"The Puritans were typical people of their time in that they enjoyed ... Winthrop, Puritan governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company, gave a 1630 sermon called "A Model of Christian Charity." Winthrop ...

The Puritans were people on a mission: to create a pure church and a thoroughly Christian society. “In the short term,” writes theologian J.I. Packer, “they lost their battles and failed in ...

J.I. Packer called the Puritans “the redwoods of the forest.” So, we have this image of the Puritans as almost super-Christians. One thing we’ve got to be aware of is how they understood piety because ...

Names after the Christian graces and virtues—Patience, Honour, Faith, Hope, Charity—were also widely bestowed at Puritan baptisms. Everyone has heard of the Barebones Parliament, and Macaulay’s ...

These were extreme Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England by returning to the simple and uncomplicated worship and way of life of the earliest Christians. Many Puritans had fled ...

The first is by Jeremiah Burroughs: The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment ... So, A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson is a great text to read. A third Puritan, if you want a tough-minded Puritan who ...