Sitemap - 2023 - Historia ecclesiastica
On Martin Heidegger, the divine, and thinking historically
Henry Forty of Abingdon, an early Particular Baptist
A brief word on having heroes--an act of true nonconformity in the face of our "Puritanic" culture
On Christmas: Calvin versus the Puritans?
On the local church and global interest: a very helpful reflection by Andrew Roycroft
Reading Andrew Roycroft on Christmas Eve
"To spread vital religion": a remembrance of Theodore Frelinghuysen, part I
‘He is a Luther’: An appreciation of the life and ministry of Joshua Marshman
"Unearthing Christian Environmentalism"
The Gospel and long-term thinking
John Gill on the phrase "Remember me" (μνήσθητί μου) (Luke 23:42)
Jason Duesing's essay on evangelical preaching at Oxford University Church of St Mary the Virgin
McMaster Divinity College's conference "Exploring Early Christianity" in February 2024
Fuller as a model in theological disagreememt
Why Protestants Should Read the Church Fathers
On how to build a friendship or create a community
The Sound of Music reprized...in one song
The history of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
Now and Then: "New" Beatles song
“Sweet solemnity and ardent love”: Andrew Fuller and a doxological faith
An eschatological saying of Muhammad
A thesis on the vocation of an historian
Conference on William Ames in the Netherlands
The reception history of Macarius
The history of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, 2nd edition
"Calvinism in Color: How a Charismatic Baptist Became Reformed"
New biography of William Ward coming in December
Remembering John Linton, part II
Remembering John Linton, part I
On the impeccability of our Lord Jesus
On Canadians, the so-called End of history, and the need to remember our past
Schola crucis schola lucis: Thomas Brooks' dedicatory letter to 22 female friends
The function of the bishop in Ignatius of Antioch
The tragedy at The Australian Catholic University
<<L’Europe nous appartient et nous appartenons à l’Europe.>>
Chantal Delsol, "La fin de la Chrétienté"
Emily Wilson's translation of the Iliad
"The Genevan Réveil in International Perspective" just released
Walking In The Truth With Andrew Fuller - Part 9
“No revolution is without its downsides.” Christian men and the call of some to singleness
The life of Irenaeus of Lyons: some sparse details
The catholicity of Andrew Fuller
Boniface, Thor's oak tree, and his mission to Germania
On Christian higher education, an important tool
Walking In The Truth With Andrew Fuller - Part 8
On letters from Pastor Leigh Powell
Pastor Leigh Powell (1936-2023)
How to Care about Animals: new book from PUP
Walking In The Truth With Andrew Fuller - Part 7
Our three Siamese cats: inspiration for my children's books
Gregory of Nazianzus: an overview, part II
Gregory of Nazianzus: an overview, part I
Orillia Baptist Church: its sesquicentennial this month (founded August 1873)
Our latest monograph in our series Monographs in Baptist History
Whither the study of Evangelicalism?
Walking In The Truth With Andrew Fuller - Part 6
The knowledge of one's deep-seated sinfulness: the reflections of Edward White Benson
"I had to learn to listen": the calling of a Christian historian
Essential reading on Andrew Fuller: a baker's dozen
Essential books for reading about Augustine
The big ideas in my three Siamese Kittens books
My Siamese Cats Trilogy being published with 10ofThose
"Our fountains of learning": the need for flourishing seminaries
On Antonia Fraser as an historian
Walking In The Truth With Andrew Fuller - Part 5
On E.R. Dodds and his Irish Protestant in-laws
On the collapse of Western education and the idolization of politics by the left and the right
"Africa ... dictated the fortunes of Western Christianity"
To live and think as the early Protestant Reformers
Walking In The Truth With Andrew Fuller - Part 4
Remembering C.H. Spurgeon’s success and spirituality
Editing and listening to Samantha Fish
Walking In The Truth With Andrew Fuller - Part 3
"America's Augustine": 3. Sarah Pierpont Edwards
"America's Augustine": 2. Family, conversion and Scripture
Walking in the Truth with Andrew Fuller--Part 2
Walking in the Truth with Andrew Fuller
A letter from Thomas Williams (1757-1805) of Eastcombe Baptist Church, Gloucs.
