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A Sermon From a Sick Preacher
1 Peter 2:7
… I would recommend you to choose the church of which you would be a member and the pastor whom you would hear by this one thing—by how …
DEVOTIONALEvening, December 21
Eze 16:10
… Justification has engrossed learned pens in all ages of the church, and will be the theme of admiration in eternity. God has indeed “curiously wrought it.” With all …
DEVOTIONALMorning, March 22
Mt 26:39
… Family prayer, social prayer, prayer in the Church, will not suffice, these are very precious, but the best beaten spice will smoke in your censer in your private …
DEVOTIONALEvening, September 10
Hab 1:8
… Blessed is he who is kept from them, for thousands are made the prey of grievous wolves that enter within the fold of the church. What a wonder …
SERMON • SERMON 90Men Chosen—Fallen Angels Rejected
Hebrews 2:16
… Once more, Christ became a man, and not an angel, because he desired to be one with his dear church . Christ was betrothed to his church ere time …
COMMENTARYPsalm 11
Psalm 11
… This Psalm applies itself to the establishment of the church against the calumnies of the world and the compromising counsel of man, in that confidence which is to …
SERMON • SERMON 3353The Great Teacher and Remembrancer
John 14:26
… It is a grave question if this is not the origin of various divisions which are to be found in the Church of Christ—not so much heresy …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 28
Col 1:28
… faultless before the throne, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing? The Church of Christ then will be so pure, that not even the eye of Omniscience …
SERMON • SERMON 2339Baptism Essential To Obedience
Mark 16:16
… He who believes in Christ with his heart confesses his faith before God and before the Church of God by being baptized. Now, the faith that speaks thus …
SERMON • SERMON 1177Fearful Of Coming Short
Hebrews 4:1
… If there is anything in the Church to which you belong which is contrary to the Inspired Word of God, leave that Church! To the Law and to …
DEVOTIONALEvening, July 26
Ps 113:8
… peculiar people, a royal priesthood.” “We are come unto the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven.” The saints have courtly …
DEVOTIONALMorning, November 29
Le 19:16-17
… The reputations of the Lord’s people should be very precious in our sight, and we should count it shame to help the devil to dishonour the Church …
COMMENTARYPsalm 114
Psalm 114
… When the Lord is manifestly present in a church, and his gracious rule obediently owned, what a golden age has come, and what honourable privileges his people enjoy …
DEVOTIONALEvening, May 29
Jos 6:26
… in every way to oppose its all too rapid spread abroad in the church and in the world. This last can be done in secret by fervent prayer …
DEVOTIONALEvening, April 12
Ne 3:15
… Nor must I forget the King’s garden of the church . O Lord, send prosperity unto it. Rebuild her walls, nourish her plants, ripen her fruits, and from …
DEVOTIONALEvening, December 3
Ps 24:8
… perpetual battles of the serpent’s seed, for in the midst of the church the lame take the prey, and the feeblest warriors are crowned. The saved may …
DEVOTIONALMorning, May 14
Ro 8:17
… The crown royal he has placed upon the head of his Church, appointing her a kingdom, and calling her sons a royal priesthood, a generation of priests and …
SERMON • SERMON 2999Railings
Deuteronomy 22:8
… He was a person unknown, of little service in the church, but as proud of his little badly plowed, weedy half acre as ever a man could be …
DEVOTIONALEvening, October 31
Ho 13:5
… Be not lifted up by thy worldly successes so as to be ashamed of the truth or of the poor church with which thou hast been associated. Follow …
DEVOTIONALMorning, November 22
Ho 12:12
… Was not the toil of Jesus for his Church the toil of one who was under suretiship obligations to bring every believing one safe to the hand of …
SERMON • SERMON 2629God's Work in Man
Hosea 2:16
… Here and there, one or two of them have joined the Romish church and so have become idolaters by bowing down before images and saints' relics—cast clouts …
SERMON • SERMON 1831Smoking Flax
Isaiah 42:3
… I take it that there is a kind of instinct in the Church, so that even when judged according to criticism, she may seem to misapply a passage …
SERMON • SERMON 1229Decision—Illustrated by the Case of Joshua
Joshua 24:15
… Their names are down in the Church book and they attend to the outward ordinances, but as for any serving of the Lord, you will have to search …
SERMON • SERMON 3295Communion With Christ and His People
1 Corinthians 10:16
… And we cannot have communion with the Church till we are in vital union with it. I. The teaching of the Lord's Supper is just this—that …
SERMON • SERMON 3381The Broken Fence
Proverbs 24:30-32
… I have had my children together and we have read a passage of Scripture, prayed, sang the praises of God—we have a church in our house." Ah …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 19
Jn 1:41
… You may but speak a word to a child, and in that child there may be slumbering a noble heart which shall stir the Christian church in years …
DEVOTIONALMorning, September 20
Jdg 7:20
… Remember that the true war-cry of the Church is Gideon’s watchword, “ The sword of the Lord , and of Gideon!” God must do it, it is his …
DEVOTIONALMorning, July 18
Nu 2:31
… some of a more conservative spirit may be well engaged in reminding the church of her ancient faith, and restoring her fainting sons. Every position has its duties …
SERMON • SERMON 2061The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds
John 20:27
… Christ's wounds pour life into the church by transfusion: the life-blood of the church of God is from Jesus' wounds. Let us know its power and …
SERMON • SERMON 3472A Solemn Deprival
Ephesians 2:12
… Without Christ your church attendance is a form of slavery, your chapel meetings a bondage. Without Christ your prayers are but empty wind, your repentances are wasted tears …
SERMON • SERMON 2059The Miracles of Our Lord's Death
Matthew 27:50-53
… Does not the Cross draw us to the Church of God? I would not wish one to join the Church from any motive that is not fetched from …
SERMON • SERMON 2738The Redeemer's Face Set Like a Flint
Isaiah 50:7
… I pray that not one of the members of this church may be barren and unfruitful! Is there one of you who has never brought another soul to …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 19
Ac 2:4
… As the dove , with wings of peaceful love he broods over his Church and over the souls of believers, and as a Comforter he dispels the cares and …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 15
Ge 21:6
… I would surprise my family with my abundant peace; I would delight my friends with my ever-increasing happiness; I would edify the Church with my grateful confessions …
DEVOTIONALEvening, May 17
Is 41:9
… He doth not feel enchanted for awhile with some gleams of beauty from his church’s eye, and then afterwards cast her off because of her unfaithfulness. Nay …
SERMON • SERMON 1180Jesus Near but Unrecognized
Luke 24:16
… If I perish, I will perish listening to the precious Word of God." "Well, but why is it you remain a member of the Church, as you say …
DEVOTIONALMorning, February 8
Mt 1:21
… Whether he be called the Husband of the Church, her Bridegroom, her Friend; whether he be styled the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world—the King …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 4
Tit 3:4
… When we meditate upon this amazing love, and behold the all-glorious Kinsman of the Church endowing her with all his ancient wealth, our souls may well faint …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 30
Jn 17:22
… He has emptied all his estate into the coffers of the Church, and hath all things common with his redeemed. There is not one room in his house …
DEVOTIONALMorning, July 10
Eph 2:19
… We share the honours of citizenship, for we have come to the general assembly and Church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven. As citizens …