Next we had three older men speak to the current situation1. Peter Beale. He highlighted the present lack of pastors, how few people read seriously, the lack of studiousness among ministers and the emphasis on holiness of the past.
2. Alun McNabb. He spoke of the number of small struggling churches there are and the joy of preaching. We must not be too distracted by the empty seats but encourage people.
3. Stuart Olyott. Greatest encouragement - young people. Hundreds and hundreds. Discouragement - old Lutheran idea very much alive - that salvation is mediate (by the Word) but it is immediate (by the Holy Spirit). This wrong mentality is ruining things all around. Lydia's heart was opened directly by God.
Iain Murray also spoke about some of the books available here.
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