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"Rest in the Lord"
Psalm 37:7
… Personal troubles and domestic troubles sit very lightly on some of us, but Church trouble perplexes us. Not in my case, because none of you who love the …
SERMON • SERMON 1349Faith Purifying the Heart
Acts 15:9
… I scarcely know whether legal principles were not able to do more mischief inside the Church by perverting pure doctrine than they could do outside the Church by …
SERMON • SERMON 1005Lessons From Nature
Psalm 104:17-18
… The church of God, like the fabled Salamander, has lived and flourished amid the flames, and has seemed to feed upon the flames that threatened to devour her …
SERMON • SERMON 1822Certain Curious Calculations About Loaves and Fishes
Mark 8:19-21
… This is the way in which a large part of the Church's thought boils up, evaporates and is wasted. Alas for those calculations about pennyworths! Or else …
SERMON • SERMON 534The Mighty Power Which Creates And Sustains Faith
Ephesians 1:19-23
… He is made to be Head over all things to His Church and He is made the fullness of that Church for, "He fills all in all." But …
SERMON • SERMON 2237Gratitude for Deliverance from the Grave
Psalm 118:17
… She said she would not eat it and then I told her that if she was resolved on suicide, I would mention it at Church Meeting that evening …
SERMON • SERMON 3228'Oh, How He Loves!'
John 11:36
… He is the glorious Husband and His Church is His bride, the Lamb's wife. And there is nothing that He has which is not also hers even …
SERMON • SERMON 1398Offended Because of Christ?
Matthew 11:6
… THERE ARE SOME WHO JOIN THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST WHO, AFTER A TIME, ARE OFFENDED. Now, why is it that some who profess to know Him are …
SERMON • SERMON 3123'The King of the Jews'
John 19:19
… The relation between Church and State will not be settled by the statesmen of any political party. There is a very singular relation between the two, though they …
SERMON • SERMON 2159The Holdfasts of Faith
Romans 4:16
… When death crushes down the Church and there seems no sign of revival, then should we believe in the God of Resurrection. The carnal man cares nothing for …
SERMON • SERMON 1415Great Difference
Malachi 2:17
… A silent Church might grope through the world unobserved, but a speaking Church—speaking often within itself—is of necessity soon heard beyond the doors of the house …
COMMENTARYPsalm 150
Psalm 150
… In his church below and in his courts above hallelujahs should be continually presented. In the person of Jesus God finds a holy dwelling or sanctuary, and there …
SERMON • SERMON 533The Queen Of The South, Or The Earnest Enquirer
Matthew 12:42
… Or that men belonging to another Church should listen with anything like candid attention to a doctrine at variance with that which they have heard from their youth …
SERMON • SERMON 1955Jesus Declining the Legions
Matthew 26:53
… Look not to the arm of flesh, but to the Lord our God! Church of God, look not piteously to the State, but fly to the Mercy Seat …
SERMON • SERMON 2971The Right Kind of Fear
Proverbs 28:14
… Never lose this wholesome kind of fear concerning this church and your fellow members, or concerning any other church with which you are connected. Then, have a solemn …
SERMON • SERMON 2928Sham Conversion
2 Kings 17:25
… If there is a Church of Christ, he makes a world's church that shall mimic it. If there is a Gospel, he, too, comes with his good …
SERMON • SERMON 2903Sleepers Awakened
Jonah 1:5
… The material universe is but scaffolding for the Church of Christ. It is but the temporary structure upon which the amazing mystery of redeeming love is being carried …
SERMON • SERMON 2667A Pressed Man Yielding to Christ
John 9:35-38
… The Church of Rome seems to inculcate some kind of implicit faith (or credulity) which can exist apart from knowledge—but how can I believe that which I …
COMMENTARYPsalm 51
Psalm 51
… There is surely no grace in us if we do not feel for the church of God, and take a lasting interest in its welfare. Verse 19. In …
SERMON • SERMON 2787Christ's Triple Character
Isaiah 55:4
… In the Church of God, Jesus Christ is the Leader because His life is the perfect example of practical holiness. First, He is God's Witness revealing to …
