Of all of the great imperatives found in Scripture, few are more crucial than that found in Proverbs 4:23:

'Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.'

If we fail to do this, all else will be in vain. This text was taken by Warren Peel, pastor at Covenant Christian Fellowship in Galway at the recent Banner Conference in Australia (February 2025). The conference theme was 'A Lifetime in Ministry.' We will post both instalments of this message on the podcast in the next week.

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This week we consider the life and legacy of the great Scottish Reformer John Knox (c. 1514–1572). In particular, we focus on his preaching and ask what made it so effective.

Featured resources:

– Iain H. Murray, 'What can we learn from John Knox?', Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 514 (March 2006). Excerpted from A Scottish Christian Heritage.

– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 'Remembering the Reformation', featured in John Knox and the Reformation and Knowing the Times.

Books by or about John Knox:

– The Works of John Knox (clothbound, six volumes, 3824 pages)

– The Select Practical Writings of John Knox (clothbound, 336 pages)

– John Knox and the Reformation (paperback, 144 pages)

Episode 73: The College Master: Laurence Chaderton

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There is much talk of awakening, revival, and 'quiet revival' in the churches in the West at present. While we wish to avoid the extremes of sensationalism and cynicism, it is right for us to hunger to see God move again, and to give ourselves afresh to studying how the Lord has moved in the past.

This week's piece helps us to reflect on one aspect of the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century: the Lord's work among young people and children.

Featured resources:

– Ian Shaw, 'Young People in the Great Awakening', Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 169 (October 1977).

On the Great Awakening and men associated with it:

– Jonathan Edwards, Thoughts on the New England Revival: Vindicating the Great Awakening (Clothbound, 304 pages)

– Joseph Tracy, The Great Awakening (Clothbound, 472 pages)

– Select Sermons of George Whitefield (paperback, 200 pages)

More from the author:

– Ian Shaw's article, Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), in the present issue of the Banner of Truth Magazine (November 2025, no. 746).

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