When it seemed, in the summer of 1940, that Britain might be invaded by German forces, a cousin in Hamilton, Ontario, pressed the family to be his guests for the duration of the war. After initial reluctance, Ian’s mother accepted the invitation and in August 1940 took Ian and his brother William to Hamilton, returning to Edinburgh in August 1944. Francis Balfour stayed in Edinburgh and the diary which he wrote during these years is available to download below. Please allow a couple of minutes for download as these are large documents.
Glbert, the first Balfour on Westray
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: […]
Congregational Life in Twelve Central Belt Baptist churches, 1918 to 1939
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 […]
The Ten Commandments today – or are there Eleven?
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 […]
Keswick teaching in Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh, 1962-1966
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
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 […]
Charlotte Chapel Evangelical Social Involvement
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 […]
Charlotte Chapel Elders and Deacons, 1877 to 2005
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.
Revival in Rose Street: Picture Galleries
Here is a collection of images from the appendix of “Revival on Rose Street”, the 200-years written history of Charlotte Chapel.
Church History – 36 Illustrated Lectures
When Ian completed his Ph.D. and was invited to lecture part-time on Church History at the Scottish Baptist College, he preferred to give an ‘overview’ of the two thousand years. He also did this three times, for eight weeks at a time, at the Asian Theological College in Manila in the Philippines in 2001 and […]
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