Thomas Boston was one of the outstanding Scottish ministers of the eighteenth century. This week we consider his faithfulness in two small parishes in the Scottish Lowlands, and God's sustaining of him in these difficult charges.

Featured Resource:

G. N. M. Collins, 'How Thomas Boston Beheld the Lamb of God which Taketh Away the Sin of the World,' Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 640 (January 2017)

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Our bonus episode this week is a conversation with Dr Robert Strivens, Banner of Truth Trustee and Director of the recently set-up Reformed Baptist Study Centre. We hear more about Robert, the work of the Banner trustees, and the hopes for the new study centre in this interview recorded at the recent Banner Ministers' Conference in Staffordshire.

Robert's recommendations:

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors

Iain H. Murray, The Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1 volume)

Iain H. Murray, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (2 volumes)

John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied

Find out more about the Reformed Baptist Study Centre and its events:

https://rbstudycentre.com/

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This week's selection is an excursion into Pastor William Shishko's ministerial library, to see which books have fed him as a Christian and as a minister. The result will be of interest not only to other men called to shepherd the Lord's flock, but to every Christian with an appetite to know more of God.

(In Print) Books Mentioned in the Episode:

John Owen, The Glory of Christ (Volume 1 of The Works of John Owen, comprising Owen's Christologia, Or a Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ and Discourses and Meditations on the Glory of Christ)

Gardiner Spring, The Attraction of the Cross (Out of print).

Octavius Winslow, Personal Declension and the Revival of Religion in the Soul

Octavius Winslow, No Condemnation in Christ, as Unfolded in the Eighth Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans

Octavius Winslow, The Work of the Holy Spirit: An Experimental and Practical View

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

Matthew: https://banneroftruth.org/store/commentaries/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels-9/

Mark: https://banneroftruth.org/store/commentaries/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels-10/

Luke (I): https://banneroftruth.org/store/commentaries/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels-11/

Luke (II): https://banneroftruth.org/store/commentaries/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels-12/

John (I): https://banneroftruth.org/store/commentaries/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels-13/

John (II): https://banneroftruth.org/store/commentaries/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels-14/

John (III): https://banneroftruth.org/store/commentaries/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels-15/

William Hendriksen's Commentaries: https://banneroftruth.org/about/banner-authors/william-hendriksen/

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