SERMON • SERMON 1804Obadiah; or, Early Piety Eminent Piety
1 Kings 18:12
… You may be teaching an Obadiah, whose name shall be heard in future years; you are providing a father for the church, and a benefactor for the world …
SERMON • SERMON 1261Sow To Yourselves
Hosea 10:12
… I fear that too many professed converts leap over these hedges and endeavor to become teachers at once! Without joining themselves to the Church of Christ, or becoming …
SERMON • SERMON 1528"They Were Tempted"
Hebrews 11:37
… There was a period after the Prophets had ceased to prophesy and before Christ came in which the Israelite church had to contend against antichrist and other enemies …
SERMON • SERMON 1341Retreat Impossible
Judges 11:35
… We have given our word to the Lord without any compulsion! The little child, you know, who, according to the Prayer Book [Church of England] is made a …
SERMON • SERMON 2487Ordered Steps
Psalm 119:133
… I say this, also, to you Church officers and to you revered members of the Church who have grown gray in your profession. Take heed to yourselves and …
SERMON • SERMON 366The Silver Trumpet
Isaiah 1:18
… Next Good Friday, what a many will go to church who never go on the Sabbath! Good Friday is an ordinance of man, and man will attend to …
SERMON • SERMON 1753Blessed Promises For Dying Outcasts
Jeremiah 30:17
… I always have great hope for the entire Church of Christ when the ungodly begin to rail and revile. They say, "Christianity has lost its power! The Church …
SERMON • SERMON 2031David Dancing Before the Ark Because of His Election
2 Samuel 6:20-22
… If you are placed in office in Church or State, still the Lord, who has chosen you, has sovereign rights over you which you acknowledge in your daily …
SERMON • SERMON 2874Precepts and Promises
John 12:26
… In the Church of Christ, He is the only Legislator. Not all the bishops and clergy, nor the whole Church, if it could be summoned in one solemn …
SERMON • SERMON 1981God the Wonder-Worker
Psalm 136:4
… If we turn to Providence, the history of the nations, the history of the church, what centuries of wonders pass before us! It is said that wise men …
SERMON • SERMON 2444Cheering Words
John 15:9
… You are not the Vine—do not think that you are! And if God blesses you and makes you of some importance in the Church, yet do not …
SERMON • SERMON 1621The Ark of the Covenant
Jeremiah 3:16
… I would leave others to worship as they find they can, but to me, though the prayers of our national Church are very beautiful—they are so very …
SERMON • SERMON 335A Single Eye And Simple Faith
Matthew 6:22
… Then would the Christian shine forth "clear as the sun, fair as the moon," and what besides—why, "amazing as an army with banners"! A consistent Church is …
SERMON • SERMON 2713Walking in the Light of the Lord
Isaiah 2:5
… In such a Church as ours, there ought to be no difficulty in finding kindred spirits with whom you can have holy and helpful fellowship. As soon as …
SERMON • SERMON 2711The Sight of Iniquity
Habakkuk 1:3
… So is it with the Church of Christ—if she could see the evil that is before her, she would surely draw herself back, with energy, to save …
SERMON • SERMON 951The Unrivalled Eloquence Of Jesus
John 7:46
… That Church which has been supported by bayonets, is in all probability, not far off its demise. Any Church which long collects its tithes and its offerings by …
SERMON • SERMON 1353Ecce Rex
John 19:14
… See, then, how the crown of thorns is mother to the crown which Jesus wears in His Church! The scarlet robe is the purchase price of the vesture …
SERMON • SERMON 1561Asleep and Yet Awake—a Riddle
Solomon 5:2
… It is bad, then, to have a drowsy minister and drowsy Church officers, for these will not watch the fields for God. He who sleeps is in danger …
SERMON • SERMON 1250The Priest Dispensed With
1 John 5:10
… She calls the Nonconformists, Schismatic in reference to herself, but what is she in regard to the church of Rome? She has no Apostolic succession, in the sense …
SERMON • SERMON 973The Power of Christ Illustrated by the Resurrection
Philippians 3:20
… It is everywhere to be beheld in operation in the church of God at this very moment by those who have eyes to see it; and herein I …