Daily Archives: April 17, 2012

John Cotton

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John Cotton  -  New England Puritan minister Source: Wikipedia John Cotton was an English clergyman and colonist. He was a principal figure among the New England Puritan ministers, who also included Thomas Hooker, Increase Mather (who became his son-in-law), John … Continue reading →

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Adam Clarke

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Adam Clarke  -  British Methodist theologian and Biblical scholar Source: Wikipedia Clarke  is chiefly remembered for writing a commentary on the Bible which took him forty years to complete and which was a primary Methodist theological resource for two centuries. … Continue reading →

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Church of England

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Church of England The Church of England The churches of the Anglican Communion have their historical roots in the English Reformation, when King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) wished to obtain a divorce that the pope would not grant. Through the … Continue reading →

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Stephen Charnock

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Stephen Charnock  -   Puritan divine Source: Wikipedia Son of a London solicitor, he was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and in 1649 became a minister in Southwark. In 1650 he became a fellow of New College, Oxford and in 1652 … Continue reading →

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John Calvin

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John Calvin  -   French reformer and theologian Source: Wikipedia Born July 10, 1509 in Noyon, France, Jean Calvin was raised in a staunch Roman Catholic family. The local bishop employed Calvin’s father as an administrator in the town’s cathedral. The … Continue reading →

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John Bunyan

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John Bunyan  -  Puritan author Source: Wikepedia John Bunyan had very little schooling. He followed his father in the tinker’s trade, and he served in the parliamentary army from1644 to 1647. Bunyan married in 1649 and lived in Elstow until … Continue reading →

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John Bradford

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John Bradford  -  English Reformer and martyr Source: Wikipedia It is not uncommon to hear someone repeat a well-known saying upon seeing someone in worse condition than himself. “There, but for the grace of God go I.” Few realize these … Continue reading →

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E.M Bounds

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Source: Wikipedia   Edward McKendree Bounds was trained and apprenticed as an attorney, but instead of pursuing a legal career, he entered the ministry in his early twenties. In 1859 he was ordained as pastor of the the Monticello Methodist … Continue reading →

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Thomas Boston

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Thomas Boston  -  Scottish  church leader Source: Wikipedia Boston was born at Duns. His father, John Boston, and his mother, Alison Trotter, were both Covenanters. He was educated at Edinburgh, and licensed in 1697 by the presbytery of Chirnside. In … Continue reading →

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Horatius Bonar

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Horatius Bonar  -  Scottish churchman and poet Source: Wikipedia Horatius Bonar had a passionate heart for revival and was a friend and supporter of several revivalists, He was brother to the more well-known Andrew Bonar, and with him defended D. … Continue reading →

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Loraine Boettner

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Loraine Boettner   -  American theologian and author Source: tracts.ukgo.com Loraine was born March 7th 1901 in Linden Missouri.  He lived with his family; his father being a Christian school superintendent and his mother a housewife.  Loraine attended his father’s … Continue reading →

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Louis Berkhof

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Louis Berkhof  -  Reformed theologian Source: calvin.edu Louis Berkhof  was a Reformed systematic theologian whose written works have been influential in seminaries and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada and with individual Christians in general throughout the 20th … Continue reading →

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Albert Barnes

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Albert Barnes  -  American theologian Source: Wikipedia Albert Barnes was born at Rome, New York, on December 1, 1798. He graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1820, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823. Barnes was ordained as … Continue reading →

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Jacobus Arminius

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Jacobus Arminius  -  Dutch Reformed theologian Source: Wikipedia Jacobus Arminius (aka Jacob Arminius, James Arminius, and his Dutch name Jacob Harmenszoon) was a Dutch theologian, best known as the founder of the anti-Calvinistic school in Reformed Protestant theology,  thereby lending … Continue reading →

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Lancelot Andrewes

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Source: Wikipedia   Lancelot Andrewes was born at Allhallows, Barking, in 1555. He was an excellent scholar at Merchant Tailor’s School,  and gained a fellowship at Pembroke College, Cambridge. When Jesus College, Oxford, was founded, young Andrewes was invited to … Continue reading →

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Augustine

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Augustine  -  Bishop of Hippo and “Doctor of the Church” Source: Wikipedia Accepted by most scholars to be the most important figure in the ancient Western church, St. Augustine was born in Tagaste, Numidia in North Africa. His mother was … Continue reading →

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Richard Baxter

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Richard Baxter – English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist Source: Wikipedia Richard Baxter(1615-1691) was a prominent English churchman of the 1600s. He was a peacemaker who sought unity among Protestants, and yet he was a highly independent … Continue reading →

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