Audio imageContending for the faith III

Thomas Chalmers

Thomas Chalmers (1780 - 1847)

Revd William Macleod

1hr 9min | 1/12/08

As well as being a formidable preacher and church leader, Thomas Chalmers also orchestrated many social initiatives especially in regard to education and poverty. He believed that the Church should be fully involved in the nation's life, but he also sought to guard the gospel. So he insisted on the rights of a church to appoint a believing minister, rather than have one imposed upon them by a land owner. The Government refused this right and so Chalmers led the Disruption of 1843 where one third of the ministers left the Church of Scotland to form the Free Church of Scotland.

Other Contending for the faith lectures:

Thomas Cranmer, Charles Spurgeon, Samuel Rutherford, Oliver Cromwell, Josephine Butler, Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, Charles Oxley, William Tyndale, J.C. Ryle, Bishop Lesslie Newbigin, Francis Schaeffer, C.S. Lewis, Raymond Johnston, Christian Apologetics.

Related pages:

2008 audio archive, Audio archive (start), Thematic archive.

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