Lemuel Haynes

2 weeks ago | crossway.org | Drew Martin |Lemuel Haynes

Law and GospelFrancis Grimké, born enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina in 1850, was one of the most remarkable pastor-theologians of American history. He ministered from 1878–1928, mainly in the nation’s capital, and his story is worth knowing.

2 months ago | crossway.org | Lemuel Haynes |Jared Wilson

Preface from Lemuel HaynesThere is no greater folly than for men to express anger and resentment because their religious sentiments are attacked. If their characters are impeached by their own creed, they only are to blame. All that the antagonists can say cannot make falsehood truth, nor truth, falsehood. The following discourse was delivered at Rutland, Vermont in June of 1805, immediately after hearing Mr. Ballou, a universal preacher, zealously exhibit his sentiments.

May 24, 2024 | crossway.org | Alan Strange |Lemuel Haynes

A Sad Chapter in HistoryThis is one of the saddest chapters in American history. You can look at the history of the ancient church—as Kyle Harper has in a couple of important books that he has published—and see how Christianity, the effects and consequences of Christianity, played a part in the waning and the dissolution of slavery in the old Roman Empire.

Sep 4, 2023 | crossway.org | Andrew Wilson |Lemuel Haynes

Ten Key EventsWhenever I tell my American friends that my new book is about 1776 and the way it created the post-Christian West, their initial reaction is invariably one of surprise. Why is an English pastor writing a book about the American Revolution? And how could the War of Independence possibly be blamed for post-Christianity?

Feb 22, 2023 | crossway.org | Lemuel Haynes

A Sermon from Black Puritan Minister Lemuel HaynesBorn in 1753, Lemuel Haynes was an indentured servant who grew to become a dynamic Reformed preacher. Nicknamed “The Black Puritan,” he is credited as being the first African-American ordained for ministry in the United States.