Our Father
"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven..." (Matthew 6:9). A Brief Introduction This brief excerpt was taken from [...]
"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven..." (Matthew 6:9). A Brief Introduction This brief excerpt was taken from [...]
Samuel Eyles Pierce, not to be confused with the younger Samuel Pearce (1766-1799), was an English Particular Baptist pastor and theologian who lived and [...]
"His name shall be called Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins," (Matthew 1:21). A Brief Introduction This brief excerpt [...]
"That they all may be one, as thou, Father, are in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us," (John [...]
To most readers, Henry Holcombe will appear as an unfamiliar figure in Baptist history. This was not always the case. Holcombe was born in [...]
A poem by John Fawcett (1739-1817) Like the Psalmist, who often laments those times where he feels estranged from God, Fawcett wrote this poem (or [...]
"As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God," (Psalm [...]
A hymn by John Ryland Jr. (1753-1825) Taking his inspiration from Genesis 49:22-24 where Joseph is described as a "fruitful bough," Ryland wrote this hymn [...]
A hymn by Benjamin Wallin (1711-1782) Ephesians 2:1 reads, "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." Inspired by the grace of [...]
A hymn by John Fawcett (1739-1817) Hebrews 11:16 speaks beautifully of God's people, who desire a "better country," and of God, who reciprocates by preparing [...]