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The staff and trustees of the Banner of Truth are calling on our supporters to join with us in prayer for the next chapter of the work of the Banner of Truth. At various times in history, nations and churches have issued calls to prayer, often in times of crisis. Whatever the rights and wrongs […]

On the 18 May 1843, in Edinburgh, currently the home city of the Banner of Truth headquarters, there was a seismic event in the history of the church in Scotland. This was the day of the Disruption, when almost 500 ministers left the state supported Church of Scotland and formed the Free Church of Scotland. […]

The following is excerpted from ‘A Christian on the Mount, Or, A Treatise Concerning Meditation’ in The Works of Thomas Watson, Volume 3 (forthcoming, May/June 2026). You may also read this section in PDF format to see how it is typeset in the forthcoming volume.   And in his law doth he meditate day and […]

What follows is from the ‘Publisher’s Preface’ to our forthcoming five-volume edition of The Works of Thomas Watson. The Banner of Truth Trust was founded in 1957, and early in the following year the Trust published its first books. Thomas Watson’s Body of Divinity was one of them. At that time the book and its author […]

In an appendix to his Thoughts on Religious Experience entitled ‘Counsels to Christian Mothers’, Archibald Alexander makes the following interesting remarks: I take pleasure in saying that in no class of society anywhere have I found examples of more pure and elevated piety than among the ladies of Virginia. And I have reason to believe that these […]

The following is an excerpt from The Works of John Knox, Volume 3, pages 217–226. In a letter from Henry Bullinger, the eminent divine of Zurich, addressed to Calvin on the 26th of March 1554, he says, “I have enclosed in this letter the Answer I made to the Scotsman whom you commended to me. You will […]

The first two episodes of The Covenanter Story are now available. In an article that first appeared in the February edition of the Banner magazine, Joshua Kellard relates why the witness of the Scottish Covenanters is worthy of the earnest attention of evangelical Christians today. In late November of last year, on the hills above […]

In the first video of The Covenanter Story, which releases tomorrow, we tell the story of James Guthrie, the first great martyr of the Covenant. On June 1, the day he was executed for high treason, he coursed the following farewell letter to his wife: “My heart,— Being within a few hours to lay down […]

The following article appeared in Issue 491–2 of The Banner of Truth Magazine (August–September 2004). How many times does the Bible tell us to watch our own hearts! Yet how often do Christians slip and fall for want of diligence in this very basic duty! Not for nothing does the Bible say: ‘He that ruleth […]

This article first appeared at The Australian Presbyterian and is featured in Issue 749 of the Banner of Truth Magazine (February 2026). Somewhere, Stuart Briscoe has commented that three attributes of a pastor are needed: ‘The mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros.’ The last attribute seems […]

In January 1996, Iain H. Murray gave an address at The Bethlehem Conference for Pastors (Minneappolis, U. S. A.) entitled ‘The Preacher and Books.’ The excerpt below is from a section in which Rev. Murray asks how a preacher is to determine which books (and particularly commentaries in this case) he should devote time to […]

The following article was published in the December 1994 issue of the Banner of Truth Magazine (no. 375) as The Danger of Becoming Battle-Weary. The piece is read in Episode 120 of the Banner of Truth Magazine. There are not wanting here and there the signs that good Christians are suffering from a kind of spiritual metal-fatigue. […]

Not every Banner title is for every reader in every season. Books have different strengths, readers different needs and circumstances. For this reason, sometimes a digest of books can help, pointing the way to a book in season. Jeremy Walker, pastor of Maidenbower Baptist Church and Book Reviews Editor for the Banner of Truth Magazine, […]

This is the fourth of four posts from Peter Schild (translated by Michael T. Schmid) which together constitute his booklet The Church and Missions. In Acts chapter 14, beginning with verse 21, we see the result of their work: ‘And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned […]

This is the third of four posts from Peter Schild (translated by Michael T. Schmid) which together constitute his booklet The Church and Missions. ‘As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then, having fasted […]