Of Controversy
When is controversy justified? When is it not? How ought it to be conducted? When ought it to be refused?
These are questions of particular importance for Christians in an argumentative and distracted age, such as ours. The three selections we read this week go some way towards helping us answer them.
Featured Content:
– Excerpt from ‘The Benefits and Dangers of Controversy’ in Evangelical Holiness and Other Addresses, by Iain H. Murray (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2013), pages 119–130.
– Selection from a sermon by Dan Peters given at the 2024 Banner Borders Conference, ‘Blessed are the Peacemakers, Part II’.
– ‘William Cunningham–Humble Controversialist’, David Campbell, Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 690, March 2021.
About the Contributors:
Iain H. Murray is one of the founders of the Banner of Truth Trust. His books published with Banner include Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography (1987), Revival and Revivalism: The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism 1750–1858 (1994), and Amy Carmichael: Beauty for Ashes (2015).
Dan Peters is minister at Newcastle Reformed Evangelical Church and is the author of Distinct Communion: The Believer’s Relations with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Christian Focus Publications, 2024).
David Campbell is minister at North Preston Evangelical Church, a trustee of the Banner of Truth Trust, and author of Sanctification: Transformed Life (Banner Mini-Guides).
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