Biblical spirituality video series available from Union Publishing
The Minor Prophets: an introduction [1]
Why are you afraid of becoming a Christian?
“Did Evangelicalism originate with you?” On the current American discussion of Evangelicalism
Competence and incompetence in writing history
The “cause of theological education is one dearer to me than almost any other”
The Genevan Réveil in International Perspective
An important reason for reading church history: discerning what is simply shoddy
Coming: "America's Augustine": a series of essays on Jonathan Edwards with a study guide
Reflections on a trip to Cambridge, June 2023, Part VIII: Of Bunyan Meeting and Great War
Reflections on a trip to Cambridge, June 2023, Part VI: Of Newton in Olney
Reflections on a trip to Cambridge, June 2023, Part V: Of Newton and Cowper
"Religion is the one thing needful."
On the killing of congregational singing
Reflections on a trip to Cambridge, June 2023, Part IV: Of Olney and Foxton
Reflections on a trip to Cambridge, June 2023, Part III: Of John Sutcliff of Olney
Reflections on a trip to Cambridge, June 2023, Part II: Of books
Reflections on a trip to Cambridge, June 2023, Part I: Of arrivals
Five best books on the French Revolution
Hannah Lightbody & a sermon against the slave trade
The glory of Dissent--a reflection from my Cambridge trip June 2023
The God Who Draws Near is now available for pre-order
The Old Latin Bible: some thoughts
New Bede title out this November
On music: a mini-account of my personal odyssey
Sam Gamgee's hope of high beauty
Augustine's De civitate Dei: Part IV: Books 11-22
Augustione's De civitate Dei: Part III: Introduction and Books 1-10
Augustine's De civitate Dei: Part II: Eusebeian imperial theology
Augustine's De civitate Dei: Part I: the Fall of Rome
Augustine on believing the gospel
Why inerrancy matters to me as an historian: the case-study of Irenaeus of Lyons, Part III
Why inerrancy matters to me as an historian: the case-study of Irenaeus of Lyons, Part II
Why inerrancy matters to me as an historian: the case-study of Irenaeus of Lyons, Part I
Brad East's review of Christopher Watkin, "Biblical Critical Theory"
Questions and answers on Augustine's De civitate Dei
Benjamin Beddome & the perpetual virginity of Mary
"Love is ... the soul of all religion": Benjamin Beddome on the pre-eminence of love
Color theologicus: a seminar on colour in the history of Christianity
Dugald Sinclair: a new biography by Donald Meek
The envoy and personal presence in the New Testament
Homo Afer: Augustine on his identity
The Ancient Church and abortion: the witness of Basil of Caesarea
Remembering Dr James Bavin Rowell (1888-1973) by Aaron Dunlop
Steve Holmes on the "First London Confession of Faith"
New title on Ontario Baptist history
Thinking about the meaning of baptism with Andrew Fuller
The historical roots of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
Fara Dabhoiwala on "one of the intellectual quirks of professional historians"
The Latin address at Harvard's commencement
“A disciple of the Holy God”: Constantine and his revolution[1]
On deaconesses in the Ancient Church
Joseph Jackson Goadby on reading Baptist history
Leslie Land: His Life and Ministry, a new book by Ian Shaw
"The misconduct of [Christian] professors" more damaging than the attacks of unbelievers
Church history & virtue ethics
Remembering Eric Lindsay & the divine take on church history
"Salt & Light": 2023 Ontario Ligonier Conference @ Redeemer University
Peter Turchin's "End Times": a quick review
Our Anglo-Saxon heritage and wanting to write a life of Alfred the Great
"He is a Luther": An appreciation of the life and ministry of Joshua Marshman
"All Christian character is royal."
"The Grace of God in the Gospel" and my becoming a Calvinist
Introducing Paul’s letter to the Ephesians
12 study questions on John Owen, Pneumatologia
A thought about writing church history
My love for Pre-Raphaelite art
Augustine and the Baptists: a suggestion for a doctoral thesis
Study questions for a seminar on Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word of God 1-32
Benjamin Beddome of Bourton-on-the-Water
Michael Kruger on Tim Keller: genuine, strategic, orthodox, persuasive, and winsome--Amen!
