
I am currently being inspired by the accounts of ministers from the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) re: revival and, specifically, the condition of the church immediately right before the Kilsyth revival of 1839. It’s like I am reading the condition…
More From Scotland
I recently picked up a reprint of a series of lectures published in Scotland by ministers reflecting on the revival that had just swept through the churches there in 1839. The book was published in 1840, so their reflections were…
Still Standing After All These Years
I am a history buff. And I may even be willing to admit that I am a romantic. By romantic I mean it is not hard for me to close my eyes in significant historical sites and imagine the things…