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14/01/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 wrote of his father's counsel regarding the study of the Bible:

"Once pressing the study of the Scriptures, he advised to take a verse of Psalm 119 every morning to meditate upon, and so go over the psalm twice in the year, and that (said he) will bring you to be in love with all the rest of the Scripture; and he often said, 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠." — 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲, 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑟. 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝 𝐻𝑒𝑛𝑟𝑦 (1698), p. 223 [pictured: 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝 𝐻𝑒𝑛𝑟𝑦'𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑂𝑎𝑘]

01/01/2026

“Let us strive, every year we live — to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture. Let us study it, search into it, dig into it, meditate on it — until it dwells in us richly. (Colossians 3:16.)

In particular, let us labor to make ourselves familiar with those parts of the Bible which, like the book of Psalms, describe the experience of the saints of old. We shall find it most helpful to us in all our approaches to God. It will supply us with the best and most suitable language both for the expression of our needs and thanksgivings.

Such knowledge of the Bible can doubtless never be attained without regular, daily study. But the time spent on such study is never misspent. It will bear fruit after many days.”

— J.C. Ryle

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25/12/2025

Merry Christmas!

24/12/2025

✨ Wishing you all a blessed Christmas! 🌟

26/09/2025

15/07/2025

“All death can do to the believer is deliver him to Jesus.” John MacArthur

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain...
Philippians 1:21

06/07/2025

610 years ago today, the Bohemian church reformer Jan Hus was martyred in Constance, Germany.

His accusers made it clear at his trial that Hus would not only die, but that they planned for him to die without hope. "We take from you the cup of redemption," the prosecutors solemnly intoned before sentencing him. But Hus replied, "I trust in the Lord God almighty ... that He will not take away from me the cup of His redemption, but I firmly hope to drink from it today in His kingdom." 🙌

#1415

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06/07/2025

Jan Hus, sometimes written John Huss, was a late 14th/early 15th century Bohemian pastor and reformer. Hus Rose to prominence in the early 15th century after he was ordained in the year 1400. He served as a preacher at Bethlehem Chapel and as the Rector and Dean of Charles University, both in Prague. Influenced by the work of John Wycliffe, Hus came under fire for his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church; specifically his outspoken positions regarding the sale of indulgences, the conduct of the church's clergy, and the authority of the Bishop of Rome.

After refusing to recant his positions Hus was arrested, tried, and condemned for heresy against the Roman Catholic Church by the Council of Constance in 1415. He was ultimately martyred, being burned at the stake in Konstanz, Germany on July 6th, 1415.

Hus is widely recognized, along with John Wycliffe, as one of the proto-reformers who laid the groundwork leading to the Protestant Reformation a century later.