Category: Voices of Virtue

Watch Isaac Watts video here Singing belongs to every occasion. We sing in victory, like Moses who celebrated as the Egyptians sunk to the bottom of the sea (Ex. 15). We sing in marriage, like the Song of Solomon which expresses a husband’s love for his wife. We sing in rescue, like David who thanked God for delivering him from his […]

Watch Matthew Henry video here The Scripture warns that it is far easier to see the faults in others than to observe the blemishes in our own lives. Rare is the man who examines his own weaknesses far more than the foibles of others. Matthew Henry was such an example. Pastor, preacher, father of a large family, and […]

Watch John Bunyan video here Tinkering with the grace of God brings great offense to the Almighty. Some of history’s godliest giants at first disdained the Lord’s free gift of salvation, at times nibbling around the edges, seeking to yield only partial allegiance to Christ.   John Bunyan did not convert to Christ in a moment, nor was […]

Watch Joshua Gianavel video here Throughout history, there has rarely been a time of greater persecution upon the church then against the 17th-century Christian minority called the Waldensians. These were peaceable Protestants that learned there was a time to fight.  Like the warrior Joshua of old, Captain Joshua Gianavel was a man of heroic bravery, unyielding resolve, […]

Watch Thomas Watson video here. Orators in imagery uses word pictures to explain, entertain, and delight. A gifted speakers doesn’t say, “I help people see clearly.” He says, “I am the light of the world.” He doesn’t say, “Fist fights get out of hand quickly.” He says, “A quarrel is like opening a floodgate.” He […]

Watch John Owen video here The Bible emphasizes doing tasks completely, heartily, and with all one’s might. John Owen, the great theologian of the Puritan movement, never did his work by halves but embraced the kind of thoroughness Colossians 3:23 promotes: “Work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.”  Whether it was writing catechisms for children, […]

Watch Richard Baxter video here Visit the market town of Kidderminster in Worcestershire, England today and you’ll notice a statue of a man preaching, his right hand pointing upward and his left hand holding a book. This monument of Richard Baxter, the 17th century nonconformist minister, captures the three items he loved most: Heaven, preaching, and books—ultimately the greatest book of […]

Watch John Milton video here John Milton is remembered today as one of England’s greatest poets, second only to William Shakespeare. But unlike the Bard of Avon, Milton was a committed Protestant that wrote with poetic genius, grandeur, and complexity.  Most have heard of Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost,his masterpiece and most famous work. But few know people that he wrote this work while enduring […]

Watch John Eliot video here John Elliot was born 188 years before William Carey sailed for India as the Father of Modern Missions. Though many consider Carey’s voyage as the beginning of the modern missionary movement, Eliot had already crossed the Atlantic nearly two centuries earlier for Great Commission work.  Prior to Eliot’s labors, the church had given little effort […]

Watch Samuel Rutherford video here Many today remember Samuel Rutherford as the great 17th-century theologian and member of the Westminster Assembly. But it was his work while out of the limelight and laboring in prison that most impacts the church today. Rutherford developed a knack for finding a wounded soul, applying the balm of Scripture to fix it, […]