Gordon J. Keddie

Commendations for Gordon Keddie's new book

Redemption, Reconciliation, and Reformation

This volume is a marvelous gem of historical biography and devotional theology. This is the kind of good old book that makes for happy and relevant reading.
—William VanDoodewaard
professor of church history, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan

The still useful articles by Alexander McLeod, a central founder of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, are helpful, not easy, reading. Included is his famous 1802 takedown of American race-based slavery.
—William Edgar
retired pastor and author of History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 1871–1920.

The literatures of Rev. Dr. Alexander McLeod, a biblical exegetist, give readers an opportunity to understand the radical antislavery motives and Christian beliefs of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States in the nineteenth century.
—Rochelle E. Danquah
History Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Commendations for Gordon Keddie's book

Portraits of Christ

In their book, Portraits of Christ, Gordon Keddie and David Whitla have done what was so needed. They have produced a devotional book in the tradition of the Puritans that will cause us to meditate on the beauty of the person and work of Jesus Christ.
—Jeff Kingswood
senior minister, Grace Presbyterian Church (ARP), Woodstock, ON, Canada

This is exactly the devotional that I have been wishing someone would write.…Several have tried to provide a deep, but accessible devotional guide to Christology. Dr. Whitla and Rev. Keddie have actually succeeded.
—Harrison Perkins
assistant minister, London City Presbyterian Church, England

Christ is the best of subjects for our study, and Gordon Keddie and David Whitla helpfully mine the unsearchable riches of Christ through forty biblical pictures of the Savior. Would you like to know Christ as your food, light, shelter, shepherd, and much more? Here is sound doctrine for heartfelt devotion in daily life.
—Joel R. Beeke
president, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

I guarantee that if you begin each of these devotional chapters with prayer to have your eyes opened to see Jesus, you will end the chapter with praise as you look upon Him.
—Barry York
president, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary

This is the kind of book you will want to read again.
—William VanDoodewaard
professor of church history, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Commendations for Gordon Keddie's book

Prayers of the Bible

Starting your prayers can be like starting a cold diesel engine. Gordon Keddie's brief devotions are like glowplugs for the soul—just what we need to ignite heart-warming prayer and propel our spiritual lives through the day.
—JOEL BEEKE, president
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

Good daily devotionals are surely among the most useful books a Christian can own...This is a book that will make an excellent aid to personal or family worship.
—DR. CARL TRUEMAN
Westminster Theological Seminary

About Gordon

Gordon J. Keddie (1944 - 2023) is the author of dozens of commentaries on Bible books and themes, he also composed numerous articles, both popular and academic. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland near the close of World War II, he received his early education at George Heriot’s School and later studied biology at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He then prepared to enter the ministry by attending Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh.

Over more than forty years he pastored four Reformed Presbyterian churches: North Hills (western Pennsylvania), Wishaw (Scotland), State College (central Pennsylvania), and Southside Indianapolis (Indiana). He retired from active ministry in 2014. He and his wife, Jane, have three adult sons and three beloved grandchildren.

Redemption, Reconciliation, and Reformation

Alexander McLeod (1774–1833) was a celebrated writer and well-known abolitionist leader in his time, but the body of his work has been inaccessible to the modern reader—until now.
Comprised of 18 writings, Keddie's volume gathers McLeod's work into three categories.
"Redemption" offers gems about intimacy with God and careful exegeses of Romans 8:18-23 and 9:22-23.
"Reconciliation" includes an examination of Christ's atonement and its reconciling effect, as well as an essay on how the work of pastoral ministry is a ministry of reconciliation.
In "Reformation," you'll discover McLeod's important essay on the kingship of Christ and another on his call for the end to slavery—an 1802 tract that was published repeatedly in 11 editions up until the Civil War.

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Portraits of Christ

Keddie and Whitla unfold 40 rich figures of speech that portray Jesus in both the Old and New Testaments. Using Scripture’s own “portraits-in-words,” they illuminate the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ in thoughtful detail and issue a pastoral call for response. As you see and understand Christ through his own word pictures, you will find a summons to love and worship him more.

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Prayers of the Bible

Though we may find prayer challenging at the best of times, it remains the preeminent medium in which we bring ourselves before our Lord and Savior. Coming daily before the throne of grace is vital to every Christian's life. The fruit of more than thirty years of prayer meetings undertaken in the congregations Gordon Keddie pastored, these two-page meditations on prayer serve as a means of grace.

All the main prayers of Scripture are included, as are many of the passages that teach about prayer. Each day offers a scripture passage with a meditation, a suggested psalm to sing, and space to write items for prayer--all with the purpose to encourage you to commit to the consistent exercise and enjoyment of prayer.

Ignite Your Prayer Life