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Issue 89 : Richard Baxter & the English Puritans

Originally published in 2006

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Richard Baxter and the English Puritans: Did You Know?

Interesting and unusual facts about the English Puritans.

Jennifer Trafton and Leland Ryken
A Man. A Magazine. A Crème Egg.

Jennifer Trafton
Living History

Oldest church discovered, Christian history in the movies, rare book by Roger Williams

Chris Armstrong
Sweet Charity

The Quakers behind Cadbury chocolate

Elesha Coffman
Physicians of the Soul

J. I. Packer discusses the English Puritans, their quest for holiness, and why they are still worth remembering.
The English Puritans: Christian History Timeline
A Pen in God's Hand

Richard Baxter wrote, preached, taught, and visited his way to become the model pastor.

Paul C. H. Lim
The Puritan Moses

Believing he was on a mission from God, Oliver Cromwell became both military genius and lawgiver.

Collin Hansen
Preachers & Poets

"Though dead, by their writings they yet speak."—George Whitefield

William Barker and Leland Ryken
The Original Puritan Work Ethic

By valuing all of life in relation to God, Puritans gave sacred significance to every activity.

Leland Ryken
Richard & Margaret

Difficult man + difficult woman = model marriage.

J. William Black
The Cost of Pilgrimage

After the Restoration, Protestants persecuted Protestants like never before.

John Coffey
On the Record: The Character of an Old English Puritan or Noncoformist

The classic description of Puritanism from a 1646 tract by John Geree
Martyrs to the Spear

More than fifty years after five missionaries were murdered in Ecuador, their story still inspires.

Kathryn Long and Carolyn Nystrom
Turning Point

The Crowning of Charlemagne

Patrick Henry Reardon
Story Behind

God's Chemo for My Cancered Soul

Puritan theologian John Owen diagnosed the disease of sin and pointed to the cure.

J. I. Packer

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