Christian Focus

Glory in the Glen

A History of Evangelical Revivals in Scotland 1880–1940

Tom Lennie

Spontaneous local revivals of religion in Scotland did not virtually disappear, Tom Lennie has shown that there were evangelical awakenings in many parts of the land down to the inter-war years.

Land of Many Revivals

Scotland’s Extraordinary Legacy of Christian Revivals over Four Centuries (1527–1857)

Tom Lennie

This volume amply fulfils the promise of its title by surveying the vast range of religious revivals enjoyed in Scotland down to 1857. Tom Lennie has identified them with care and chronicled them with great sympathy.

Churches, Revolutions And Empires

1789–1914

Ian J. Shaw

"The book is clear, well arranged and up-to-date in its absorption of recent research. It covers the full range of denominations across the globe, setting religion firmly in its socio-political context and so addressing central historical issues such as empire and national identity. It is likely to command a wide readership in universities, theological colleges, ministers' studies and private homes."

Living by Revealed Truth

The Life and Pastoral Theology of Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Tom Nettles

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was the greatest preacher of the nineteenth century in England and probably the whole world. The pungent and passionate sermons of the Baptist pastor brought home the gospel message to the hearts of his numerous hearers and more numerous readers. Tom Nettles has retold Spurgeon's life as a warm admirer, but he is careful to rest his judgements on detailed evidence. In particular The Sword and the Trowel, the magazine Spurgeon edited as pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, is used as a quarry for an abundance of fresh material. Consequently this biography casts new light on Spurgeon's life, ministry and theology.

A Kirk Disrupted

Charles Cowan MP and The Free Church of Scotland

A. Donald MacLeod

Don MacLeod has used a wealth of primary sources... to recreate the life of a leading lay champion of the Free Church of Scotland.

A Great Blessing to Me

John Newton Encounters George Whitefield

Grant Gordon

Grant Gordon has written a full and careful study of their relations which reveals something of the calibre of the two men as devoted Christian leaders.

Scotland Ablaze

The Twenty–Year Fire of Revival that Swept Scotland 1858 – 79

Tom Lennie

Scotland was deeply affected by revival during the two decades following
1858. Many people turned from nominal Christianity or even outright scoffing to deep personal faith. In this carefully documented book, Tom Lennie shows that the revival movement of 1859–61 broke out in every Scottish county and that the Americans Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey roused Edinburgh and Glasgow to a high pitch of spiritual enthusiasm.  Scotland was far more ablaze than we have previously known.

Therefore the Truth I Speak

Scottish Theology 1500 – 1700

Donald Macleod

The leading Reformed theologians of Scotland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, dedicated to making doctrine conform to the teaching of Scripture, are carefully expounded by Donald Macleod in this book. The author defends his subjects from later misrepresentations and does not shrink from the task of assessing their relevance to later years and even the church of today.

William Wilberforce

The Freedom Fighter

Derick Bingham

William Wilberforce, the leader of the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade, was a devoted Evangelical Christian. His spiritual journals between 1785 and 1833 open a window on the inward life of this public man. He was frank, self–critical and conscious of his constant dependence on the God of mercy. Michael McMullen has transcribed all the journals and added helpful explanatory notes so as to make this detailed record of Wilberforce’s Christian journey available for the first time.

William Wilberforce

His Unpublished Spiritual Journals

William Wilberforce and Michael D. McMullen

William Wilberforce, the leader of the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade, was a devoted Evangelical Christian. His spiritual journals between 1785 and 1833 open a window on the inward life of this public man.

Daily Readings – William Wilberforce

Michael D. McMullen and William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce is known as the leader of the Evangelicals in parliament who were responsible for the abolition of the British slave trade. Blessed with a sunny personality, he was also a genuinely humble man who laid out his inner thoughts in written musings on his faith.
Michael McMullen has selected some of the best of them as daily readings. Each extract is given under a verse from scripture, the source of his reflections. 

From the Marrow Men to the Moderates

Scottish Theology 1700–1800

Donald Macleod

Professor Macleod … has a practical purpose, to expound the teaching of the eighteenth century about the experience of grace so as to give insight into the same experience in the twenty–first century.