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'The Old Testament 'Prodigal'
2 Chronicles 33:12
… Isaiah seems to have taken her name and to have applied it to the church—"you shall be called Hephzibah, for the Lord delights in you," and we …
SERMON • SERMON 1112Soul-satisfying Bread
John 6:35
… There is a division as marked as between death and life, and as deep as Hell, between the spiritual Church which believes in Jesus and the carnal Church …
SERMON • SERMON 3279'Ever This Our War Cry—victory, Victory!'
Isaiah 53:12
… the power of the Church! The plea of Christ with authority before the Throne of God is the majestic force upon which the Church depends! "Lo, I am …
SERMON • SERMON 2964'Trust in the Living God'
1 Timothy 4:10
… If people had to come here and say, "That good woman whom God so greatly blessed in the Church's work is dead. And that dear Brother whom …
SERMON • SERMON 2986One Aspect of Christ's Death
John 15:13
… And I would take this Doctrine just as I would the Doctrine of Justification by Faith, as being the test of a standing or falling church, and of …
SERMON • SERMON 2830A Good Man in An Evil Case
Psalm 55:22
… I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest." Possibly you are the pastor of a church and things do not prosper as you could wish …
COMMENTARYPsalm 16
Psalm 16
… If the church would enjoy union with Christ, she must break all the bonds of impiety, and keep herself pure from all the pollutions of carnal will-worship …
SERMON • SERMON 2283Christ's One Sacrifice for Sin
Hebrews 9:26
… He put away sin by the Sacrifice of Himself, not by the sacrifice of His Church, not by the sacrifice of martyrs, not by the offering of wafers …
SERMON • SERMON 3398Love's Great Reason
1 John 4:19
… I shall treat the first part of the sentence as the great general confession of the whole Church—"We love Him." And the second first part of the …
SERMON • SERMON 1518Beloved, and yet Afflicted
John 11:3
… The church and the world may derive immense advantage through the sorrows of good men: the careless may be awakened, the doubting may be convinced, the ungodly may …
COMMENTARYPsalm 140
Psalm 140
… The positions laid down in this verse will find abundant illustration in every age of the church. "An evil speaker" , who takes delight in wounding the reputation of …
SERMON • SERMON 2982The Memorable Hymn
Matthew 26:30
… What? Have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise you the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say …
SERMON • SERMON 1228Salvation by Faith and the Work of the Spirit
Galatians 5:5
… Has the Christian Church ever had in her midst a man whose arguments are so keen, so subtle, so profound and yet so clear? He dives to the …
SERMON • SERMON 3086'Marvelous Things'
Psalm 98:1
… And it was also necessary that the Spirit of God should be given to rest upon the Church, to be the Inspiration by which the Gospel should be …
SERMON • SERMON 935The Sad Wonder
Mark 6:6
… I know that this is commonly creeping over the Christian Church. The Gospel of Jesus Christ will not, according to some, be found to succeed in this enlightened …
SERMON • SERMON 722The Captive Savior Freeing His People
John 18:8
… If they had done so, where would have been the Christian church? If they, the first nucleus of Christianity had been destroyed, as it seems likely they could …
SERMON • SERMON 2020"Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?"
