Auburn Friends
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -Some wonderfully encouraging biographies and an occasional brief exhortation or word of wisdom for our friends who meet together in Auburn and for anyone else who would like to listen in. Our desire is only to grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, for His glory.
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Robert Murray M'Cheyne - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
April 21, 2024 23:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBRobert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843) is a name that many Christians will have heard, though few may know much about his life. But those who do, remember him for his love for Christ, his personal holiness and fervent prayer and his burden to win the lost. His was a short life, but his memory has been, and remains, an inspiration to many. [Recorded April 21, 2024]
Jonathan Edwards - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
July 30, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBJonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was an American theologian and pastor. He and his wife Sarah served in Northampton for 23 years where he played a significant role in the Great Awakening. He preached probably one of the most famous sermons during this extraordinary period of revival.
CS Lewis - a short biography by Michelle Buckman
May 25, 2023 02:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBFor the slides (in PDF format) that accompanied this presentation, click here CS Lewis (1898 – 1963), known to his friends as Jack, is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also noted for his other works of fiction, such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, including Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. Lewis was a close friend of JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. Both men serve...
CS Lewis - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
May 25, 2023 02:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBFor the slides (in PDF format) that accompanied this presentation, click here CS Lewis (1898 – 1963), known to his friends as Jack, is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also noted for his other works of fiction, such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, including Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. Lewis was a close friend of JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. Both men serve...
Rosaria Butterfield - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
October 30, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBRosaria Butterfield, a former English professor and lesbian activist, came to Christ in what she describes as a “train wreck” conversion. This biography is based on her memoir The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert as well as her other book, The Gospel Comes with a House Key in which Rosaria writes about the necessity of godly hospitality in our post-Christian world.
William Tyndale - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
May 29, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBWilliam Tyndale (1494 – 1536) was an English Biblical scholar and linguistic genius who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation but us best remembered for his translation of the Bible into English. In 1535, Tyndale was arrested and in 1536, he was convicted of heresy by the Catholic Church and executed by strangulation, after which his body was burnt at the stake. His dying prayer was that the King of England's eyes would be opened and just one year later Henry VIII authoriz...
John Gibson Paton - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
November 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBJohn Gibson Paton (24 May 1824 – 28 January 1907), was born in Scotland and become a missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific. Though his life and work in the New Hebrides was difficult and often dangerous, Paton preached, raised a family, and worked to raise support in Scotland and Australia for missionary work. He was a man of robust character and personality and has become an example and an inspiration for missionary work. [Recorded November 14, 2021]
Elizabeth Elliot - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
August 29, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBElisabeth Elliot (1926 – 2015) was married to Jim Elliot, who was killed in 1956 while attempting to make missionary contact with the Huaorani people in eastern Ecuador. Together with her young daughter, Valerie, she later spent two years as a missionary to the tribe members who killed her husband. Returning to the United States after many years in South America, she became widely known as the author of twenty five books (including Through Gates of Splendor, Let Me Be a Woman and Sufferin...
The Letters of John Newton - Mrs Hannah More 1787
July 18, 2021 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.77 MB"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering — I will rejoice." - John Newton John Newton, well known as the author of the song, Amazing Grace, was radically changed by the Lord Jesus Christ and became an outstanding witness to that grace that never ceased to amaze him. From his let...
The Letters of John Newton - Miss Flower 1778 October
July 09, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.73 MB"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering — I will rejoice." - John Newton John Newton, well known as the author of the song, Amazing Grace, was radically changed by the Lord Jesus Christ and became an outstanding witness to that grace that never ceased to amaze him. From his let...
The Letters of John Newton - Mrs Dawson 1788
July 07, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.13 MB"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering — I will rejoice." - John Newton John Newton, well known as the author of the song, Amazing Grace, was radically changed by the Lord Jesus Christ and became an outstanding witness to that grace that never ceased to amaze him. From his let...
David Brainerd - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
May 31, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBDavid Brainerd (1718 – 1747) was an American missionary to the Native Americans who had a particularly fruitful ministry among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. During his short life he was beset by many difficulties but his godly character and devotion have made his biography a source of inspiration and encouragement to many Christians. Missionaries such as William Carey, Adoniram Judson, Hudson Taylor, as well John Wesley among others have been helped by him. (Recorded May 30, 2021)
A Sinless Life
March 19, 2021 06:00 - 6 minutes - 4.66 MBLet's try to imagine and describe a life that is totally without sin...
