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Preachers Pelted with Dirt, a Cat and a Dead Dog
(Methodism and the Mob Part 5) William Seward William Seward was a wealthy supporter of the work that George Whitefield and Howell Harris were doing. He also helped John Wesley with generous funding...
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John Wesley Preaching on his Father’s Grave
John Wesley Preaches from his Father's Grave On Sunday June 6th 1742 John Wesley, the English Evangelist re-visited his home town, Epworth in Lincolnshire. This was the town of his birth and his father...
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Angry Wife Leads to Evangelists’ Acquittal (because she’s no longer angry)
Ever met someone who could give such a tongue lashing that you were nervous of even saying hello? Well, one poor husband who endured such rebukes for many years found himself in a tight spot – in...
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John Wesley Speaks to a Violent Mob
See the first part of this story here John Wesley, making an entry in his journal for 20th June 1743, wrote, ‘Before five the mob surrounded the house again, in greater numbers than ever. The cry of...
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Noisy Meetings!
The Problem of Praiseless Praise and Joyless Joy! Most Christians are used to passion in their gathered church meetings. It would be strange, in a perfectly logical sense, to encounter strict...
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Come see a Christian triumphing over death!
Newgate Prison, London We saw earlier how John Lancaster, a prisoner condemned to death in Newgate prison, had come to faith in Christ. Now we see him at his last moment and at his most triumphant. The...
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Piercing Thoughts on the 18th Century Awakening p.1
JC Ryle on the 18th Century Awakening JC Ryle I am reluctant to pull away from the 18th century! Much more can be said and I need to get on to William Carey and the explosion of missionary activity in...
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JC Ryle on the Truths that Changed a Nation
JC Ryle - Christian Leaders of the 18th Century We’ve been enjoying JC Ryle’s insights into the preaching that shook England in the 18th century, and which led to many thousands coming to Christ. In...
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The Nineteenth Century Missionary Movement
Plaque outside the house in Kettering, England where Carey formed the Baptist Missionary Society A culture-changing progression is observable: In the 16th Century – the Reformation in Europe, with the...
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William Carey, Father of Modern Missions
Romanticised view of William Carey's childhood home (http://www.wmcarey.edu) Small towns can play a huge role in Global history Kettering is a small town just 80 or so miles northwest of London,...
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William Carey Believes and is Baptised
A child of the Church of England Carey was a child of the Church of England, having been christened as a baby and assuming, as almost everyone did in 18th Century England, that any other kind of church...
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Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God
William Carey's Enquiry - an exhortation to world mission In 1790 William Carey, agitated by the church’s lack of concern for global evangelisation, proposed the formation of a society for world...
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William Carey and the Modernisation of India
William Carey in India William Carey is known among evangelicals because of his missionary initiative – and his subsequent impact on 19th century missions to all parts of the globe. His actual work in...
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Christianity and Karma
William Carey and the Passion to Reform India ‘Carey’s mission to India inaugurated a new era in the history of the Christian church.’ So says biographer Timothy George. He then outlines how Carey’s...
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Audio Message of the Month!
‘Confidence in the Gospel’ by Michael Green Michael Green From time to time you hear a fantastic message. Something that is so inspiring and uplifting, challenging and energising! Something that you...
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Influencing Culture – the Dignity of Women (Part 2)
Sati - a practice that turned Carey into a campaigner for Indian women's rights For part one click here In 1799 William Carey, missionary to India, witnessed the funeral of a Hindu man. The dead body...
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A Breathtaking Legacy – William Carey, Father of Modern Missions
William Carey It is not accurate to merely mention William Carey as an inspiration for global mission. His legacy, and the breadth of his involvement and influence in Indian life, does not allow us to...
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Message of the Month Lee Strobel
Lee Strobel I have enjoyed hearing messages by Lee Strobel for many years now. His blend of journalistic enquiry and evangelistic awareness make him one of the better communicators of the gospel in our...
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Message of the Month Vishal Mangalwadi
Message of the Month – Vishal Mangalwadi Vishal Mangalwadi Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve had a kind of love affair with India for most of my adult life. Nevertheless my admiration for Indian...
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Introducing Hudson Taylor…
The young Hudson Taylor It was said of him: ‘No other missionary in the nineteen centuries since the Apostle Paul has had a wider vision and has carried out a more systematised plan of evangelising a...
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The Power of Prayer in the Conversion of Souls
James Hudson Taylor in 1865 A Heritage of Faith James Hudson Taylor was born in 1832 and died when the Welsh Revival of 1904 was one year old. His story is one of prayer, or perseverance, of faith and...
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The Private Preparation of a World Changer
Hull, in the 1800's, where Hudson Taylor studied CH Spurgeon, the great evangelistic pastor of the 19th Century once said, ‘Fervent lovers of souls do not wait till they are trained, they serve their...
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CS Lewis and the Puritans
CS Lewis at his desk What did CS Lewis think of the Puritans? It is sometimes implied that Lewis leant as equally towards Catholic as Protestant doctrine. Some might wrongly assume that his views on...
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Take a Closer Look at the Claims of Christ
Take a Closer Look at the Claims of Christ. New on Kindle! Take a Closer Look is an easy to use resource to help explain who Jesus is, why He came and how someone can begin following Him. Included...
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Whitefield on the Romance of Preaching
George Whitefield Preaches in the Fields Speaking without notes In 1739, George Whitefield was himself new to open air preaching, and had probably not imagined speaking to such multitudes as he now...
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A Song for Whitefield
Hymn Writer Charles Wesley It might be a little unusual, these days, to send a poem to one of your colleagues. But Charles Wesley was quite a poet, and George Whitefield was quite a preacher! A Song...
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Why didn’t Wesley become a Reformed Charismatic?
John Wesley and John Calvin - nearly but not quite! Wesley was miraculously healed while reading Paul on predestination There are several accounts of physical healings during the Great Awakening. But...
View ArticleStruggling for Life: Multitudes Race to Hear the Gospel Being Preached
A young couples’ morning is turned upside down when they hear news that George Whitefield, the famous English Evangelist, will be preaching in a nearby town. It’s October 23 1740, and farmer Nathan...
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When he was just 25 years old, the English Evangelist George Whitefield visited the American town of Northampton, the town made famous by a revival in the 1730’s. An article in the Princeton...
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Karl Marx. A Review.
Karl Marx I first picked up The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels when I was sixteen. Of course, I didn’t feel like a precocious sixteen-year-old then. I felt like a free-thinking...
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