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Parish city missions & class reconciliation
One of the reasons Chalmers advocated territorial city missions was to reunite the classes, particularly by the clergy’s concentrated evangelistic efforts in the slums. It was ultimately a miss… more →
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Parish city missions & class reconciliation
westportexperiment wrote 3 months ago: One of the reasons Chalmers advocated territorial city missions was to reunite the classes, particul … more →
The influence of locality on the Gospel laborer
westportexperiment wrote 5 months ago: The following is an excellent quote from Thomas Chalmers in his Christian and Economic Polity of a N … more →
The retreat of the gathered church
westportexperiment wrote 6 months ago: I recently read an article entitled “Thomas Chalmers and the Communal Ideal in Victorian Scotl … more →
Laidlaw's Plea and Plan
westportexperiment wrote 9 months ago: “A Plea and Plan for a Coöperative Church Parish System in Cities,” by Walter Laidlaw In this essay, … more →
The Man of the Manse
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westportexperiment wrote 9 months ago: Not long ago, I stumbled across a great treatise in Pastoral Theology from the Puritan era, The Coun … more →
Locality & Zeal
westportexperiment wrote 9 months ago: Lately, I’ve been considering that the commitment to give oneself to the spiritual care of a p … more →
The Flexibility of the Parish Principle
westportexperiment wrote 10 months ago: Here’s a great quote from Thompson’s Parish and Parish Church (1948 ) concerning the fle … more →
Parochial Vision: A Review
westportexperiment wrote 10 months ago: In Parochial Vision: The Future of the English Parish System (2004), Nick Spenser offers a very intr … more →
Gospel dissemination
westportexperiment wrote 11 months ago: The labor of the Gospel is the labor of sowing seed. The seed is the imperishable doctrine of Chris … more →
Parish & Parish Church, Part 3
westportexperiment wrote 11 months ago: This is a third installment of my review of the fascinating work, P. D. Thompson’s Parish … more →
W. G. T. Shedd & Parochialism (2)
westportexperiment wrote 11 months ago: Below are some solid quotes from Shedd’s Pastoral Theology on parochial visitation. It should … more →
W. G. T. Shedd & Parochialism (1)
westportexperiment wrote 12 months ago: I’ve recently stumbled across Shedd’s Pastoral Theology at GoogleBooks. It contains sev … more →
Parish and Parish Church, Part 2
westportexperiment wrote 1 year ago: It has been some time since I put this one on the shelf. Just getting back to it. It you’d l … more →
Of rain and parishes
westportexperiment wrote 1 year ago: It struck me recently that the formation of new Christian communities is like the formation of rain … more →
A Practical Pietist (3)
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westportexperiment wrote 1 year ago: Thomas Chalmers has been widely acclaimed for his views and particularly his applications of social … more →
A Practical Pietist (2)
westportexperiment wrote 1 year ago: The Practical and the Pious – 2 Chalmers the Manager: Lessons in Christian Leadership In the first p … more →
Surviving Creative Destruction
westportexperiment wrote 1 year ago: In the modern day, old orders are forced to give way to new ones. This is the inevitable process of … more →
Parish and Parish Church, Part 1
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westportexperiment wrote 1 year ago: A Review with Observations on Parish and Parish Church: Their Place and Influence in History, by P. … more →
Chalmers on Church Establishments, Part 4
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westportexperiment wrote 1 year ago: Chalmers on Church Establishments, Part 4 Some Closing Observations & Questions Now that we ha … more →
