The Church

The Everlasting Counselor

Micah 4:9

… THIS question is addressed to the Church of God, for in the context it is written, "And you, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter …

Comfort and Constancy

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… There are many such spirits that are constantly rising up, not outside the Church—there, we could deal with them—but inside the Church, using the Words of …

Supposing Him to Have Been in the Company

Luke 2:44

… This has been the cause of the division of the Church into sects—the bones of contention have not been revealed Truths of God, but imagined fictions! I …

The Preparatory Prayers of Christ

Luke 3:21

… If you come to join the Church, but do not pray to God to uphold you in consistency of life, and to make your profession sincere, the probability …

The Ear Bored With An Awl

Exodus 21:5

… He must stand fast by the Church, and by the Church's Head, when there are children begotten unto him by the power of the Holy Spirit through …

A Home for the Fatherless

… Hillyard, the widow of a Church of England clergyman; but the various circumstances which preceded that noble act of generosity are not so widely known. In the previous …

Faith and Life

2 Peter 1:1-4

… Speak of “liberty, equality, and fraternity,” you shall only find these things carried out within the Church of Christ. There is indeed a blessed equality here, for the …

A Catechism for the Proud

1 Corinthians 4:7

… THE Corinthian Church was exceedingly gifted. Perhaps no other Church of the period had in it so many persons of education and talent. The Apostle says of them …

The Healing of One Born Blind

John 9:32

… It is the Church's business to spread light on all sides and for this work she is well qualified. We ought not to suffer any person to …

Christian Conversation

Psalm 145:11

… I consider that one of the great lacks of the Church, nowadays, is not so much Christian preaching as Christian talking—not so much Christian prayer in the …

Something Done for Jesus

Matthew 26:10

… When you give your money to the Church of God to maintain the preaching of the Gospel, or to assist missionary enterprise, or whatever else the Church has …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, I will declare Your name unto My brethren, in the midst of the Church will I …

Early Wedded Life

… We had a cosy suite of rooms (by special favour) in the entresol of the Hotel Meurice, and every day we explored some fresh museum, or church, or …

Our Lord's Substitution

1 Peter 2:24

… Oh, if we could but get all those who are members of our churches to personally serve the Lord Jesus Christ, what a powerful church we would have …

Onward!

Philippians 3:13

… It is to be feared that there is springing up in some parts of the Christian Church a deceitful form of self-righteousness which leads even good people …

Altogether Lovely

Solomon 5:16

… I believe these to be the most useful saints, also, and to be in the Christian church as a tower of strength. I pray that you and I …

Creation—An Argument For Faith

Jeremiah 32:17

… I see the Christian Church degenerating more and more into a society acting upon the same principles as commercial companies. The Church, I fear, cannot now say, "We …

Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way

Genesis 11:31

… And you shall be a blessing." At this moment God is working in much the same manner in the midst of the world by His Church. A Church …

The Saviour's Many Crowns

Revelation 19:12

… He reigneth in his church amidst willing spirits; and he reigns for his church over all the nations of the world, that he may gather unto himself a …

Rest As a Test

Jeremiah 6:16

… The Roman Catholic church has embodied to the very full the doctrine of salvation by works with which, indeed, is our great quarrel—the same that Martin Luther …

Established Work

Psalm 90:17

… And, next, the work of building up of a Church. And then the work of testifying to the Truth as it is in Jesus—a work which is …

A Song Among the Lilies

Solomon 2:16

… The cause of the church is the cause of Christ; the work of God will never be accomplished by the church apart from Christ, her power lies in …

The Well-beloved's Vineyard

Isaiah 5:1

… and I will lay it waste." "It shall not be pruned, nor dug; but there shall come up briars and thorns." Nothing happens worse to a church or …

The Modern Dead Sea and the Living Waters

Ezekiel 47:8

… From this I gather that our God means to use His Church for His purposes of Grace. "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined." We …

The Friends Of Jesus

John 15:14

… Christ does not say, "You are My friends if you rise to a position of respectability among men, or honor in the Church." No, however poor you may …

"Do You Love Me?"

John 21:16

… In some respects he was a foundation stone of the Church and yet it was necessary to say to him, "Do you love Me?" There was once an …

Pride Catechized and Condemned

1 Corinthians 4:7

… Pride and self-conceit had led the members of the church in Corinth to choose for themselves distinct leaders, and to arrange them selves under separate banners: the …

The Spiced Wine of My Pomegranate

… 26 ), it is interesting to know that the word koinwnian is used, as if to show that the generous gifts of the Church in Achaia to its sister …

God'S Strange Choice

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

… The Church, again, is called a building. With whom does the architecture of the building rest? With the building? With the stones? Do the stones select themselves? Did …

'Pray, Always Pray'

John 16:26

… We are very apt to look upon that time as being the sunniest era which the Church of God ever enjoyed, yet it was not so. The dispensation …

The Final Separation

Matthew 25:32

… But inside the Church there are a number of persons who have so much about them that looks good and yet so much that is terribly inconsistent, that …

Jericho Captured

Joshua 6:2

… We shall never see the Church become strong and mighty till every single member of the Church shall realize his responsibility. We must all encompass this city. Observe …

A Witness and a Partaker

1 Peter 5:1

… I judge that the principal business of any minister of Christ, or of any elder of the Church of Christ, is to bear testimony to the sufferings of …

Confidence and Concern

2 Timothy 1:12-14

… Worldliness is growing over the Church, she is overgrown with the moss of it. The visible Church is honeycombed through and through with a baptized infidelity! Unholy living …

A Word for the Persecuted

1 Samuel 20:10

… A little persecution for the church in England would be a grand thing for her. We have fallen on very velvety days, when zeal for God is rare …

"At Your Word"

Luke 5:5

… The power of the Church and the power of the individual to please God shall never be fully known till we get back to the simple, yet sublime …

Paul—His Cloak And His Books

2 Timothy 4:13

… And fifty miles before he reached Rome, a little band of members of the Church came to meet him. And when he came within twenty miles of the …

Self-Sufficiency Slain

John 15:5

… With the exception of ancient Pelagians and their modern off-spring, I do not know that the Church has afforded any instance of any professors who have doubted …

The Question of Questions

John 9:35

… The man was excommunicated and was then placed under the ban of the Jewish Church—but trust in the Son of God would quickly remove from him any …

Jesus Christ Immutable

Hebrews 13:8

… Let us stand up for His rights over His Church, for He is King of Zion and none have a right to rule there but under and in …