Jeremiah 32:26
… It is a name of awe and glory, and the Christian Church must get back to it and return more distinctly to the worship of Jehovah. The God …
SERMON • SERMON 3462To the Rescue
Isaiah 49:24
… Have you never noticed in the annals of the Church who were the men that fell most grievously? I never read in all of God's Book of …
SERMON • SERMON 3169The Believer's Present Rest
Hebrews 4:3
… Oh, I pity those poor people who are working to save themselves— those who go to church or chapel and who are kept from this offense, or urged …
SERMON • SERMON 3173'As' and 'So'
Colossians 2:6
… from the only Infallible Teacher. "He is the head of the body, the Church," and we recognize no other headship. We joyfully acknowledge that He is our Sovereign …
SERMON • SERMON 3076The Cause and Effect of Heart Trouble
John 14:27
… Many professors make it appear that there is not much difference between the Church and the world—but I believe that there is sufficient power in true religion …
SERMON • SERMON 20The Carnal Mind Enmity Against God
Romans 8:7
… Measure me by the articles of the Church of England, and I will not stand second to any man under heaven’s blue sky in preaching the gospel …
SERMON • SERMON 1827Exceeding Gladness
Psalm 21:6
… Jesus has gone up into Glory and the eyes of faith can see Him at the right hand of the Father, forever exalted as Head of the Church …
SERMON • SERMON 1233Healing Leaves
Revelation 22:2
… be no breaking up of happy congregations, but where the general assembly and Church of the Firstborn shall be met for an everlasting service and spend it all …
SERMON • SERMON 3211'Feed My Sheep'
John 21:16
… But when the Lord has done this, they will become those determined, independent, resolute men of mark and mind who are so valuable to the Church of God …
SERMON • SERMON 2281Our Lord in the Valley of Humiliation
Philippians 2:8
… You know that when the head of the apostate church is called, "the man of sin," it is because it is always sinning. And when Christ is called …
SERMON • SERMON 3108The House of Mourning and The House of Feasting
Ecclesiastes 7:2
… Why should we tremble? Go, everyone of you! There is an imperative duty on every member of this Church to visit the sick. We do not do that …
SERMON • SERMON 3240The Blood of Christ's Covenant
Zechariah 9:11
… If, in our Church fellowship, we have had "the former rain" of gracious additions to our numbers, we must ask for "the latter rain" by praying that God …
SERMON • SERMON 865Deep Calls Unto Deep
Psalm 42:7
… You shall be with Christ and you shall be like He is! Indeed, Heaven is a great deep! The glorious history of the Church of God in years …
SERMON • SERMON 1096Divine Love and Its Gifts
2 Thessalonians 2:16
… Now and then we become greatly disheartened about the condition of the Church. I know I do, I see everywhere Popery spreading, or else rationalism—these rival evils …
SERMON • SERMON 80God Alone the Salvation of his People
Psalm 92:2
… I must tell you a singular story, which was related at our church meeting, because there may be some very poor people here who may understand the way …
SERMON • SERMON 859The Old Way of the Wicked
Job 22:15-17
… Ah, your Church attendance and your Chapel attendance, your receiving of the sacrament, your Baptism, your confirmation, your ceremonies of all sorts and kinds, your gifts to the …
SERMON • SERMON 3227The Secret of Happiness
Matthew 9:2
… Speak you comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her"—what? What shall be the special cause of comfort to the Church of God?—"that her warfare is accomplished …
SERMON • SERMON 3250The Growth of Faith
2 Thessalonians 1:3
… In the verse from which our text is taken, Paul thanks God, "as it is meet," for the two Graces which he perceives in the Church of the …
SERMON • SERMON 3548The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances
Psalm 77:1-20
… He may be the best in the whole Church and yet such may be the turmoil of his soul, sometimes, that were he to narrate his experience, many …
SERMON • SERMON 2153The Iniquity of Our Holy Things
Exodus 28:36-38
… The great Father teaches us much precious Truth by every institution of the tabernacle, the temple and the Gospel Church—and therefore obedience to each ordinance is holy …
SERMON • SERMON 206Everybody's Sermon
Hosea 12:10
… be used on earth to be a scaffolding for building his church, and when his church is built thou shouldest be cast down and burned up with fire …
SERMON • SERMON 3321God in Heaven, and Men on the Sea
Psalm 65:5
… Let us fix our eyes on the lighthouse at the mouth of the harbor and leave the church on the hill, and the windmill over yonder, for other …
SERMON • SERMON 2233Both Sides of the Shield
Exodus 17:8
… It will do nothing of the sort! If nations are to be subdued to Christ, His Church must exert all her power. All her power without Him is …
SERMON • SERMON 83Indwelling Sin
Job 40:3-4
… It looks into the Church, and it finds all manner of false doctrine ready to inflame lust, and guide the soul from the sincerity of its faith. It …