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I have studied revival history for 41 years. For its extent and scope, there is nothing like the revivals that happened between 1857 and 1859. What began as a quiet, lay-led prayer meeting on Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan quickly crossed the Atlantic, igniting an unprecedented transatlantic awakening that reshaped the spiritual landscape of the British Isles. Documented in the firsthand account...

Welcome to today's episode, where we trace one of the most profound and comforting truths in the Christian life: the vital distinction between saving faith and the full enjoyment of assurance. Drawing from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, we explore Christian's journey from passing through the Wicket Gate to the climactic moment at the Cross where his heavy burden finally rolls away into the empt...

The piece draws from the Puritan John Owen to urge believers to cultivate a tender conscience and a watchful heart by meditating on the benefits of the gospel. It emphasizes that cherishing redemption and justification should intensify the awareness of the guilt associated with indwelling sin. The text highlights God's infinite patience and forbearance, contrasting His continued grace with the bel...

What if the greatest threat to a spiritual awakening isn't secular hostility, but a manufactured fake? Between 1792 and 1838, America witnessed a dramatic tug-of-war for the soul of revival—shifting from the quiet, sovereign, and deeply doctrinal outpourings in New England towns like Somers and Canton to the high-pressure, emotionally charged "New Measures" of the western frontier and Charles Finn...

In this episode, we step into the high-stakes theological and historical battlegrounds of 19th-century American Presbyterianism to confront a quiet piece of historical revisionism. Writing in the shadow of the 1837 Old School–New School split, Princeton's Charles Hodge sought to defend church order in his Constitutional History by painting the First Great Awakening—and particularly the raw, energe...

In this study on Richard Baxter's approach to soul care, his writings on melancholy—most notably in The Right Method for a Settled Peace of Conscience, The Christian Directory, and his Cripplegate discourse The Cure of Melancholy—offer a remarkably compassionate and holistic vision of the human person. Operating far ahead of his time, Baxter recognized that true spiritual distress is often deeply...

Session 2: Book One, Chapters 5-7 The Spirit and the Church, from the Puritan Paperback series (Banner of Truth), is an abridged version of Owen's treatment of the Holy Spirit. The unabridged version is found in The Complete Works of John Owen (Crossway) volumes 7 and 8, entitled "The Holy Spirit- the Helper" and "The Holy Spirit- the Comforter". In this 12-session class, Kevin Morris covers the v...

This introductory discussion offers a brief tour through the massive 12-volume Collected Works of Thomas Goodwin (1600–1680), one of the premier theologians and pastors of 17th-century English Puritanism. A leading figure at both the Westminster Assembly and the drafting of the Savoy Declaration, Goodwin combined rigorous Reformed scholasticism with an extraordinarily tender, experiential care for...

Text Requested by Caitlin Callahan for her Joining PRPC/Baptism in Morning Worship. This message includes the baptism and receiving into membership of Caitlin Callahan and the Lord's Supper after the sermon. Because the salvation of God's people is His work, Christians can be assured of it. Christian: Jesus Christ Assures You of Your Salvation.

A cause from creation for the praise of God is listening to the singing of birds. Listen to the Lord through the Singing of Birds.

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I begin my advice to you on this subject, by suggesting a caution against forming this connection prematurely. There is scarcely anything that indicates a greater lack of discretion, than for a young girl, at a time when she ought to be giving her thoughts to her books, and thus laying the foundation for respectability and usefulness, to be giving her heart to some admirer, and entering into an ar...

This is the story of my trip to Montana, most likely to see my mom for the last time in this life. Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division." Jesus is explaining to His disciples that following Him would require strong commitment, which could lead to sharp disagreement or division—even among close family members—between those who accept His mes...

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This discussion explores John Owen's classic commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews—written during the political and personal turmoil of the 17th-century English Restoration—and uncovers how its severe warning passages serve as a vital blueprint for spiritual endurance rather than a cause for despair. By examining the anatomy of spiritual backsliding through the lens of Psalm 95 and Esau's tragi...

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In this concluding message of Charity and Its Fruits, Jonathan Edwards lifts our eyes from the conflicts and imperfections of this present world to reveal heaven as the absolute perfection and ultimate destination of divine love. Long hidden from print until its nineteenth-century discovery, "Sermon XVI: Heaven a World of Love" presents a radiant vision where God serves as the infinite, unhindered...

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In this multi-part series, we journey through Volume II of Jonathan Edwards's Works to explore how one of history's keenest theological minds wielded both the thunder of divine judgment and the blinding beauty of sovereign grace. From the terrifying, Old Testament-anchored metaphors of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and Sinners in Zion Tenderly Warned, to the surgical dissection of the self-...

The puritans on marriage and child rearing l Joel Beeke l The Puritan Conference l 25 August 2026