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Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts
Mark 3:5
… What have these to do in the church of God? What a horror to know that there are such in the assemblies of the saints! O my hearers …
SERMON • SERMON 3110Faintness and Refreshing
1 Kings 19:8
… Be of good cheer—the Conqueror who comes with dyed garments from Bozrah, is still in the midst of His Church! This cake baked on the coals has …
SERMON • SERMON 2755Must He?
Luke 19:5
… I mean they would not let Him have the choice of His own bride, His Church, but say that must be left to the will of men! But …
SERMON • SERMON 2725Elijah Fainting
1 Kings 19:4
… But this is the way to bring us quickly to our graves! Yet we do not serve a hard Master—His Church is often thoughtless and unkind, but …
SERMON • SERMON 3346Resurrection for the Just and the Unjust
Acts 24:15
… Now I know some who belong to one denomination who will scarcely speak to those of another section of Christ's one Church. Well, well, well—if you …
SERMON • SERMON 3317A Sweet Bow
Micah 7:18
… and has put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the Head over all things to the Church, which is His body, the fullness of …
SERMON • SERMON 3525God's Overtaking Mercy
Genesis 16:8
… Andhasput all things under His feet, andgave Him to be the Head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him that fills …
COMMENTARYPsalm 131
Psalm 131
… Point out the prevalence of pride and ambition even in the church. 3. A profession which can only be justified through the possession of the spirit of Christ …
SERMON • SERMON 2451"Blessed in Him"
Psalm 72:17
… They go to Church or to Chapel very regularly. They are, apparently, a good sort of people, but a part of their religion consists in being, on the …
SERMON • SERMON 2861'The Time Is Short'
1 Corinthians 7:29
… do much for the honor of Jesus, prove a great blessing to the Church, bear a rich testimony to the world and spread saving benefits to the souls …
SERMON • SERMON 279Come and Welcome
Revelation 22:17
… Or perhaps you say “I will go to church regularly, I will give to the poor, I will attend my meeting-house, I will take a sitting, I …
SERMON • SERMON 3030A Consistent Walk for Time to Come
Colossians 2:6
… the dragging of our names through mire and dirt could make Christ's Church more pure, we have prayed that it might be so! We have prayed that …
SERMON • SERMON 2230Loved and Washed
Revelation 1:5
… God has seen it—God abhors it! But though He saw it, He loved us—"Christ loved the church, and gave Himself for it." What wondrous love it …
SERMON • SERMON 884Help for Seekers of the Light
Isaiah 59:9
… It may be you have been brought in connection with that Church which vainly rests its faith upon the figment of Apostolic succession and the empty parade of …
SERMON • SERMON 2905The Father and the Son
1 John 1:3
… the Father rested! He could rest in His love and rejoice over His Church with singing, for the ransom price for her Redemption was paid, the battle was …
SERMON • SERMON 1037The Poor Man's Friend
Psalm 72:12
… that have always kept the law from your youth up, and gone to church regularly, or to chapel regularly, very people'The Lord have mercy upon you, and …
SERMON • SERMON 2252The Unknown Giver and the Misused Gifts
Hosea 2:8
… Let them stay there—why should he trouble about them? The Church of God needs his aid. Let it need it. It shall have nothing from him! "Soul …
SERMON • SERMON 1731Accepted of the Great Father
Ephesians 1:6
… I know that when money is needed for the Church of God and one of the Brothers goes round to collect the offerings, the subjects of the kingdom …
SERMON • SERMON 3257Thoughts and Their Fruit
Jeremiah 6:19
… So will God do to any Church that becomes unfaithful to Him! Go to Rome and see what she is today—mother of harlots, though once she seemed …
SERMON • SERMON 2250Words To Rest On
2 Chronicles 32:8
… of trust whatever! But, thanks be to God, there are in the Christian Church still some in whose words men do trust, men who are as transparent as …
