John Preston was well educatedwith training at King’s College and Queen’s College. He studied philosophy, medicine, and astrology. During his time of studies he was unconverted, but in 1611 went with other students to hear John Cotton preach. It was upon this occassion that God graciously saved a hard heart. Preston, along with other students, [...]

I ran across this helpful list in my studies this evening. This is taken from a Sermon from 1994 by John Piper What is pride and humility? I’ll try to answer that with ten biblical observations about pride. Humility is the opposite. 1. Pride Is Self-Satisfaction 2. Pride Is Self-Sufficiency and Self-Reliance 3. Pride Considers [...]

Sorry for the lack of posts and the disappearance of the Puritan of the Week posts. Puritan of the Week will resume next week, but will be switched from Tuesdays to Wednesdays. There has been a lot going on in church and family life, limiting my blogging. We have just returned from Greenville, SC where [...]

For the men at Edgewood, in application of last Sunday’s AM sermon my calendar is open for lunches and breakfasts in the month of June:

You can listen and become familiar with the melody.  We will be sing each of these in the afternoon service on Memorial Day Weekend. The Power of the Cross: O Church Arise: Speak O Lord:

Several quotes have been rattling around in my head lately and I am trying to put them together. It is fairly easy to build a church centered around compassion. Innately, people usually want to do good to others in order to feel better about themselves. It is fairly easy to build a church centered around [...]

Yesterday we had a church softball game, but Heather had to return our niece to Ohio.  So she took the van and I took my car. Only one problem, all our softball gear was in the van: gloves, balls, and cleats. No big deal, I can borrow a glove and my cleats are over 10 [...]

I am not a regular on posting Friday’s Fotos but I have been away this week to Alistair Begg’s Basics Conference and am now catching up on other things. So, here are a few shots from over the last week: Kara Turned 7! Lauren was the flower girl at Matt and Alison’s wedding I enjoyed [...]

It appears that much of the torture was fabricated.  I apologize.  I had received my information from a solid source, but it appears to be wrong.  However, the three men were truly murdered as they held a Bible study for 5 other men.  Here is a letter from the church in Turkey.  And then a [...]

As I continue to read through Meet the Puritans I am struck by several thoughts. One, how few of these men I have heard anything about. The second with the first in mind, how much influence these men had on the whole of their society in their lifetime. It is a reminder to me in [...]