The Bible

A Defence of Calvinism

… If, then, I find taught in one part of the Bible that everything is foreordained, that is true ; and if I find, in another Scripture, that man is …

Week-day Services, 1858-1860

… It was a solitary monk, in his lonely cell, who, discovering the Word of God, read it, and, finding that It cheered his otherwise dismal hours, and gave …

Open Praise and Public Confession

Psalm 138:1-3

… One part of the Bible is given up by one and another part is rejected by another. One of our wise men says, "I have given up all …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… all things, students of the Word of God; this, indeed, is a main point of your avocation. If we do not study Scripture, and those books that will …

Questions of the Day and THE Question of the Day

Matthew 22:42

… Like the cuttle-fish, which escapes by clouding the water all around it, so do they avoid the invitations and declarations of the Word of God by raising …

Feeding on the Word

Isaiah 55:2

… Better still, the food is the Incarnate Word of God, for Christ Jesus, the Son of Man, the Son of God, is the Word! If men feed on …

Peace—a Fact and a Feeling

Romans 5:1

… Did you ever read in the Bible that you were to have peace with the devil? Look at the text—"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace …

Five Links in a Golden Chain

Titus 1:4

… The young women of Crete appear to have been such that they needed to be taught "to love their husbands." That expression does not occur elsewhere in Scripture …

Co-workers With God

Psalm 127:1

… Take that for certain! Lay it down as a Scripture Proverb. When God sends us a wet time, and we have to sow in the moist, foggy atmosphere …

Christ's Universal Kingdom and How It Comes

Psalms 2:8

… I would rather you heard the Word of God by far than my word and, therefore, we will keep to our reading. It will bring you encouragement and …

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Genesis 4:9

… The very same thing, no doubt, lies at the bottom of objections to Bible Truths. There are some who do not go to Scripture to take out of …

Prologue — Introduction by Dinsdale T. Young

… No man can pray with high effect unless he is steeped in Scripture. Mr. Spurgeon lived and moved and had his being in the Word of God. He …

The Moral of a Miracle

Mark 11:22

… We must show our faith by the testimony we bear—and the Word of God that comes out of faithful lips shall roll like thunder, flash like lightning …

Believing To See No.

Psalm 27:13

… Throughout all the Bible this is the one ray of light that comes out of the darkness to poor troubled man—"He that believes on Him is not …

A Sermon Upon One Nothing by Another Nothing

2 Corinthians 12:11

… Most, if not all, of the great falls recorded in the Bible happened to middle-aged and old people! Think of the drunkenness of Noah and of Lot …

Crowning Blessings Ascribed to God

Psalm 65:11

… infinite for number and fullness! Every text of Scripture is boundless in its meaning! We could preach from the Bible throughout eternity and not exhaust it! A narrow …

Our Gifts and How To Use Them

2 Timothy 1:6

… Romanism will never do much with people who know the doctrines of the Word of God—it is a bat and hates sunlight. Every one of us ought …

Joy Hindering Faith

Luke 24:41-45

… Ah, you do not need to read your Bible for that! Reading your own heart, by the light of the Bible, and remembering that every evil thought as …

The Free Agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-25

… For instance, in your class in the Sunday school, it was the reading of a certain chapter in the Bible that brought one of your scholars to Christ …

Another Lesson From Manasseh's Life

2 Chronicles 33:10

… In Holy Scripture, God warns men. He tells them that sin is an evil thing and that if it is persisted in, it will bring endless ruin to …

The Great Catastrophe at the Surrey Gardens Music Hall

… My Bible, once my daily food, was but a hand to lift the sluices of my woe. Prayer yielded no balm to me ; in fact, my soul was …

The Unkept Vineyard—or, Personal Work Neglected

Solomon 1:6

… How much are we at that Mercy Seat? We often say that the Word of God is precious—that every page of it glows with a heavenly light …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… Oh, say not so! Every Doctrine of God's Word is good! Every Truth in the Bible is precious! The omission of any one part of it, willfully …

The Tender Grapes

Solomon 2:13

… The vine is constantly used, in Scripture, as a picture of the nominal Church of Christ, so, like the vine, we must either bring forth fruit or we …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… Oh, Beloved, it was so once with you! A text of Scripture, a threat, a touch of the rod of affliction and you went to your Father's …

Craving the Best Things

1 Samuel 21:9

… Speak of "the sword of the Spirit, which is THE WORD OF GOD," and you may well say, "there is none like that." It is incomparable in its …

The Widow of Sarepta

1 Kings 17:8

… When the minister's voice, or the Word of God in the Bible shall explain and enforce the Truth of God, the man will perceive it and discover …

Hope for Your Future

… In these days, when it is fashionable to sneer at the doctrines of Scripture and nobody is thought to be sensible who believes anything, the young Believer is …

Christ's Care of His Disciples

John 18:8

… those that You gave Me Ihave kept, andnone of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled. What a blessed Shepherd is …

Work For Jesus

Matthew 21:28

… Mary Woolnoth, he was helped up and then, leaning on his pulpit Bible he poured out his soul. A friend of his said to him, "Dear Mr. Newton …

Baptism’A Burial

Romans 6:3-4

… A godless man may pray as much as a Christian, read as much of the Bible as a Christian, and even go beyond us in externals; but there …

Simeon's Swan Song

Luke 2:29

… I would gladly prevent this—which of you will help me? Then up rose one who said, "I will go forth and say that the Bible is not …

A Rich Life

… Never, never neglect the Word of God; that will make thy heart rich with precept, thy head rich with understanding, and thy bowels rich with compassion; then, thy …

Satan's Punctuality, Power and Purpose

Luke 8:12

… IT is a great comfort that such multitudes are willing to hear the Word of God. Even though many should turn out to be as the rock, the …

The Believer Not An Orphan

John 14:18

… You may be made to know and to comprehend those knotty points in the Word of God which have hitherto puzzled you. You have but humbly to look …

'Our Light Affliction'

2 Corinthians 4:17

… But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the Word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to …

God's Works Made Manifest

John 9:3

… I am like that tonight." Now, the first work of God that we read of in the Bible is the work of creation—"In the beginning God created …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… Many, as they read the Bible, find fault with this transaction; but, to my mind, if God bade them do it, that was enough of justification for them …

Supposing Him to Have Been in the Company

Luke 2:44

… Do not, therefore, suppose anything concerning Jesus, but read the Word of God and see what is revealed about Him. Never clip the King's coin, but accept …

Heavenly Worship

Revelation 14:1-3

… Bible. You may hate it, and gnash and grind your teeth against it; but, remember, we can trace the pedigree of this doctrine, even apart from Scripture, to …