Recent content by Martin Marprelate

I love The Valley of Vision! I have had a copy for about twenty years. Whenever I find my personal devotions becoming dry or repetitive, I turn to it and read a few prayers pretty much at random. Invariably I find my heart lifted, and my prayer life improves. Also, as @Ascetic X says, it is...

I said it was wonderful. I'm glad you agree with me. :)

THe Greek word is monogenes, and it could come from genao, 'beget,' or genea, 'a kind.' Hence, either 'unique' or 'only begotten' are possible translations. What is not correct are the translations of the NIV, ESV and others, 'only' or 'one and only.' These are factually incorrect since the...

Wonderful! Perhaps you will tell us how many times Spurgeon invited Mrs Bartlett to preach from his pulpit? In his later years, Spurgeon suffered from much ill health and spent time convalescing in Menton, France. During these times he invited various people to fill the pulpit at the Met Tab...

Psalm 115:3. 'But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.' Which begs the question of why everyone is not saved. The fact of the matter is that 'Whoever calls on the name of the LORD will be saved' (Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13). There is no question about it; heaven is wide...

Possibly not, but the man is definitely a nutcase.Confused

I understand that you believe this, but you cannot show me where the Bible says it. The Church of Rome taught for hundreds of years that the Latin Vulgate version of the Bible was the one that God had chosen, and many people were executed for daring to translate God's word into English at all...

I believe that God wants His word written accurately in the language of as many people as possible. I do not believe that Elizabethan or Jacobean (or whatever @JonC wants to call it) English is anyone's language today. Tyndale had it right when he told a Roman Catholic scholar, If God spare my...

That is why 2,000 ministers left the C of E in 1662.

There is only division because you and a few others keep harping on about a certain translation of the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Scriptures. I understand that you wish to read a translation that is in Elizabethan English, and I have no problem if you wish to do that. But there is no way in the...

Praying for you right now. If you can, console yourself with 2 Cor. 4:16-17.

Hyper-preterism is entirely refuted by Acts 1:11 as I have shown more than once on this forum. I have also shown the proper meaning of Matt. 10:22-23. First of all, in ancient times, a 'city' (Greek polis) meant a settlement that was protected by a wall all the way around. A settlement without...

In Britain, public executions of criminals were required by law until 1865. The idea that they reduce crime is a myth. In the early 18th Century, lawlessness was at a peak and in desperation the government made 160 crimes punishable by death i.e. public hanging. The hangings became a great...

One of my favourite hymns :)

I think that perhaps the First Seal is the most important one as it sets the scene for the others. Psalm 45:3. ‘Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, with Your glory and Your majesty. And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility and righteousness; and Your right...