The Church

How to Read the Bible

Matthew 12:3-7

… But if the other part of the church refuse to receive that light, to what end did the Spirit of God give it? This would imply that there …

Hidden Manna

Jeremiah 15:16

… Neglect in this matter has weakened, is weakening, and will weaken the church. We want at this time not merely persons who have been aroused by solemn exhortation …

Reasons For Doubting Christ

Matthew 14:31

… to Me." Whenever we have a Church that brings all its store to Christ—(when shall we ever see such a Church?)—then He will be pleased to …

Comforted and Comforting

2 Corinthians 1:3

… In this tribulation, the Apostle had the largest share, because he was the most prominent and indefatigable teacher that the Church of Christ then possessed. We have, here …

Sin's True Character

Romans 7:13

… To be baptized in His name and yet to be unjust, dishonest, unrighteous—this is "exceedingly sinful!" To be numbered with His Church and yet to be of …

Refined, But Not With Silver

Isaiah 48:10

… David is to the Church of God what Shakespeare is to the world— "A man so various, that he seems to be Not one, but all mankind's …

A Blast of the Trumpet Against False Peace

Jeremiah 6:14

… You are just as surely destroyed in an orthodox as in a heterodox church unless your life manifests that you have been “begotten again unto a lively hope …

Fellowship With God

1 John 1:3

… There are certain sectaries who exalt the form of their church government into a sine qua non of piety, and they say of us that it is impossible …

The Moral of a Miracle

Mark 11:22

… We are all called to try and extend the Redeemer's kingdom and as Christians we are greatly concerned for the progress of the Church and the Truth …

Scarlet Sinners Pardoned and Purified

Isaiah 1:18

… The professing Church of God has gone away backward, forsaken the Doctrines of the Truth of God and turned aside from the purity of its life. God have …

Saints Guarded From Stumbling

… And in their lives there is nothing glaringly wrong, nothing that is so offensive that they can be excluded from the Church, or for which their Christian friends …

David's Prayer in the Cave

… The Church of Christ in London is like Lot in Sodom. In this particular neighborhood, especially, it is hard for Christian people to live at all. You cannot …

"Without Carefulness"

1 Corinthians 7:32

… And, in so doing, he laid down a great general principle which is of much more value to the Church, today, than Paul's private opinion about the …

Shut In Or Shut Out

Genesis 7:16

… Brothers and Sisters, the Church of God stands, at the present moment, in the world very much in the same condition as Noah and his family! The door …

A Miniature Portrait Of Joseph

Genesis 39:2

… be with us? To the Church in Rome, Paul says, "Now the God of peace be with you all." To the Church in Corinth, he writes, "The Grace …

Special Thanksgiving to the Father

Colossians 1:12

… So Christ has chosen his Church to be married to him; she has not yet put on her bridal garment, beautiful array in which she shall stand before …

Psalm 30

Psalm 30

… therein the kings of Babylon and Jerusalem, signifying the state of the world and the church, always warring together; in which encounter, at length it fell out, that …

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

… Israel in Egypt, in the wilderness, in wars with Canaanites, in captivity, fit type of the church militant on earth. Jesus is the Redeemer from trouble as well …

Prayer 10 — The Music of Praise

… Remember all Thy Church throughout the whole world. Prosper missionary operations. Be with any ministers or missionaries that are depressed for lack of success. Be with any that …

Wanted, A Guest Chamber!

Mark 14:14

… I think I hear Him crying even to His own Church, "Open to Me, My sister, My love, My dove, My undefiled—for My head is filled with …

The Lord's Name and Memorial

Isaiah 55:13

… You make him go to Church, or to the Meeting House. You clothe him. You break his wine bottles. You rinse his mouth out so that he does …

The Blind Befriended

Isaiah 42:16

… I was turning over our Church books and I came to the year 1861, and somewhere in January there is the record—"This Church requires £4,000 in …

The Great Liberator

John 8:36

… You shall be free to enter into the Church on earth, the mother of us all. Free to all her ordinances. Free to share in all those gifts …

Desires Towards God—a Sermon For The Weak

Psalm 38:9

… Christian community, for these must draw off the care and strength of the Church from aggressive movements. How favored would we be if it could be said of …

Brought Up from the Horrible Pit

Psalm 40:1-3

… This day I delight to think of my Lord as settling His church with Himself upon the immutable foundations of the covenant, on the decree of God, on …

No Room for Christ in the Inn

Luke 2:7

… Surely there ought to have been room for him in the Church of his own people; but there was not. Too often in the priestly church, when once …

The Peacemaker

Matthew 5:9

… Being a Christian, he unites himself with some Christian Church—and here, as a peacemaker, he is as an angel of God. Even among Churches there are those …

Prayer 7 — "Let All the People Praise Thee"

… the children that Thou hast given me." Lord, bless the work of the Church and all its branches and let Thy kingdom come into the hearts of multitudes …

Work

John 9:4

… Shall it be so? Oh, God forbid! May the old spirit, and the old valor, and the old enthusiasm come back to the Christian Church and there is …

Prayer 8 — A Prayer for Holiness

… Oh! give to the Church of Christ an intense love for the souls of men. May it make our hearts break to think that they will perish in …

The Shield Of Faith

Ephesians 6:16

… Those Christians too, who having come clean out from the world—diligently engaged in building up the Church—will have to fight more than others who are rather …

Dressing In The Morning

Romans 13:11-14

… Ah me! If God were obeyed with half the activity with which the devil is served, we should soon see a change in Church life! Men are wide …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… The smallness of a church, and the poverty of its members, are no barriers to the divine blessing, if it be sought earnestly by pleading the promise. Were …

Why Saints Persevere

… You can never fail; for though one of the partners in the firm is as poor as a church mouse, and in himself an utter bankrupt, who could …

Vessels Of Mercy—A Sermon Of Self-Examination

Romans 9:23

… of mercy, if after 20 or 30 years of union with Christ's Church there has been no growth in you. If you do not know more of …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… Evidently no believing man should be left outside of the garner of holy fellowship—he should be carried into the midst of the Church with all the joy …

Four Choice Sentences

Genesis 28:15

… I am sure I did. "I die," the old man might have said, "but God shall be with you." The Church at New Park Street thought it an …

The God of the Aged

Isaiah 46:4

… I know that down in some parts of the country there is a peculiar breed of old man, who for the good of the Church I heartily hope …

In the Hay-field

… in the midst of the church, men shall fly unto Christ as doves fly to their dovecots, so that the astonished church shall exclaim, “These, where had they …

The Dove'S Return To The Ark

Genesis 8:9

… It is not, however, to be regretted that the Church of today has far less taste for such childish things. We are quite as willing as any men …