A pastoral exhortation using Solomon’s fall to warn Christians about the deceitfulness of the heart and the power of sin. Watch, pray, and do not presume spiritual security.

Using Psalm 106 and Acts 2, Ian Hamilton urges churches to prioritize corporate prayer, noting Moses’ intercession turned away God’s wrath and preserved the covenant people.

Reflection on Thomas Boston’s ‘The Crook in the Lot’: trials are ordained by God, beyond our fixing, and should lead us to humble, Christlike submission and trust in God’s wisdom.

God has revealed believers’ imperishable, undefiled, unfading inheritance in Scripture. Christ’s resurrection secures it; God keeps it by power and we receive it by faith.

Ian Hamilton urges Christians in a hostile, post‑Christian Britain to live humbly, lovingly and confidently in God’s sovereign providence, honoring all and seeking to win enemies to Christ.

Explains Matthew 13:10–17: Jesus’ parables show that insight into God’s kingdom is a gracious gift—blessing for the taught and judgment for the unrepentant.

Ryan McGraw reviews Terry Johnson’s Catechizing Our Children, endorsing the Westminster Shorter Catechism as a vital tool for discipling covenant children while noting minor historical faults.

Believers may lose the felt sense of forgiveness amid spiritual warfare. Root out sin, remember the war, and recall your secure standing in Christ.

After a tutor’s death, the author reflects that Christian faith is a lifelong, wonder-filled journey permitting questions. Citing Romans 11, he urges humble trust in the gospel.

Explains the doctrine of the Trinity—its defense at Nicea and Chalcedon—and its centrality to salvation, worship and daily Christian life, contrasted with Islamic monotheism.

Reflection on Ezekiel 16: though Israel’s sins provoke judgment, God remembers his covenant and promises mercy and a remnant. The church must repent, pray, preach, and cling to Christ.

A brief reflection contrasting Erasmus’s semi-Pelagian defense of human cooperation with Luther’s ‘Bondage of the Will’, arguing for total human inability and salvation wholly by God’s grace.

A pastor recounts a flood at his daughter’s flat to illustrate God’s sovereign care. He urges trust in God’s providence as pastoral comfort and grounds for rejoicing.

The Christian life is living by faith in God’s trustworthy character and promises, as Abraham exemplified. Turn from self to Christ for assurance, obedience, and hope.

A brief devotional urging Christians to live as those ‘brought from death to life’ by Christ. Reflect, repent, and bear the fruit of your new life in the Spirit.

Ian Hamilton expounds ‘the obedience of faith’ in Romans: true saving faith unites believers to Christ and issues in loving, thankful obedience to Him as Prophet, Priest, and King.

Praise for Benjamin M. Palmer’s Selected Writings, highlighting his pastoral insight, theological depth, and compassionate counsel; recommends his sermons and urges pastors to emulate his Christlike ministry.

Affirms that the Christian life is faith in God’s sovereign rule. Hamilton calls believers to trust God’s providence—seen in the Psalms and the cross—for comfort amid worldly evil.

Christians are enigmas—saints yet sinners—struggling with indwelling sin (Rom.7). Our union with Christ guarantees final deliverance and future glorification (Rom.8).

Ian Hamilton urges Christians to pursue deep theological thinking beyond pragmatic church activity, likening theology to ‘ten thousand fathoms’ and recommending classic theological books.