Month: March 2019
Books In Brief – The Diary of Kenneth Macrae
Kenneth Macrae was a Scottish minister who served congregations in Lochgilphead (1915-19), Kilmuir (1919-1931) and Stornoway (1931-1964). He kept a diary from 1912-1963, never intended for publication. It was only after his death in 1964 that the diaries were discovered and published by Iain Murray and the Banner of Truth.
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The Church in Europe
“And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”” (Acts 16:9)
The account of the birth of the church at Philippi is one of the most extensive accounts of church planting in the New Testament. Paul had intended to devote his second missionary journey to Asia. However, when Paul and his companions had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were “forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the Word in Asia,” and when they tried to go into Bithynia, “the Spirit did not permit them” (Acts 16:6-7). As they came to Troas, “a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”” (Acts 16:9)
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