Category: Whitefield, George
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Snatched out of the very jaws of the devil!
(The following is an extract from a letter of George Whitefield, 1714-1770) For many years, from one end of the large London fair to the other, booths of all kinds have been erected for performers, clowns, players, puppet shows, and such like. With a heart bleeding with compassion for so…
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George Whitefield
I’ve read a number of biographies of the 18th century preacher George Whitefield (Dallimore’s being the best), as well as his Journals. Whenever I’ve read him or about him, I’ve always been challenged to do more for Christ, and to pray more urgently for God to use His Word in…
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Am I Elect?
Good counsel from George Whitefield concerning ascertaining whether one is of the elect– That great man, Dr. Isaac Watts, who was called the sweet singer of Israel, says, ‘We should go first to the grammar school of faith and repentance, before we go to the university of predestination.’ Whereas the…
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Whitefield the…Arminian? Say It Isn’t So!
Preeminent evangelist of the first Great Awakening, George Whitefield (1714-1770), has grown to be a “hero” of sorts for me over the last decade. His life has challenged me to be more active in the Lord’s harvest field, especially since my family gave me Dallimore’s two volume biography of the…
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Invitations
Today I spent some time studying church covenants. In the process I came across a totally unrelated but interesting little tidbit from Leon McBeth’s The Baptist Heritage. While relating the beliefs and practices of the Sandy Creek Church, McBeth notes some differences between General and Separate Baptists. The distinctions between…
Dan Greenfield 