The Church

Shaved and Shorn, But Not Beyond Hope

Judges 16:22

… A man was once a member of a Christian Church, godly and gracious. Satan has shaved him of all that was distinctive and religious. He has gone into …

Psalm 118

Psalm 118

… He is "the head over all things to the church, "and by him the church is fitly framed together, and groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord …

"Living, Loving, Lasting Union"

Ephesians 5:30

… William Olney, senior deacon of the Church at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, a service was held in the Tabernacle. The building was crowded with sympathizing friends who came to …

Questions of the Day and THE Question of the Day

Matthew 22:42

… It deals with the connection between politics and religion, the vexatious question of Church and State. How far does Caesar's rule go? Where does it end? And …

More Than Conquerors

Romans 8:37

… Yet slander did not crush the Church! The fair name of Christianity outlived the reputation of the men who had the effrontery to accuse her. Imprisonment followed slander …

Ripe Fruit

Micah 7:1

… I would have men compelled to own that the Church is a goodly vine and her fruit most pleasant to the taste. To break the metaphor, the Church …

The War of Truth

Exodus 17:9

… Oh! take care, take care, church of Christ, that thou dost not cease thy prayers! Above all, I speak to my own much loved church, my own people …

Characteristics of Christ's Disciples

Luke 14:26

… I will gladly give you money to help you in your business, but I cannot make use of my position in the church to put you into a …

What the Lord's Supper Sees and Says

1 Corinthians 11:26

… But when a Church has lost its conscience and gets into such a state as this Corinthian Church fell into, then, as it does not judge itself, God …

Moses' Decision

Hebrews 11:24

… Perhaps he was of the mind of our Brethren in a certain Church who protest against, but still remain in that Church which gives to ritualism the fullest …

Turning Back in the Day of Battle

Psalm 78:9

… So humanly speaking, the darkness of the world at present is owing to the unfaithfulness of the church, and if the church had been as true to Christ …

Members Of Christ

Ephesians 5:30

… The Scripture says, "He that loves his wife loves himself," and I believe that Christ considers that when He loves His Church, He loves Himself. His care for …

Psalm 60

Psalm 60

… Of both these the church of God in all ages hath had sufficient experience. Look we upon the primitive times, during the infancy of the church, however the …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… PAUL seems very much at home when he is writing to the church at Thessalonica. In his letters to that favored people he unveils his inmost feelings. He …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… There are many in the professing Christian Church who are in the same state as Moab. They called to see the Church officers and asked if they could …

Christ's Finished Work

John 19:30

… Cross, that He might accomplish the Redemption, work out the salvation of His Church—the people given to Him of God—and who, on the eve of that …

Pleading For Prayer

Romans 15:30-33

… Though a Hebrew of the Hebrews, he stands in the very front of the whole Gentile Church as its founder and teacher under God. And we owe to …

Confirmation

… What a strength to a church is a confirmed Christian! He is a comfort to the sorrowful, and a help to the weak. Would you not like to …

Israel in Egypt

Revelation 15:3

… And here we observe that, like the church of God, the vast host of Israel had been delivered from bondage. We, my brethren, who constitute a part of …

Good Works

Titus 2:14

… It was the distinguishing mark of a Puritan, in these times, to see him going to church twice a day, with his Bible under his arm; and while …

Psalm 79

Psalm 79

… It is an awful thing when wicked men are found in the church and numbered with her ministry. Then are the tares sown with the wheat, and the …

Psalm 110

Psalm 110

… It is in and through the church that for the present the power of the Messiah is known. Jehovah has given to Jesus all authority in the midst …

Psalm 67

Psalm 67

… The whole church, each church, and each little company, may rightly pray, bless us. It would, however, be very wrong to let our charity end where it begins …

Come, My Beloved!

Solomon 8:14

… THE Song of Songs describes the love of Jesus Christ to His people and it ends with an intense desire on the part of the Church that the …

The Chariots Of Amminadib

Solomon 6:12

… You will notice in this chapter that, from the fourth verse, He has been referring to His Church. "You are beautiful, O My love, as Tirzah, comely as …

Inward Conflicts

Solomon 6:13

… THIS verse is not addressed to the Church in her doubting state, nor while seeking her absent Lord, but it refers to her in her very best condition …

A New Creation

Revelation 21:5

… It is not the custom of the Holy Spirit to talk of the Church of England, but He would speak of the Church in London, the Church in …

Paul, the Ready

Romans 1:15

… When a Church is all mouth, what becomes of the body? If it were all mouth, it would simply become a vacuum—nothing more—and the Church in …

What Had Become of Peter?

Acts 12:18

… He has began to tell his experience at a Church Meeting. Peter did that very soon. He beckoned with his hand and told them how the Lord had …

A Mournful Defection

John 6:67

… To their parish church, or to some Ritualistic church in their neighborhood, they go once on the Sunday. They patronize the place by their presence. They show themselves …

'Yet There Is Room'

Luke 14:22

… And in this Church we have had a revival that has lasted all the years of our pastorate. We have had no special season of revival—there has …

The Betrayal

Luke 22:47

… You that are Church-officers, do not conclude that because you enjoy the confidence of the Church, that therefore of an absolute certainty the grace of God is …

The Interest Of Christ And His People In Each Other

Solomon 2:16

… This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the Church." Christ and His Church are one—one as the stones are one with the foundation …

The Serpent's Sentence

Genesis 3:14

… Sometimes it looks as if there was going to be peace, for the world flatters the Church and the Church seeks to conform herself to the world. As …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… That kind of new birth which is dispensed by the Church of Rome, and also by some in the Church of England, is a kind of new birth …

A Handkerchief

John 20:15

… There is nothing worse than sluggishness in the pastors and members of a church. What is the use of a dead church? It is no use at all …

A Wonder Explained By Greater Wonders

Lamentations 3:57

… At this moment the whole conformation of humanity on the face of the globe bears a direct relation to the ultimate Church of God. Thrones and crowns must …

The Spies

Numbers 13:32

… If a church is blind the world is not. It is a common proverb, “As sound asleep as a church,” and a very true one, for most churches …

Joshua's Obedience

Joshua 1:7

… The Church may be wrong in a great many points, and yet be accepted before God because the conscience of the Church may not be enlightened. But what …

Christ and His Table Companions

Luke 22:14

… I have often wondered why the Church of Rome does not buy up all those pictures by one of its most renowned painters, Leonardo da Vinci, in which …