The Church

Christ the Destroyer of Death

1 Corinthians 15:26

… But, Beloved, he is going to be destroyed! He is the last enemy of the Church collectively. The Church, as a body, has had a mass of foes …

The Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… The Roman Catholic Church invented a feast day and called it Christ-Mass and other churches have imitated the custom—but there is no ordinance, delivered unto us …

'And It Was So'

Genesis 1:7

… The Church needs you." About half-past five this afternoon, he who rejoiced that he would soon be in Heaven entered within the gate of pearl! He had …

Christ's Loneliness and Ours

John 16:31

… Care not how either the Church or the world reviles you! Serve your Master and He will not desert you! With all due deference to others, pay yet …

Soul Satisfaction

Psalm 35:3

… The Church of England may invent its "sponsors" at will, but God has nothing to do with such things! I pray you, never let the soul-damning lie …

The Apple Tree in the Woods

Solomon 2:3

… Even so the Church here means to say that there are many things in the world which yield us a kind of satisfaction— many men, many truths, many …

Who Should Be Baptized?

Acts 8:37

… Of those who have come to unite with us in Church fellowship, a very large proportion consists of persons who have searched out the Truth of God upon …

Positivism

1 John 5:18-20

… If the Lord quickens the love of His Church, as soon as it is done, her sons say, as John did, "We know, and we know, and we …

One Greater Than the Temple

Matthew 12:6

… I beseech all Christians to search the Scriptures and see what Christ's mind is upon every moot point, whether it be baptism or church government, and when …

The Sermon of the Seasons

Genesis 8:22

… such is the history of the church of God. We sorrow and we rejoice: we struggle and we triumph: we labor and we rest. We are not long …

Peter After His Restoration

Luke 22:32

… I ask this of you, members of the Church, because, in so large a Church as this, unless there is a kind of universal mutual pastorate, what can …

Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants

Joshua 1:5

… The Lord has never left His Church, but oftentimes His Church has been trampled as straw is trodden for the dunghill. Her blood has been scattered over the …

The Heart of The Gospel

… In the church and out of the church there is a deadly animosity to this truth. Modern thought labours to get away from what is obviously the meaning …

The True Lineage

Luke 11:27

… And it does seem marvelous to any thinking man that after such words as these of my text, Mariolatry should have prevailed in the Church of Rome to …

The Great Cross-bearer and His Followers

Mark 15:20

… They must have been familiar to the Church, or he would not have thus described their father. It was their father who carried the Cross. It is exceedingly …

Days of Heaven Upon the Earth

Deuteronomy 11:21

… I know some churches where there seem to be as many sects in the church as there are male members—where there is no love, no unity, no …

The Old Man Crucified

Romans 6:6

… Christ represented the Church. When He died He died for the Church and the Church died in Him—all His people died representatively when He died. Christ's …

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… Our first consideration, this morning, will be, WHAT WAS THIS SUBJECT TO WHICH PAUL DETERMINED TO SHUT HIMSELF UP WHILE PREACHING TO THE CHURCH AT CORINTH? That subject …

God's Thoughts Of Peace and Our Expected End

Jeremiah 29:11

… Read the 10th verse, and note that pleasant expression, "and perform My good word unto you." At the present time, the Church has need of both admonitions! Expectations …

Adorning the Gospel

Titus 2:10

… We do not think the Church will have a particle of enthusiasm left in it—and it has none too much now—if ever people should get the …

A Welcome Discovery

Genesis 21:19

… You are making up that which is behind of the sufferings of Christ for His body's sake, which is the Church. There is so much of suffering …

The Blessed Guest Detained

Luke 24:28

… What a plea that is for the Church to put up now, for the coming of her Lord. "O Lord, it is toward evening, the world's sun …

"On His Breast"

John 13:23-26

… And sometimes, when I think of this great Church and the College and the Orphanage and the many cares the whole service brings into my heart, I have …

The Deep-Seated Character of Sin

Jeremiah 17:1

… But an accidental violation of the canons of "Mother Church" excited all his fears! I read only last night in the newspaper an account of a visit paid …

'Even So, Father!'

Matthew 11:25

… Hence has arisen many of the heresies which vex the Church of Christ! Now, my Brothers and Sisters, I would have you this morning look at the way …

Beware of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:2

… Had they seen two or three people converted and added to the church in a year, they would have said, "This is the finger of God," but if …

Christ's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene

John 20:17

… Oh, I wish I had not so much to do with the Church, for it robs me of my quiet hours! I love those sweet seasons of retirement …

The Eye and the Light

Luke 11:33-36

… For the text says, "that they which come in may see the light." Whosoever comes into the Church, or even into the world, should be met with this …

The Red Heifer

Numbers 19:2

… This red heifer stood for all the house of Israel—for the whole Church of God. And the Church is always looked upon and considered in Scripture as …

The Eternal Truth of God

Psalm 100:5

… it will be so! We shall leave the Church behind us, but God will take care of His Church. We need not fret about that—He will not …

My God

Psalm 91:2

… the Church according to the will of God and you will tell the Church that you do so because from now on the God of the Church and …

The Sheep and Their Shepherd

John 10:27

… As the church is the fullness of him that filleth all in all, so we rejoice to remember that “of his fullness have all we received, and grace …

Suffering And Reigning With Jesus

2 Timothy 2:12

… I have heard of a certain minister, who, having had a great disagreement with many members in his Church, preached from this text, "And Aaron held his peace …

Rare Fruit

Isaiah 57:19

… This should be his spirit and desire in the Church—"Peace, peace." I thank God that we have enjoyed peace as a Church these many years, but I …

A Caution for Sin-sick Souls

Hosea 5:13

… I cannot be often going to church, but I think, when I get a little older, I shall give up the boat and take to going to church …

The Plumb Line

Amos 7:7

… I mean this—your father and mother are members of a certain church, but do not you, therefore, go and join that church without a thorough investigation of …

A New Year's Benediction

1 Peter 5:10

… You are aware that a minister of the Church of England always supplies me with the motto for the new year. He prays much before he selects the …

Saving the Lost

Luke 19:10

… He came to seek and to save the lost! Would God that His Church would keep to the same kind of work! But His Church seems to me …

"Return, Return, O Shulamite; Return, Return!"

Song 6:13

… Who cares about a dead church? Who fights with a lukewarm people? But if Jesus Christ be in the church, or in the heart, he will soon be …

A Warning to Believers

Colossians 2:18

… You should make them intermediate intercessors!" And so, step by step, they went on and established an old heresy which lasted for many years in the Christian Church …