The Bible

Christ and His Co-workers

Mark 16:20

… believe." Whatever may be said outside the Bible about preaching, you have only to turn to the Word of God, itself, to find what a Divine ordinance it …

Lukewarmness

Revelation 3:15

… The Bible is, none the less, chaste because it scorns to call foul things by fair names. I love the Word of God because, while it is a …

The Word of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18

… He who is truly wise has some respect for others and the most profound respect for the Word of God. But why is it that you count the …

The Sower

Matthew 13:3

… He was in the Bible class for a year or two and he gained a deal of Scriptural knowledge there. He was also a regular hearer of the …

Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: A New Year's Promise

Deuteronomy 33:24-25

… The Word of God has mines in it. Even the surface of it is rich, and it brings forth food for us; but it is with Scripture as …

Faith—life

Habakkuk 2:4

… THE fact that these words are so frequently found in the Word of God is a sufficient justification for often preaching from them. There seems to be, among …

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… Bible, when, "they began to be merry." Come, for all things are ready! Turn not away! God bless you, for Christ's sake. Amen. PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ …

Lessons From the Manna

Exodus 16:4

… Be not idlers with the Word of God—search it. Got up early in the morning to read your Bible if you cannot do it at other times …

The Lord's Name and Memorial

Isaiah 55:13

… England will always flourish while she honors the Word of God. If she departs from the Gospel to follow after Popery she may expect her prosperity to decline …

A Cure For Unsavory Meats—or, Salt for the White of an Egg

Job 6:6

… The Holy Spirit bears witness with the Word of God upon the quickened heart and conscience of the people of God—and that Word of God becomes life …

A Message from God for Thee

Lamentations 4:22

… And now, lastly, WHAT CLAIMS HAVE THESE MESSAGES TO OUR FAITH? Well, we believe this Bible to be the Word of God. I know we live in a …

Goodness Going Before

Psalm 21:3

… had at the time of the translation of our authorized version of the Bible, so that now we should say, instead, "You precede Him, got before Him with …

God's Fire and Hammer

Jeremiah 23:29

… We will begin with the statement which is made so plainly here, the Word of God has power in it. It is like fire. It is like a …

God's Own Gospel Call

Isaiah 55:3

… They will not follow the Bible but their own brains, such as they are. They endeavor to make for themselves a chart of a sea they have never …

An Exciting Enquiry

Matthew 21:10

… From marketplace to marketplace they went with but half-pages or whole pages of the Word of God, as fast as they could be printed! They read them …

Friendship's Guide

John 15:14

… The mass of mankind who pretend to be religious, suppose this Bible to be written to all sorts of good people, but not particularly to themselves. And there …

Encouragement to Trust and Pray

Isaiah 30:19

… then—you have no doubt about its being so! Come, then, with your Bible open, put your finger upon the Words and say, "I believe that God is …

The Sciences as Sources of Illustration

… The knowledge of the gospel, as it is revealed to us in the Word of God, makes it true to us; and oftentimes the Bible is to us …

The Broken Fence

… They also opened the word of God before us, and they taught us the ways of right both toward God and toward men. They prayed for us, and …

The Gentleness Of Jesus

Matthew 12:19

… EVERY single fragment of Scripture is precious. Short texts culled here and there, as subjects of meditation, are useful. At the same time the practice of discoursing upon …

Happiness—the Privilege and Duty of Christians

Deuteronomy 33:29

… Above all, the Holy Spirit has adopted the Lawgiver's words, for He had Himself inspired them—and we have them here in the Infallible Word of God …

Joshua's Obedience

Joshua 1:7

… Always stand to it that your creed must bend to the Bible, and not the Bible to your creed—and dare to be a little inconsistent with yourselves …

Serving the Lord With Gladness

Psalm 100:2

… Dear Sunday school teachers, make the Sunday happy, and your children happy by serving the Lord with gladness! City missionaries and Bible women, do not go round your …

"Lo, I Come"—Exposition

Psalm 40:6-8

… He is the headline of contents to every chapter of Scripture. He is, of all Scripture, the Sum. "In the begin- ning was the Word." Everything speaks of …

Faith

Hebrews 11:6

… Believe me, this is an age when the Bible is not so much thought of as it used to be. Some hundred years ago the world was covered …

Unknown Depths and Heights

Luke 23:34

… The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church! But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians …

How May Faith Be Illustrated?

… An old Christian was in the habit of writing T and P in the margin of her Bible whenever she had tried and proved a promise. How easy …

Heaven Above and Heaven Below

Revelation 7:16

… but He will take of the things of Christ and will show them unto you. A Truth of God may be like a jewel in the Word of …

The Sad Wonder

Mark 6:6

… You do not doubt the inspiration of Scripture, you Christian people, yet you doubt the Truth of something in Scripture. You do not doubt the Deity of Christ …

The Feast of the Lord

… I find no teaching of that kind in the Word of God. I do find that too often such things lead to idolatry. And what shall we say …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:13

… You read the Bible to them. "Don't read the Scriptures," they say, "every text cuts me to the quick, for I have neglected the Word of God …

"I Thought"

2 Kings 5:11

… And then they turn to the Bible for passages which may be twisted to support their ideas—instead of coming to the Book to learn what is in …

The Pastor's Joy and Confidence

Philippians 1:3-7

… What strength holy living in his people gives to the preacher of the Word of God! A man comes before you and says, "There is, somewhere about here …

The Sixth Beatitude

Matthew 5:8

… I have often noticed, when men have railed at religion and reviled the holy Word of God, that their lives have been impure. Seldom, if ever, have I …

Entangled in the Land

Exodus 14:3

… He perceives the Doctrine of Election in the Bible and he asks, "What is this?" It may be he is greatly puzzled with this doctrine, for though it …

The Joy Of Jesus

Luke 10:21

… comes to the Word of God and says, "Now, I know theology beforehand. I do not come here to find my creed in the Bible and learn it …

Christ in Bonds

John 18:24

… Let the heart of God in the Bible speak to your own heart. If you do not, that clasped Bible, that shut-up Bible—that precious Book hidden …

Christ's Prayer for Believers

John 17:20

… But I think no sincere and earnest student of Scripture will ever believe that God commences to love His people when they begin to love Him! Such a …

Mature Faith—Illustrated By Abraham's Offering Up Isaac

Genesis 22:2

… After all, my Brethren, what is the good of consulting when we know the Lord's mind? If I go to the Bible and see very plainly there …

The Eternal Truth of God

Psalm 100:5

… His published Word which He has made known to us in Holy Scripture. The Bible, having in it testimonies from God, is not a book for yesterday, nor …