SERMON • SERMON 3233God's Firebrands
Zechariah 3:2
… It is when a self-righteous religious man gets saved. "What," you say, "do you mean by that?" Why, I mean those good people who go to Church …
SERMON • SERMON 1116Medicine For The Distracted
Psalm 94:19
… The care of the Church of God, as well as of the State, was upon him. His own sins also multiplied his cares, for when he had transgressed …
SERMON • SERMON 3223Salvation As It Is Now Received
1 Peter 1:8
… the stature of men and women in Christ! The more of such any Church shall have among her members, the better will it be for her and the …
SERMON • SERMON 2240A Challenge and a Shield
Romans 8:34
… God has bought His people with His own blood? We read of "the Church of God, which He has purchased with His own blood." It is a strong …
SERMON • SERMON 2633The Two Pivots
Exodus 3:6
… your Lord and Savior now! You who are not members of any Christian Church—you who have believed in Christ, or think you have—and yet have never …
SERMON • SERMON 889Real Grace for Real Need
Luke 9:11
… We do well to sing— "Your precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed Church of God Is saved to sin no more." If this …
SERMON • SERMON 362None But Jesus—Second Part
John 3:18
… In the reign of King George the Third, the son of a member of this church lay under sentence of death for forgery. My predecessor, Dr. Rippon, after …
SERMON • SERMON 1240The Song of Songs
Isaiah 44:23
… There is no mortgage on the church of God to be ultimately discharged, the Lord has made us his unencumbered freehold, and we are his own portion for …
SERMON • SERMON 360The New Park Street Pulpit
Ephesians 1:5
… For the convenience of my young people—members of the Church—I shall, just for a moment, give you a list of the privileges of adoption as they …
SERMON • SERMON 3096The Second Time
Acts 7:13
… I know that there are some here who were once members of a Christian Church, but who fell through drunkenness. There are others here who once made a …
SERMON • SERMON 3465The Suffering Christ Satisfied
Isaiah 53:11
… He loved His Church and gave His Son for it. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. All that the Father gives Him shall come …
SERMON • SERMON 2103The Hunger and Thirst Which Are Blessed
Matthew 5:6
… As I see error in the Church, I rest in the fact that no error finds countenance with Him. Wrongdoing seems to be everywhere—certain men would rend …
SERMON • SERMON 1195Abundant Pardon
Isaiah 55:7
… There was a limit to the purpose for which it was shed, for He loved His Church and gave Himselffor it. But it is blasphemous to imagine that …
SERMON • SERMON 3448God's Glory and His Goodness
Exodus 33:18-23
… Oh, how glad are we that the Lord reigns and that Christ Jesus is Head over all things to His Church, that He is King of kings and …
SERMON • SERMON 2825Majesty in Misery
Luke 22:63-65
… I have been at the deathbeds of many of our Brothers and Sisters who have been accustomed to worship here and who have been members of this Church …
SERMON • SERMON 683Divine Gentleness Acknowledged
Psalm 18:35
… imprudence! When we first began our spiritual life we meant to drive the Church before us, and to drag the world behind us—our own idea was that …
SERMON • SERMON 2768Debtors and Debtors
Luke 7:41
… He will not regard the call of the church bell and he will not keep holy the Sabbath. He would rather forget about all such things. To read …
SERMON • SERMON 3309Christ the Seeker and Savior of the Lost
Luke 19:10
… love, lost our confidence and lost our obedience! We are lost to the Church, which we cannot serve. Lost to the Truth of God which we will not …
SERMON • SERMON 2207Redemption Through Blood—The Gracious Forgiveness Of Sins
Ephesians 1:7
… I am constantly—almost every week—at the deathbeds of our members here—we are so large a Church that one or two, every week, are going Home …
SERMON • SERMON 1122Fresh Grace Confidently Expected
Psalm 92:10
… They were taught in their Church to say, and did say twice every Sunday for more than 50 years, "Lord, deliver us from sudden death." Dear good men …