The Letters of John Newton - Mrs Talbot March 12 1774
March 02, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.63 MB"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering — I will rejoice." - John Newton John Newton, well known as the author of the song, Amazing Grace, was radically changed by the Lord Jesus Christ and became an outstanding witness to that grace that never ceased to amaze him. From his let...
The Letters of John Newton - Lord Dartmouth March 10 1774
March 01, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.58 MB"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering — I will rejoice." - John Newton John Newton, well known as the author of the song, Amazing Grace, was radically changed by the Lord Jesus Christ and became an outstanding witness to that grace that never ceased to amaze him. From his let...
The Letters of John Newton - Lord Dartmouth April 1772
February 28, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.46 MB"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering — I will rejoice." - John Newton John Newton, well known as the author of the song, Amazing Grace, was radically changed by the Lord Jesus Christ and became an outstanding witness to that grace that never ceased to amaze him. From his let...
The Letters of John Newton - Lord Dartmouth March 1772
February 27, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.88 MB"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering — I will rejoice." - John Newton John Newton, well known as the author of the song, Amazing Grace, was radically changed by the Lord Jesus Christ and became an outstanding witness to that grace that never ceased to amaze him. From his let...
The Letters of John Newton - Lord Dartmouth 1772 February
February 26, 2021 03:00 - 10 minutes - 7.01 MB"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering — I will rejoice." - John Newton John Newton, well known as the author of the song, Amazing Grace, was radically changed by the Lord Jesus Christ and became an outstanding witness to that grace that never ceased to amaze him. From his let...
The Letters of John Newton - Mrs Wilberforce 1764
February 25, 2021 05:00 - 8 minutes - 6.09 MB"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confirm the wavering — I will rejoice." - John Newton John Newton, well known as the author of the song, Amazing Grace, was radically changed by the Lord Jesus Christ and became an outstanding witness to that grace that never ceased to amaze him. From his let...
The Obedience of Faith
February 07, 2021 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBOn Romans 1:5 What does it mean to be a Christian? Are we saved by faith or by obedience? What does the Bible mean when it says that we will be judged by our works at the end?
Ann and Adoniram Judson - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
February 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBAdoniram Judson (August 9, 1788 – April 12, 1850) was an American missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. He labored there with his first wife Ann (née Hasseltine) (December 22, 1789 – October 24, 1826) and then also his second wife, Sarah (née Boardman, the widow of George Boardman who died while also serving in Burma) (November 4, 1803 – September 1, 1845). Adoniram Judson translated the whole Bible into Burmese. He is remembered as the first significant missionary in B...
He Spoke
February 01, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.41 MBA free verse poem by William Haddad inspired by Simon Peter's response to Jesus, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." (John 6:68) October 26, 2020
Worship and Authenticity
December 29, 2020 11:00 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MBConcerning the Chaconne (from Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D Minor): “On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind. If one doesn’t have the greatest violinist around, then it is well the most beautiful pleasure to simply listen to its sound in...
An Unquenchable Life
December 28, 2020 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.05 MBAn Australian Prime Minister, frustrated perhaps with the expectations placed upon him, was once heard to say that “life wasn’t meant to be easy”... We seek ease, but it is a strange thing that, while we are easily able to imagine all manner of fears and afflictions, we cannot begin to imagine any actual circumstances that would lead to endless happiness and contentment. Whatever pictures we paint soon become wearisome and tedious. Why is this?
Nabeel Qureshi - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
November 30, 2020 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBNabeel Qureshi (1983 – 2017) was a Pakistani-American Christian apologist, author, and speaker. He was a convert to Christianity from the Ahmadi movement within Islam and worked with Ravi Zacharias from 2013 until 2016. He wrote 3 books: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity, Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward, and No God But One—Allah or Jesus. (Recorded November 28, 2020)
Nabeel Qureshi - a brief biography
November 30, 2020 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBNabeel Qureshi (1983 – 2017) was a Pakistani-American Christian apologist, author, and speaker. He was a convert to Christianity from the Ahmadi movement within Islam and worked with Ravi Zacharias from 2013 until 2016. He wrote 3 books: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity, Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward, and No God But One—Allah or Jesus. (Recorded November 28, 2020)
Silence: A message from the King
November 18, 2020 10:00 - 2 minutes - 1.75 MBThere is a scene from the great musical “Hamilton” where a song is interrupted by a herald with the words: “Silence! A message from the king. A message from the king. A message from the king!”...
