Madam Guyon wrote her Classic book on “Experiencing Union With God Through Inner Prayer and The Way and Results of Union With God.” It was formerly titled, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. The writer would highly recommend it to be an excellent book on prayer and meditation for those who want to seek the deeper life and ultimate union of your … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2017
The Woman Who Loved Christ Too Much
In his devotional commentary on Genesis Matthew Henry wrote that man was dust refined, but woman being taken out of man, was dust, double refined.” In thus saying, Henry sensed the purpose of God creating the nature of a woman that He could use her to refine His people. One of the most famous and influential of God’s Refiners was Madam Jeanne … [Read more...]
Faith Cleansing In Our Schools
The 2007 Children’s Plan could not have made it clearer: parents bring up children, not governments. That didn’t stop the government of the day commissioning Graham Badman to investigate home education, with a particular emphasis on safeguarding; the introduction of compulsory registration; home monitoring inspections, and the definition of … [Read more...]
Agents of Forced Conformity
Earlier this month, Sean Hartford, Ofsted’s national education director, spoke to the Lords’ committee on citizenship and civic engagement about the teaching of British values. According to him, a small minority of schools are doing badly in promoting said values. Earlier this week, Ofsted released its report into non-association independent … [Read more...]
Does Western Civilization Still Have a Purpose?
When Western Civilization began to form at about 500 AD1, it was full of purpose. In particular, it was devoted to bringing the light of Christ into the world: to overcome the ancient darkness and to replace it with righteousness. But please don’t imagine that when I say “bringing the light of Christ” and “500 AD,” I’m talking about the reign of … [Read more...]