The Church

Waking to See Christ's Glory

Luke 9:32

… Every blessing comes to the great Head of the Church and to all the members of His mystical body through prayer! There is nothing promised to us without …

Man, Whose Breath Is In His Nostrils

Isaiah 2:22

… Eloquence, cleverness, intellect—these are still the idols which the Church dotes upon! She has not yet understood the words, "Not by might, nor by power, but by …

Where Is the God of Elijah?

2 Kings 2:14

… Her death has made a great gap in the Church and you do not feel fit to fill it. Well, never mind about that—if you can get …

Household Sin and Sorrow

… THERE are some households where all are saved—how happy they should be! Where every son and every daughter, father and mother are all Believers—a Church in …

Grappling Irons

Psalm 119:88

… Ages hang upon the conduct of the Church of today! Speak out the Truth of God while you live, so that when you leave this life it may …

Very Singular

2 Samuel 17:23

… Yet are they very concerned that our glorious constitution in Church and State should be "thoroughly Protestant"—though I cannot for the life of me see what difference …

The Greatest Exhibition of the Age

1 Corinthians 11:26

… I think it is in the Church Catechism that we are taught that the word, "sacrament," means "an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual Grace …

The Weary Dove's Return

Genesis 8:9

… There is nothing upon which the sole of our foot can rest. "What of the Church?" asks one. Well, look at the Church, too. There is nothing to …

Psalm 19

Psalm 19

… He rose as the joyful, glorious bridegroom of his church; for Christ, especially as risen again, is the proper bridegroom, or husband, of his church, as the apostle …

Two Loving Invitations

John 1:39

… One of the surest ways of introducing discord into the midst of a Church is for the minister to starve the people. Hungry men are sure to be …

The Double Drawing Near

James 4:8

… Before our Lord Jesus Christ went up on high, He promised that the Holy Spirit would be given to His Church. And He had not long sat upon …

The Love of Our Espousals

Jeremiah 2:2

… Dear young Christian people, you who have just joined the Church, I think I hear you say, "Oh, it is dreadful that anybody should have less love to …

The Sitting of the Refiner

Malachi 3:3

… The grandest thing that God, Himself, can do in the purpose of His love is to purify us into His own glorious holiness! Christ loved His Church and …

God Glorified By Children's Mouths

… The Hebrew has it, "Have You found strength," as if the very foundation of the strength of the Church lay, under God, in the mouths that God moves …

The Dying Thief in a New Light

Luke 23:40-42

… There is a dear member of this Church who, I suppose, has known the Lord for 75 years and she is still with us, having long passed the …

The Last Words of Christ on the Cross

Luke 23:46

… Now we know where to find the true Church. It is to be found only in Christ and in those who are joined to Him in mystical but …

Natural or Spiritual?

1 Corinthians 2:14

… We have lived to see what we scarcely ever dreamed to be possible—clergymen of the Church of England themselves denying the truths which they swore they would …

The Waterpots at Cana

John 2:7

… How many have been added to your church through your doing nothing this year’that blessed church of yours, where you exercise this, blessed faith without works? How …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… Secondly, to the matter of Christian life and thirdly, to the Church of God in its corporate capacity. I. First, these principles may be applied to THE MATTER …

Apart

Zechariah 12:12-14

… Do notice that foundation fact and let none of us ever forget it, but let this day of mourning for sin, throughout the whole Church of God, be …

Christ in Gethsemane

Mark 14:32

… As the Father knows the Son, and the Son knows the Father, so certainly does Christ know His Church—and His Church knows Him—or shall do so …

How to Please God

Hebrews 11:6

… It was a generous gift that was bestowed upon the church—yes, and those who received it were grateful for such help—but God never accepted it, for …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… I thank God that most of the members of the Church known to me, have their children saved. There are many families that are altogether in the Church …

Those Who Desire

Nehemiah 1:11

… Do not think that we can afford to lose your prayers, whoever you may be, but cheerfully contribute it to the general treasury of the Church's devotion …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… This is appointed by the Church for Ash Wednesday, and is the seventh and last of the Penitential Psalms. These seven Penitential Psalms also sometimes called "the Special …

Free Grace a Motive for Free Giving

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… The coming of the Lord is the most grand hope of the Church and it is an evidence of the extreme power of error to poison and pervert …

The Righteous Father Known and Loved

John 17:25

… Mark you, I draw a very grave distinction between the Christian Church and the Christian world! The Christian world is a conglomeration of good and evil—the embodiment …

Unpurchasable Love

Solomon 8:7

… Or I will go to church and listen to the reading of prayers. I don't mind hearing sermons, but don't come and tell me that I …

The Joy Of Jesus

Luke 10:21

… If those who are reckoned to be learned, profess to come to Christ, they are generally a trial to the Church. All the merely human learning that has …

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"

John 14:1-4

… Nearly 2,000 years have rolled away since He departed—the night is dark and there is no sign of dawn! The ship of the Church is tossed …

The Three Hours of Darkness

Matthew 27:45

… We even read ( Acts 20:28 ) of "the Church of God which He has purchased with His own blood"—the blood of God! Ah well! I am not …

Cheer Up, My Comrades!

2 Chronicles 35:2

… A man may preach admirably, and he may work marvels in the church, and yet himself not be a partaker of saving grace. Hence, when the disciples came …

The Thorn in the Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:7

… Self-exaltation is equally evil to the Church with which the man associates and the more prominent he is, the more pestilent is his sin. Suppose Paul to …

Once A Curse But Now A Blessing

Zechariah 8:13

… In the dark ages, it was accounted God's service to afflict the Israelites, and the day upon which the Church celebrated our Savior's passion was chosen …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… A man may say that he unites himself to the Church of God, but he may be no better than a hypocrite and an alien who has no …

Sentence Of Death, The Death Of Self-trust

2 Corinthians 1:9

… Especially is this the case with leaders in the Church such as Paul, for their experience is rich and deep and the rehearsal of it comes with great …

Love Stronger Than Death

John 13:1

… He chose His own Church and, while the Scripture stands, that doctrine can never be eradicated from it. Before the day-star knew its place, or planets ran …

Resurgam

1 Corinthians 15:35-38

… AS far as I know, the doctrine has not been disputed in the Christian church. There have been some few heretics who have denied it at divers times …

Full Redemption

Exodus 10:26

… First then, Christ will have the whole man —“Not a single hoof shall be left behind.” In the next place, he will have the whole church —“Not a …

Adoption—The Spirit and the Cry

Galatians 4:6

… The Jewish church of old was under the yoke of the law; its sacrifices were continual and its ceremonies endless; new moons and feasts must be kept; jubilees …