Justine - a story
October 29, 2020 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.62 MBWell, we asked her – she was about 13 years old then - if she would like to come with us and meet an old lady to whom we had been referred, and I have to tell you, she was not too keen...
The Eagle - a story
October 28, 2020 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.29 MBLet me tell you about a certain young girl who lived in a lush green land that was both quiet and peaceful. She had been a playful and energetic child like all of the other young girls who lived in that small village, but one day everything changed...
Whatever happened to zeal?
October 27, 2020 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.97 MBWhy do we not expect to see a burning zeal in those who are older in the Lord, a zeal that never fades and that, if anything, burns brighter and hotter with the passing years?
Do you see this woman?
October 26, 2020 05:00 - 5 minutes - 3.73 MBThe scene is set with economy and beauty - the Pharisee's disgust, the woman's tears, kisses, devotion and love poured out...
And when the Lord saw her...
October 23, 2020 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.19 MBAn incident in the life of the Lord Jesus. "And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her." (Luke 7:12)
A Moment of Magic
October 22, 2020 01:00 - 3 minutes - 2.26 MBOn Psalm 90, Isaiah 40 and a chair in the back porch in the sun.
Farmyard Ducks - a Parable
October 21, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.2 MBIn a certain farmyard there was a pond, and around the pond were scattered a number of ducks...
On Repentance
October 20, 2020 01:00 - 4 minutes - 3.29 MBPaul frequently distils into a few words great and important truths, and he has certainly done it in this farewell address to the elders from Ephesus...
Rules and Relationships - a letter
October 19, 2020 06:00 - 7 minutes - 5 MBA short letter to a young believer in the Lord Jesus, addressing a question concerning personal discipline and a life lived in the Spirit.
Eric Liddell - A brief biography by Michelle Buckman
August 30, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBEric Henry Liddell (1902 – 1945) was a British Olympic Gold Medalist runner, Scottish rugby union international player, and Christian missionary. He was born in China to Scottish missionary parents, attended boarding school near London and afterwards attended the University of Edinburgh. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Liddell created headlines by refusing to run in the heats for his favoured 100 metres because they were held on a Sunday. Instead he trained for and competed in the 40...
Secret Believers Part 2 - A true story by Michelle Buckman
June 30, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBBased on the book "Secret Believers" by Brother Andrew: Open this book and meet Christians who are courageous in the face of persecution. Butros, a Christian man with a heart for the church. Ahmed, Mustafa and Hassan, devout Muslims until their hearts are changed by the Truth of Scripture. Salima, a rich young woman who loses everything when she falls in love with Jesus. How can Christianity flourish in the face of Sharia law? How can Christ's love win Muslims? What price will these believe...
Secret Believers - A true story in two parts - Part 2
June 30, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBBased on the book "Secret Believers" by Brother Andrew: Open this book and meet Christians who are courageous in the face of persecution. Butros, a Christian man with a heart for the church. Ahmed, Mustafa and Hassan, devout Muslims until their hearts are changed by the Truth of Scripture. Salima, a rich young woman who loses everything when she falls in love with Jesus. How can Christianity flourish in the face of Sharia law? How can Christ's love win Muslims? What price will these believe...
Secret Believers Part 1 - A true story by Michelle Buckman
June 23, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBBased on the book "Secret Believers" by Brother Andrew: Open this book and meet Christians who are courageous in the face of persecution. Butros, a Christian man with a heart for the church. Ahmed, Mustafa and Hassan, devout Muslims until their hearts are changed by the Truth of Scripture. Salima, a rich young woman who loses everything when she falls in love with Jesus. How can Christianity flourish in the face of Sharia law? How can Christ's love win Muslims? What price will these believe...
Secret Believers - A true story in two parts - Part 1
June 23, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBBased on the book "Secret Believers" by Brother Andrew: Open this book and meet Christians who are courageous in the face of persecution. Butros, a Christian man with a heart for the church. Ahmed, Mustafa and Hassan, devout Muslims until their hearts are changed by the Truth of Scripture. Salima, a rich young woman who loses everything when she falls in love with Jesus. How can Christianity flourish in the face of Sharia law? How can Christ's love win Muslims? What price will these believe...
