During Mary Tudor’s reign of terror, in which almost 300 reformers were rounded up and burnt at the stake, Knox fled to Dieppe in France. From there he travelled to Geneva in Switzerland seeking the counsel of John Calvin. He had questions and needed answers: can...
After John Knox had been freed from French slavery he ended up in London in 1549. The Reformation was already under way in England and Knox’s reputation had already gone before him. His mentor, George Wishart, had brought back a copy of the First Helvetic Confession,...
When John Knox cried out to God in passionate prayer, ‘Give me Scotland, else I die’, he was revealing his heart to us. Here was a man whose soul loved God, the church, and his nation. Unswerving and relentless he pursued the righteousness of God, walking through a...
‘Among the martyrs of Scotland, the constancy of Walter Mille is not to be passed over with silence,’ wrote John Foxe in his Book of Martyrs. Mill was the last reformer to die for his faith in Scotland during this period in which several dozen have been recorded. ‘Out...
Following the death of George Wishart, the next recorded martyrdom in the Scottish Reformation was that of Adam Wallace of Kyle, who in 1547 perished in the flames on Edinburgh’s Castle Hill. Wallace was captured and brought before the council gathered at the Black...
Following the deaths of the Glasgow martyrs in 1539, the council of the cruel hunted for more victims, finding six more that they killed in Perth. George Wishart was the next martyr after them, being hanged and burned at St Andrews in 1546. John Knox loved this godly...
After the burning of the five Reformation martyrs on Castle Hill in Edinburgh, Cardinal Beaton was keen to find other victims to make a public example of any who would dare expose the corruption of the church hierarchy. Two young men were found in the diocese of...
With all the niceties settled at the coronation, it was time for King Charles II to reveal his true nature. One of the few nobles to oppose the king’s decree and stand faithfully for the Covenants was Archibald Campbell, the first Marquis of Argyll. He travelled from...
Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ‘Among the martyrs of Scotland, the constancy of Walter Mille is not to be passed over with silence,’ wrote John Foxe in his Book of Martyrs. Mill was the last reformer to die for his faith in Scotland during this...
The Library of Congress, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons After the burning of the five Reformation martyrs on Castle Hill in Edinburgh, Cardinal Beaton was keen to find other victims to make a public example of any who would dare expose the corruption of the...