Recent content by Martin Marprelate

You are correct. The early General Baptists disappeared into either Quakerism or Unitarianism. They were revived around the end of the 18th Century by a group led by a chap called Dan Taylor who left Methodism after becoming convinced of Believers’ Baptism. He wrote of his predecessors...

Isaiah 53:10 came to mind straight away.

If your church is small, it particularly needs you to be active within it and positive about it, showing love to the other members at all times. I think that if you do that, your problems will seem less important. If you can't do that, the best thing you can do for the church is to leave. In a...

Further to my last post, here is a list of books by Professor (as he now is) Megoran. https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/995887.Nick_Megoran

Some years ago I reviewed a book: Warlike Christians in an Age of Violence by a chap called Dr. Nick Megoran (Cascade Books, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4982-1959-4). I don't know whether it is still in print, but I do think it is worth reading, even if one disagrees with it. Dr. Megoran is eager to...

Acts 20:7. 'Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together........' 1 Cor. 16:1-2. 'Now concerning the collection for the saints......... On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside.....' But the main point IMO is not the particular day, but the fact...

News to me. One reason Prime Minister Chamberlain "appeased" Germany was because he knew that Britain was in no fit state to fight a war, due in part to retrictions that the USA had pushed on to Europe through the League of Nations. My late father was on the convoys bringing aid to Russia...

Our church plant in Budleigh Salterton starts morning services this coming Lord's Day. We have been doing door-to-door calling and we are hopeful that there will be a reasonable number of people attending. Please pray for the faithful preaching of the Gospel and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:16-20 has the answer. All power in heaven and earth has been given to the Lord Jesus Christ. Do we really believe that? Or do we think it has been given to Mohammed? The West needs to repent and then get out and preach the Gospel. Amos has a helpful word: 'Woe to you who are at...

I think the main thing is to get the Scriptures into the hands of unbelievers. When they are converted you can give them a better translation, but the first thing to do is to get the Scriptures in the hands of the unsaved. Give them the Bible you've got handy. The one exception I would make to...

Muslims are coming to Christ in large numbers in many countries, often in the face of the most vicious persecution. One place they are NOT coming to Christ in large numbers is the U.K. Why is that? I think one reason is that the 'Christians' they see on the television tend to be the...

Thanks for this. I was thinking I might have to do something similar and I really have no time at present with my church's plant happening this Lord's day. You have done a very good work! The only comment I will make is that I don't think the word "heresy" should be used on a discussion forum...

The Lord Jesus got tired and needed to sleep (Mark 4:38). God does not get tired and does not need to sleep (Isaiah 40:28). Elsewhere, we read of Christ being hungry (Matthew 4:2), thirsty (John 4:6-7; 19:28). Twice we read that He wept (Luke 19:41ff, John 11:35). He is a Man; Man as though...

If Mary was not the mother of the Lord Jesus, He is not a true man. This was the faulty "Celestial Flesh" teaching of Melchior Hoffmann and Menno Simons.

Is there any truth in the rumour that the Canadian Goose is going to be re-named the Donald Duck?