Andrew van der Bijl - A brief biography by Michelle Buckman
June 18, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBAndrew van der Bijl (better known as Brother Andrew) is a Christian missionary born in1928 in the Netherlands, and remembered for his exploits in smuggling Bibles into communist countries at the height of the Cold War, for which he earned the nickname "God's smuggler" and wrote of his experiences in a book by the same name (1967). He founded an organisation called "Open Doors" to support Christians in countries where their freedom is limited or non-existent. (Recorded 23 December, 2018)
John Newton - A brief biography by Michelle Buckman (Part 2)
June 11, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 24.9 MBJohn Newton (1725 - 1807) was an English Anglican clergyman and abolitionist After coming to Christ, Newton renounced this trade and became a prominent supporter of abolitionism. Now an evangelical, he was ordained as a Church of England clergyman and served in the parish at Olney in Buckinghamshire for two decades. Newton lived to see the British Empire’s abolition of the African slave trade in 1807, just months before his death. John Newton is well known for the hymns he penned, includ...
John Newton - A brief biography by Michelle Buckman (Part 1)
June 06, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 21.6 MBJohn Newton (1725 - 1807) was an English Anglican clergyman who preached the gospel and worked to abolish slavery in England. He went to sea at a young age and worked on slave ships for several years. In 1745, he himself became a slave, but later returned to sea and worked again on slave ships, this time as captain. After coming to Christ, Newton's whole life was transformed. He renounced the slave trade and was ordained as a Church of England clergyman. He is well known for the hymns "A...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - A brief biography by Michelle Buckman
June 02, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBDietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 – 1945) was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church in Germany. His writings have become widely influential, and his book "The Cost of Discipleship" has been described as a modern classic. Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. He was arrested...
DL Moody - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
May 26, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBDwight Lyman Moody (1837 – 1899) was an American evangelist and publisher. One of his most famous quotes was "Faith makes all things possible... Love makes all things easy." Moody gave up his lucrative boot and shoe business to devote his life to preaching the gospel, working first in the Civil War with union troops through the YMCA and later in Chicago where he built a major evangelical centre, which is still active. Working with the singer Ira Sankey, he toured the US and the British Isle...
Sadhu Sundar Singh - a brief biogrpahy by Michelle Buckman - Part 2
May 21, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 19.9 MBThis is part 2 of the story of Sadhu Sundar Singh. We begin when he is just 16 years old and has committed himself to living as a sadhu. Sundar Singh was born into a Sikh family in Punjab state in northern India. He was educated by his mother in their religion but also attended a Christian school to learn English. After his mother's death when he was just fourteen he was very angry and felt life had no meaning. But he was soon dramatically converted to Christ and resolved, despite intens...
Sadhu Sundar Singh - a brief biogrpahy by Michelle Buckman - Part 1
May 15, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutes - 17.9 MBSundar Singh was born into a Sikh family in Punjab state in northern India. He was educated by his mother in their religion but also attended a Christian school to learn English. After his mother's death when he was just fourteen he was very angry and felt life had no meaning. But he was soon dramatically converted to Christ and resolved, despite intense opposition, to preach the gospel to his own people. (Recorded 11 June 2017)
John Wesley - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
May 11, 2020 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBJohn Wesley (1703 – 1791) was an English clergyman, theologian and evangelist who led a revival movement within the Church of England that soon became known as Methodism. In 1738, he was converted after serving as an ordained missionary to America for two years. Wesley, like George Whitefield, found the need and usefulness of preaching outdoors. Across Great Britain and Ireland, he helped form and organise small Christian groups that developed intensive and personal accountability, discipl...
George Müller - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
May 07, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBGeorge Müller (1805-1898) was born in Prussia, and his youth was spent in utter ungodliness, even surpassing many of his age in sin and folly. His conversion was strangely sudden and happened simply by finding himself for the first time in the company of praying people. His life was at once turned wholly to God, and he rapidly grew in the knowledge of Him. He is remembered chiefly for his work among orphans in Bristol, England. In this work he proved that God could and would supply the ne...