The Church

Seekers Directed and Encouraged

Jeremiah 29:13

… Perhaps you have left the Church, or the Church has left you by putting you outside its pale and deservedly so, because you were a dishonor to it …

Possessing Possessions

… If your Church membership is a mere trifle to you. If you think that a Church is simply a community of people who meet together for religious purposes …

Facing the Wind

2 Thessalonians 3:13

… I very greatly question whether an average church of Christ in modern times is not considerably superior to any church that we have read of in the New …

A Fatal Deficiency

Romans 8:9

… The true Church of Christ, being in herself a spiritual body, acts in a spiritual manner and strives after spiritual objects. Yonder Church which is wrapped up in …

The Winnowing Fan

Hebrews 12:14

… But if it should, the Church must not hesitate. I am persuaded that doctrinal differences in a Church, by breeding the spirit of contention, altogether prevent that Church …

New Tokens of Ancient Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… The Church is like the moon which shines with borrowed light. When God shines upon the Church, then the Church shines by reflecting His light. The Glory of …

Others To Be Gathered In

Isaiah 56:8

… We never prosper as a Church unless we have a fresh stream of young blood running into us. Mark an old Church with no converts and see how …

Recruits for King Jesus

1 Chronicles 12:16-18

… It is true that if you do not join a Church till you find a perfect one you will not be a Church member this side of Heaven …

The Lessons of the Foot-washing

John 13:3-5

… And now that the Lord is gone, His Church still needs servants and servants to wash feet, or else all will go amiss. On earth the Church will …

Taking Hold of God

Isaiah 64:7

… Wherever he is settled in Providence, he sets about founding a Church for his Lord. He is glad to be a member of a large Church for the …

Rubbish

Nehemiah 4:10

… We have to build the walls of the Church for God, but we cannot build it for there is so much rubbish in our way. This is true …

Nothing But Leaves

Mark 11:13

… Doctrine, my brethren, is to be prized above all price! Woe to the Church of God when error shall be thought a trifle, for truth be lightly esteemed …

A Discourse For A Revival Season

Jeremiah 8:19

… It becomes a very solemn thing when God is in His Church how that Church behaves herself. Suppose that Church to set up false principles—if her King …

And Why Not?

Luke 17:22

… Evildoers and evil teachers came into the Church. Heresies and schisms began to divide the body of Christ and dark days of lukewarmness and half-heartedness covered them …

The Wandering Bird

Proverbs 27:8

… And the Christian minister must know that there is no other church so comfortable for him as the church which he was the means of forming! "I dwell …

The Swift Camels

1 Kings 4:20-28

… The present state of the Church may be compared to the reign of David, splendid with victories, but disturbed with battles. But there are better days to come …

Our Expectation

Isaiah 53:10

… Worldliness has gone a long way to destroy the Church of God. I judge it to be the worst cankerworm that assails us. Persons come into the Church …

Importance of Small Things in Religion

… The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible is the religion of Christ’s Church. And until we come back to that the Church will have …

Preparation Necessary for the Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… It is true that you cannot come there unless the Church, itself, consents to your coming—but the Church takes upon itself none of the responsibility of your …

A Question for Communicants

Exodus 12:26

… He said that to the angel of the Church of the Laodiceans, the Church which was neither cold nor hot, which He threatened to spew out of His …

The Elders Before The Throne

Revelation 4:4

… Still is it but one building—one roof covers the whole, both lazar-house and palace— one family, we dwell in it—one Church, above, beneath, though now …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… Jerusalem is a type of the Church of God. It is always well when we can see clearly, distinctly and plainly that around the Church to which we …

A Secret And Yet No Secret

Solomon 4:12

… The Church is the exclusive portion of her Lord's—none else may claim a partnership, or pretend to share her love. Jesus, Your Church delights to have …

Christ's Dying Word for His Church

John 19:30

… The Church is the point of meeting—"Where the tribes go up." The Church is the place of "testimony"—and saints go to hear testimony and to bear …

God of the Hills and God of the Valleys

1 Kings 20:28

… But the Church of God triumphed over all opposition. Like a good ship in stormy waters, she mounted the waves which sought to engulf her and made headway …

Paul's Doxology

Ephesians 3:20

… Our third consideration is—WHAT, THEN, SHALL BE RENDERED TO GOD? "Unto Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end." "Unto …

A Good Soldier Of Jesus Christ

2 Timothy 2:2

… Only he who lives to his God, to Christ, to the Truth of God, to the Church, and to the good old cause—only he is the man …

Man's Extremity, God's Opportunity

Deuteronomy 32:36

… I shall apply the text, first of all, to THE LORD'S OWN CHURCH. It may relate to any sorely-tried church I may be addressing some Brothers …

Psalm 76

Psalm 76

… The peculiar relation of God to his church. Verse 2. ( first clause ). A peaceful church the tabernacle of God. The benefits peace confers, the evils of strife, the …

The Dawn of Revival, or Prayer Speedily Answered

… If there are but a dozen men in this, my Church, who have set their faces for a revival, we shall surely have it! Of this my heart …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… The first preachers were very successful, for it seems that in about two years the church at Antioch was firmly established. That church grew amazingly, then why should …

The Great Birthday and Our Coming of Age

Galatians 4:3-6

… Let us consider by the light of our text the special effect produced upon the Church of God by the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ in human …

Great Joy In the City

Acts 8:8

… Saul and other enemies of the Truth of God were making havoc in the Church. Good men were taken to prison, excellent Christian Sisters were shut up in …

Psalm 80

Psalm 80

… Parallel between the Church and a vine. Verse 12. 1. The hedges of the Church. 2. Their removal. 3. The deplorable consequences. Verse 13. What are the greatest …

The King's Sharp Arrows

Psalm 45:5

… Christ greatly admires the beauty of His Church when she is separated from the world, and it is nothing but an adulterous alliance when the church becomes united …

Jesus and the Lambs

Isaiah 40:11

… If, indeed, you are converted, we dare not refuse you! I hope the Church of Jesus will no more think of refusing you than would our Lord Himself …

John Mark—or, Haste in Religion

Mark 14:50-52

… Besides, how much damage you do the church with which you are connected! All the persecutors and infidels outside the church's walls can never harm us so …

Mourning For Christ

Zechariah 12:10

… Modern Ritualists want us to go to Church every morning and night to pray—the Church is opened all day long, so I see by a notice on …

Good Cheer for Christians

Isaiah 25:6

… A second meaning is the Church. Frequently Jerusalem is used as the symbol of the Church of God, and it is within the pale of the Church that …

Divine and Human Ordination

… The Reverend Titus has met with a church which will insist upon an ordination, and he is ordained; but the President of his College, having; never- undergone such …