The Church

All Joy in All Trials

James 1:2-4

… Strong faith and brave patience come of trouble, and a few men in the church who have thus been prepared are worth anything in times of tempest. To …

The Student's Prayer

Psalm 119:27

… You elders of the Church who look after enquirers and help them to the Savior—you both must not be satisfied with knowing—you must understand. A superficial …

The Prince of Life

Acts 3:15

… He is Head over all things in His Church as well as to His Church. Ruling with a mysterious, Omnipotent and effective power, He works in the spiritual …

The Mission of the Son of Man

Luke 19:10

… The deadly tree of sin grows taller and taller some become lost to the church. After having been trained up religiously in our Midst, they turn aside; they …

Your Own Salvation

Philippians 2:12

… Brother ministers, co-workers, and officials of the church, do not imagine that office can save you. The son of perdition was an apostle, greater than we are …

Increased Faith the Strength of Peace Principles

Luke 17:5

… not show us that these men who were the leaders of the Christian Church did not think themselves infallible? Fancy the successor of Peter saying, "Lord, increase our …

Good Cheer From Christ's Real Presence

Mark 6:45-52

… I am coming to the rescue of the boat, my Church—she shall yet float on smooth waters and reach her desired haven." Another time of need will …

Heart'S Ease

Psalm 112:7

… Meanwhile, there are numerous causes for mourning in the Church of God itself—many defections, many departing from first principles and fundamental doctrines—and some, who did run …

Idols Abolished

Hosea 14:8

… God, I thank you that I have been a regular church-going or chapel-going man all my life. God, I thank you that I am not a …

A Traveller’s Letters Home (Continued)

… What moths men are if the candle be but bright enough! The two parsons here are High Church and Low Church, and I have had a talk with …

Saying Versus Doing

Matthew 21:28-30

… I am greatly afraid for any of you who manage to get into the church without being converted. You are much worse off than you were outside because …

A Greater Than Solomon

Luke 11:31

… Thou art the deviser of salvation, the architect of the church, the author and finisher of our faith. Solomon has left us some very valuable books ‘the Proverbs …

Healing and Pardon

Isaiah 33:24

… There are still instances in which personal chastisement does follow personal sin in this life, especially among Believers and especially among Believers in Church fellowship. We read of …

What Is Your Life?

James 4:14

… He searched the Scriptures and, according to some, became a great helper, if not the second founder of the Waldensian Church, which in the Alpine valleys kept the …

To the Saddest of the Sad

Exodus 6:9

… I believe that God is saying to his church "You have to do it. You have to gather out mine elect out of every nation under heaven." To …

"Out of Darkness into Light"

Isaiah 49:9

… Now, if Christ has saved you, you are required to come out and show yourself! Come to the Church of God, and ask to be admitted to its …

A Boundless Benediction

Genesis 49:25

… Valiant-for-Truth—and all the good company who make up the Church of God on pilgrimage. But sometimes there is a pilgrim who has to pursue his …

The Pleading of the Last Messenger

Mark 12:6-9

… He hid not His face from shame and spitting, nor His body from the shedding of blood, nor His soul from deadly agony, but He loved the Church …

The Choice Of A Leader

Luke 6:39

… This is the religion of a great many and they find much in it—the peace of slumbering stupidity! They meet with a church which claims to be …

Stand Fast

Colossians 1:23

… So far have I come with all my heart and soul and I believe that you, dear Friends, the members of this Church, at any rate, have accompanied …

'Nunc Dimittis'

Luke 2:29-30

… go, and that is when they see or foresee the prosperity of the church of God. Good old Simeon saw that Christ was to be a light to …

Unbinding Lazarus

John 11:43

… In the Church of Rome, such miracles as they claim, are usually a lavish waste of power. When St. Swithin made it rain for 40 days, that his …

Why Men Reject Christ

Luke 9:52

… And you may have descended from a long line of saints—your parents may be in the Church of Christ and your parents' parents, too—but still the …

The Blood of Sprinkling

Hebrews 12:24

… He refers to the whole church, in the midst of which the Holy Spirit now dwells. We are come to a more joyous sight than Sinai, and the …

A Visit From the Lord

Psalm 106:4

… SPURGEON, AT CHRIST CHURCH, WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, (during the renovation of the Tabernacle), ON THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1883. "O visit me with Your salvation." Psalm 106:4 …

The Trial of Your Faith

1 Peter 1:7

… great ones of the world and the leaders of advanced thought in the Church." And unless you say, "Get you behind me, Satan: for you savor not the …

Bonds Which Could Not Hold

Acts 2:24

… And Satan is casting a fatal spell over the professing church itself, so that it is getting worldly and is giving up its primitive simplicity. Sometimes I am …

Prayer 21 — Boldness at The Throne of Grace

… Stir up the Church to greater prayerfulness. Now, as Thou hast bidden us, we pray for the people among whom we dwell. We pray for those in authority …

What and Whence Are These?

Revelation 7:13-14

… As the church militant we claim indisputable kinship with the church triumphant. We are their companions in tribulation. 2. Next, we believe that the saints who are not …

God's Goodness Leading to Repentance

Romans 2:4

… Yet, after going from sin to sin, being spared to stand in the church of St. Mary Woolnoth, for many a year to preach the Gospel of "free …

Life From the Dead

Ephesians 2:1

… That is not worship which consists in doing as Hodge did, when he said, "I like Sunday, for then I can go to Church, put my legs up …

A Family Sermon

Genesis 7:1

… May the Holy Spirit build them into the Church! I would to God there were more young men joining the Church—that more sons were decided! You cannot …

Charity and Purity

James 1:27

… He loved His Church and gave Himself for her—and He has redeemed that Church and brought her out of the Egyptian bondage of sin with a high …

Eating the Sacrifice

Exodus 29:33

… Think of the love that did lie at the back of it all, the love He had to His Church and people, which moved Him to lay aside …

"Behold, He Prays"

Acts 9:11

… Some worship every nail of the church door and every tile of the chancel. If such a thing as a priest should cross the road, they are ready …

"Your First Love"

Jeremiah 2:2

… He shall be a pillar in the Church in years to come." "I remember you," says the Lord, "the kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals …

A Golden Sentence

John 4:34

… Do not many Christians fail to see their commission? It has come to be a dreadfully common belief in the Christian Church that the only man who has …

Truthfulness

Jeremiah 5:3

… You may be very poor and very obscure and, to the Church of God, you may be almost unknown. But if your soul goes up and down these …

The Far-off, Near—the Near, Far Off

Matthew 2:1-4

… tonight—utter strangers as yet, who will be brought into this Church, or into some other Church of Jesus Christ—and become not a whit behind the very …

"The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"

John 21:20

… In the early Church we find writings concerning him in which he is named, "that disciple who leaned on Jesus' bosom," and this he mentions in our text …