Issue 89 Richard Baxter & the English Puritans

Interesting and unusual facts about the English Puritans.

Why turn the spotlight on Richard Baxter?

Oldest church discovered, Christian history in the movies, rare book by Roger Williams.

The Quakers behind Cadbury chocolate.

J. I. Packer discusses the English Puritans, their quest for holiness, and why they are still worth remembering.

Chronology of English Puritans and their world.

Richard Baxter wrote, preached, taught, and visited his way to become the model pastor.

Believing he was on a mission from God, Oliver Cromwell became both military genius and lawgiver.

“Though dead, by their writings they yet speak.”—George Whitefield.

Christians! Go on in doing good to all men with cheerfulness.

By valuing all of life in relation to God, Puritans gave sacred significance to every activity.

Difficult man + difficult woman = model marriage.

After the Restoration, Protestants persecuted Protestants like never before.

The classic description of Puritanism from a 1646 tract by John Geree.

If this issue has piqued your interest in pilgrimaging with the Puritans, here are some books that will aid your progress.

Fifty years after five missionaries were murdered in Ecuador, their story still inspires.

The Crowning of Charlemagne.

Lifelong conflict with the besetting sins that besetting sin generates was what we must expect.