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Ian Balfour, 1932-2022

24th March 202324th March 2023 davidatfuzzylime

Ian Balfour, who passed away in June 2022 at the age of 89, was born and spent most of his life in Edinburgh. His professional life was spent in the law, where he was a partner in a legal firm. Family was important to him and he wanted to be able to show future generations and other interested people the history of his family.

His Christian faith was the foundation to his life. He loved studying Theology and his hero was an early Church Father called Tertullian. This website is part of his legacy and we hope you find it both helpful and stimulating.

The Last Balfour in ‘Balfour + Manson’

10th January 20222nd February 2022 davidatfuzzylime

End of an era at famous law firm

It was the end of an era for Edinburgh law firm Balfour + Manson at the end of 2021 as Ian Balfour, the last of his family in the business, finally retired at the age of 89.

Glbert, the first Balfour on Westray

12th March 202121st March 2021 davidatfuzzylime

The first Balfour to live on Westray was Gilbert (1521-76).

A short précis of his life is on this website at the immediately preceding heading here:
‘Balfours on Westray, Orkney Islands’, pages 5 and 6.

A search for his name on Google brings up dozens of references.

Bibliography of scholarly works on Tertullian

Introduction

This is a personal index, compiled over fifty years, with the ambitious purpose of finding and (subject to copyright) making copies of as many published works as possible with the name ‘Tertullian’ in the title. It includes titles which name his works without naming him as author.

Click to visit the bibliography section:

Tertullian Bibliography

Congregational Life in Twelve Central Belt Baptist churches, 1918 to 1939

13th May 20194th June 2019 davidatfuzzylime

In 1979, David Edwards in Glasgow sent a questionnaire to churches, an early initiative by the (still flourishing) Scottish Baptist History Project. He asked 64 questions about ‘the life of the churches in the (inter-war) years from 1918 to 1939’. I was given twelve completed questionnaires while preparing a chapter for the 1988 monograph, David Bebbington (ed.), Baptists in Scotland: a History. I came across them during a recent spring-clean and thought it worth preparing this Paper.

The Ten Commandments today – or are there Eleven?

1st May 201929th May 2019 davidatfuzzylime

I’ve mentioned elsewhere that when I was asked to speak at Christian meetings and to choose a subject, I often suggested ‘Common Grace and Saving Grace’ [1]. If I was asked back, and again asked for a subject, it was often ‘The Ten Commandments today – or are there Eleven?’ My talk went as follows – footnotes and additional information have been added for this version.

Keswick teaching in Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh, 1962-1966

24th May 20173rd June 2017 davidatfuzzylime

This section is to draw attention to a Ph.D. thesis, A Critical Analysis of Elements of the Keswick Teaching in the Preaching of Alan Redpath at the Charlotte Baptist Chapel.

Citywide Edinburgh Missions

24th May 20173rd June 2017 davidatfuzzylime

A Group which met weekly on Thursday afternoons in St Thomas’ Scottish Episcopal Church, Costorphine, Edinburgh, asked Ian Balfour in 2001 to give a Paper about evangelistic missions in Edinburgh, particularly those in which St Thomas had been involved. St Thomas was constituted as an Independent Chapel within the Anglican Church in 1844, and has a long and worthy history of contributing to interdenominational evangelistic outreach in Edinburgh, particularly since 1945 under its rectors Rev George Duncan, Rev Dr Geoffrey Bromily, Rev Philip Hacking, Rev Gordon Bridger, Rev John Wesson, Rev Dennis Lennon, Rev Mike Parker and Rev Ian Hopkins. This is the text of the Paper which Ian gave.
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Charlotte Chapel Evangelical Social Involvement

15th May 20173rd June 2017 davidatfuzzylime

The Scottish Church History Society, founded in 1922, asked Ian Balfour to give a Paper on this subject at their May 2008 meeting, held in the Free Church of Scotland College, Edinburgh. The proceedings of their monthly meetings are published annually as Scottish Church History Society Records, but for those who do not have access to this periodical, the Paper is made available here also. It is copied here exactly as given.
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Charlotte Chapel Elders and Deacons, 1877 to 2005

12th May 201724th May 2017 davidatfuzzylime

C.H. Spurgeon preaching in the Surrey Gardens Music Hall, see ‘Elders in Spurgeon’s Tabernacle’

The Scottish Baptist History Society asked Ian Balfour to give a Paper on this subject at their May 2006 meeting, held in Morningside Baptist Church, Edinburgh. As the proceedings of their six-monthly meetings are (regrettably) not published, the Paper is made available here.