• Featured,  Peter Meney on Doctrinal Matters

    The Potter’s House

    The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the…

  • Robert Hawker's Poor Man's Morning Portions

    February 9—Morning Devotion

    "The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them."—Revelation 7:17 My soul thou hast not forgotten what thou wert so lately engaged in, a day or two since, at the call of God the Holy Ghost, to behold the Lamb of God. And art thou not still looking at him, gazing upon him, feasting thine eyes,…

  • Charles Buck's Theological Dictionary

    130 Creation

    CREATION In its primary import, signifies the bringing into being something which did not before exist. The term is therefore most generally applied to the original production of the materials whereof the visible world is composed. It is also used in a secondary or subordinate sense to denote those subsequent operations of the Deity upon the matter so produced, by…

  • George Ella on Doctrinal Matters

    All Sides Claim Calvin As Their Mentor

    Sir: Since this newspaper began, debate has continued amongst correspondents as to what true religion entails. It is interesting to note that John Calvin has invariably been put forward as representing all sides in their highly different positions. This is neither surprising nor helpful. Calvin was a second generation Reformer whose works reflect strong Lutheran, Zwinglian, Bullingerite and Bucerian influences…