News spread rapidly this week about the passing of my dear friend and Christian mentor, Elisabeth Elliot Gren. Elisabeth often encouraged her listeners with these words: “Remember, you are loved with an everlasting love and underneath are the everlasting arms!” I rejoice to know that she was welcomed into her Beloved’s arms on June 15, […]
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Lloyd-Jones on the Life and Times of George Whitefield #Whitefield300
300 years ago today (on December 16, 1714), one of the history’s most influential preachers in history, George Whitefield, was born. What might draw a crowd of 20,000 people today to listen to an open air message of the gospel? For the eighteenth-century preacher George Whitefield, this was not an uncommon occurrence, as he preached […]
Reflections on #TGCW14: “an adult version of VBS—in a delightful way!”
I venture to say that most of us have either participated in a Vacation Bible School, or we are at least familiar with this popular and exciting summertime event. These Bible-based camps generally include people we know, as well as some new faces outside the scope of our neighborhoods and church body. I recently traveled […]
BLB Story: Bible Professor Discovers BLB for the First Time
We want to introduce you to one of our unique Blue Letter Bible users, Dr. John Andrewartha, who will be turning 80 this year! He’s been a faithful minister since 1953 and has taught at a Christian University in San Antonio since 1985. Dr. Andrewartha has only recently discovered the Blue Letter Bible website and […]
The Glorious Feast of the Gospel
We are excited about the digital edition of The Glorious Feast of the Gospel, a series of sermons on Isaiah 25:6-9, by Richard Sibbes. Originally published in 1650, this collection reads comfortably for both devotional and study purposes. The writer petitions all believers, in their need of encouragement, to a renewed communion with God. Sibbes […]
Lloyd-Jones on George Whitefield
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhN2VgdJp_c[/youtube] What might draw a crowd of 20,000 people today to listen to an open-air message of the gospel? For the eighteenth-century preacher, George Whitefield, this was not an uncommon occurrence, as he preached over 18,000 sermons to millions of hearers. By his own testimony, it was not his eloquence or organizational abilities, but the […]
Elisabeth Elliot on Discipleship
Elisabeth Elliot explains that the word “disciple” simply means learner. And learning to understand the way of the Cross is difficult. It requires self-abandonment, sacrifice, and trust in the One worth learning from. As a child of twelve, she recalls reading a prayer written by Betty Scott Stam, a missionary to China. It was at […]