Your congregation needs rest, not a “to-do” list. White hair flew and blue eyes moistened as the ancient preacher pounded his pulpit. “It is the cross of Christ,” he said. “It is the gospel of grace ...
The cross will be center stage on Good Friday as Christians worldwide reflect on the seven last statements of Christ. It has always impressed me deeply to realize that, even as he was dying, he ...
After a life on the seas, he was ordained in 1764 and appointed a curate in Olney, where he collaborated with poet William Cowper to publish The Olney Hymns in 1779. It was in this volume that his ...