Reading Philemon with Dr Lewis Brogdon
ἐν in 2 Thessalonians 1:10--Christ's reflected glory
A question that follows from believing in one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church
Molly Worthen's testimony of conversion
Lon Graham's new study of John Ryland's catholicity
What hath Westminster to do with Kettering? The coronation of Charles III & Andrew Fuller
Andrew Fuller on the essence of pastoral ministry
The Chesterton Lecture at Temple Baptist Church, Cambridge, ON
The Charleston Association & A Summary of Church Discipline (1774)
Benjamin Griffith (1688–1768): a brief bio
Samuel Jones (1735–1814): a brief bio
“What causes people to fall under God’s wrath?” The answer of Samuel Annesley.
Comparative Dictionary of Islam and Christianity
What is the origin of the Baptist movement & why does it matter?
The decline of a liberal arts education
Walking in the Spirit of the fear of the Lord
“The clean sea breeze of the centuries”: Why Christians should care about church history
The Kigali Statement of GAFCON 4
Languages and PhD studies in church history
The English Civil War: brother against brother
Geoff Thomas on the Banner of Truth conference origins and its fabulous legacy
John Calvin & the Book of Acts [1]
"Walking with God: An Analysis of Two Puritan Handbooks on Godly Living" with Dr Tom Schwanda
Just ordered: "Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions"
A new edition of "The God Who Draws Near" about to be published by Union
Living Together in Unity with Dietrich Bonhoeffer
British Nonconformity in the Long 18th Century Working Group
"The past is a foreign country"
History and the resurrection of Jesus: A meditation on 1 Corinthians 15:3–8
“His dying crimson”: A meditation for Good Friday on “When I survey the wondrous cross”
“ ‘Impress thy truth upon my heart’: Walking in the truth with Andrew Fuller”
"The best ministry": wisdom from Andrew Fuller
Must reading for Christian living
"Stop reading the latest trendy crap and get out that grammar book"
The autonomy of the local church
Early Baptists and partnering for the sake of the gospel
"Concerts of prayer" and revival
On the colour white: my ETS paper this year
The Breastplate of Patrick: text and hymnic legacy
Integrity among those who profess to know the Truth
Fascinating libraries and Particular Baptist books
Discovering Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir
Colour and meaning in the Ancient World: a two-day symposium
A Christian reflecting on the rise of Rome
William Ward, "our fellow pilgrim" remembered today at Serampore College
Another new book on William Ward this year
Benjamin Wallin: a new book by Joshua Cook
The bicentenary of William Ward's death and the William Ward Project
Søren Kierkegaard on tyrants and martyrs
Gladiators in Roman Britain: great read
Ante-Nicene material evidence for the affirmation of the deity of Christ
"We now offer death": the Canadian government and euthanasia
Evangelical anti-intellectualism in Ontario
Andrew Fuller as a model of being a person of integrity
James Hinton of Oxford on the past and the present
Revival: a word from Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Renie Chow Choy and "Ancestral Feeling: Postcolonial Thoughts on Western Christian Heritage"
On the misuse of the terms "Puritan" and "Pietistic"
The Printed Word bookstore in Dundas, Ontario
Michel Pastoureau's new book on White
Six Women of Love: Christian Piety in the Ancient World
The Puritan Duchess: The life of Katharine Willoughby
On Andrew Fuller's memory on his birthday
An important lesson in doing history from William Harvey's monarchism
Three new books from H&E Publishing
“Be sure to prize God’s holy Word”: The importance of the Bible in Baptist life & thought
Notes from a chapel talk by Dr Hal MacBain
The Letter to Diognetus: an introduction
Bede podcast: a new season begins
Miles Smith on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"
A video series on the history of the English Baptists
The Martyred Lover: The story behind Saint Valentine’s Day
Slaughter at Dromtarriffe Church, Co. Cork, & the dangers of political power
Prosopological exegesis: a few brief and random remarks
On W. Gordon Brown and ubiquity
Humility: a word from Joseph Kinghorn
Help with bio of W Gordon Brown
"Their Finest Hour" history project
Thinking about Tertius (Romans 16:22)
Beauty in the architectural design of Toledo Cathedral
Ten reasons for reading church history
Two key principles that guide me as a church historian
My new book on the Apostle Paul
My new book on Thomas Davis of Reading
John Brine on loving your fellow Christians who disagree with you