The Church

Not Sufficient and Yet Sufficient

2 Corinthians 3:5

… I finish, now, by A LESSON TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. To you people of God, in your endeavor to spread the Gospel, I say, first, whispering it in …

The Ever-present Crisis

2 Peter 3:17

… Of all the griefs the Church ever feels, the keenest is when those who once stood in her midst dishonor the name of Christ by unholy living. Are …

The Sword of the Spirit

Ephesians 6:17

… If we had fought the devil more in the world, he might never have been able to invade the Church so terribly as he has done. Attack with …

The Secret of Strength

Art thou proud, believer, because thou hast been profitable to the Church, and done some little service to thy times? Who maketh thee to differ, and what hast …

A Warning to Waverers

James 1:6

… When I was pastor at Waterbeach, a certain young man joined the Church. We thought he was an excellent young man, but there used to be in the …

The Great Mystery of Godliness

1 Timothy 3:16

… THE Apostle had just reminded Timothy that the Church of the living God is the pillar and ground of the Truth of God, and he had pressed it …

Before Sermon, At Sermon and After Sermon

James 1:21

… Master Hugh Latimer, in his quaint manner, when exhorting people to go to church, tells of a woman who could not sleep for many nights, notwithstanding that drugs …

The Secret of Failure

Matthew 17:19-21

… This wakes them up and the Lord permits us, sometimes, to have trouble in the Church, or a shock in the family, that we may wake right up …

Salvation By Works, A Criminal Doctrine

Galatians 2:21

… He was determined not to permit the thin end of the wedge to be introduced into the Church, for well he knew that willing hands would soon be …

The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity

Job 27:10

… The Christian does not fast because it is Lent; if his Lord reveals his face he cannot fast merely because a church commands him. Neither can he therefore …

A Feast For Faith

Isaiah 28:29

… And then how excellent it is in working! I am sure there is nothing more excellent than when a Church is all at work. Then you see the …

A Gospel Worth Dying For

Acts 20:24

… I would like to ask broad church divines whether there is any positive doctrine in the Bible at all—and whether any form of teaching could, for a …

What Are We At?

… A little after he met her at the church, and told her that he had remembered her need: "I called at your house, and knocked several times, and …

In Him: Like Him

1 John 2:6

… The mystical body must be the most beautiful and precious production of God; for the church is Christ’s body, “the fulness of him that filleth all in …

Springtime in Nature and Grace

Isaiah 55:10-13

… The devil can never destroy the Church of God, or banish it altogether from the face of the earth, because, if there were only one Christian left in …

The Best of All Sights

Hebrews 2:9

… things and sure in Him who is Head over all things to the Church. Sin once doomed us to eternal despair, but not now, for He who has …

Israel's God and God's Israel

Deuteronomy 33:26-28

… I have had perplexities in the work which grows out of the Church, and I have mused over them and puzzled my brain till I could see no …

Resurrection—Christ The First Fruits

1 Corinthians 15:20

… We have far more presumptive evidence that they "know even as they are known"—that they still have communion with the living Church on earth and that the …

The Message from the Lord's Mouth

Ezekiel 3:17

… IN most places the seasons in the Church are the reverse of those of Nature. Our wintry season generally comes when our hearers are busy in the fields …

'Bought with a Price'

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

… OUR BELOVED BROTHER, Thomas Cook, who has for so long a time served this church as an honored deacon, has fallen asleep in Christ. We have laid his …

His Name—The Everlasting Father

Isaiah 9:6

… Therefore we are church members—"born into the church." Yes, I have heard it said, "born into the church." Let no man deceive you! This is not Christ …

Jesus, The Delight of Heaven

Revelation 5:9

… We are redeemed from among men. "Christ loved His Church and gave Himself for it." "He is the Savior of all men"—let us never deny that—"but …

The Resurrection of the Dead

Acts 24:15

… This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the Church?”—Ephesians v. 31, 32. “They are one flesh;” and Christ’s people are not only …

The Fair Portrait of a Saint

Job 23:11

… If a Church chooses to invent a ceremony, men fall into it and practice it as if it were God's ordinance! Yes and if neither Church nor …

Psalm 101

Psalm 101

… How pure ought the church to be, and how diligently should all those who hold office therein labour to keep out and chase out men of unclean lives …

The Pastors' College

… Much prayer is made by the Church that this end may be accomplished, nor has the prayer been in vain, for some 330 men are now declaring the …

Psalm 14

Psalm 14

… Verse 7. "Out of Zion." The church, the channel of blessings to men. Verse 7. Discourse to promote revival. I. Frequent condition of the church, "captivity." II. Means …

The First Christmas Carol

Luke 2:14

… I do long to see in the midst of the church more of a singing Christianity. The last few years have been breeding in our midst a groaning …

Psalm 71

Psalm 71

… Some of the Fathers interpret the Psalm mystically of the church in her old age, and her trials at the end of the world. "Plain Commentary." Whole Psalm …

Jacob Worshipping on His Staff

Hebrews 11:21

… So-and-So were dead? If our pastor were gone, what would the Church do?" I will tell you what you will do without us—I will put …

"Noli Me Tangere" ("Touch Me Not")

John 20:17

… It may not really be so, but it certainly was the current notion of the early Church that Mary Magdalene was not only a great sufferer who had …

Lions Lacking—But the Children Satisfied

Psalm 34:10

… Possibly some of you might have said, “They that seek the Lord in the established church, within the pale of the state religion, shall not lack any good …

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… The less we have to do with other business the better, for all our care is needed by the Church. Queen Elizabeth bade a notable merchant in the …

Sins of Omission

Jeremiah 11:8

… For my own part, I dare not think of my relationships towards this Church, towards the world, towards other Churches of Jesus Christ, towards my own household without …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878

… If we became more holy by being more Puritanic and precise, both the Church of Christ and the world at large would have good reason to rejoice.” The …

Struggling Against Sin

Psalm 119:145

… It cuts me to the quick when I hear it said of any one of the members of this Church, "Well, they may be professors of religion, but …

Blessings Traced to Their Source

Psalm 87:7

… Indeed, they are a kind of proverb in the Christian Church. There were the upper springs and the nether springs. Now every child of God who judges rightly …

Elijah’s Appeal to the Undecided

1 Kings 18:21

… chief of sinners! How many a very excellent woman, who is received into church fellowship among the people of God, and thinks herself one of the elect, is …

The Light of the World

John 8:12

… The Church, inspired by the blessed Spirit, with ten thousand tongues, proclaims the Gospel of salvation. "You are the light of the world," said Jesus. In His people …

Intelligent Obedience

1 Chronicles 28:8

… If, being a member of a certain Christian Church, I take my cue from my fellow members, or pin myself to the sleeve of my pastor and act …