Death & Dying

On Raising Questions

… letter from his old home in Germany, notifying that he had, by the death of a relative, fallen heir to a considerable amount of money. He was cutting …

Psalm 62

Psalm 62

… We cannot too often hear the toll of that great bell only; let it ring the death knell of all carnal reliances, and lead us to cast ourselves …

On Whose Side Are You?

Exodus 32:26

… It is a decision that should be made at once, O man, for death is near you and eternity begins to dawn! Wait not, young man! Wait not …

A Discourse For A Revival Season

Jeremiah 8:19

… When you seem to hear the tolling of your own death knell, then you will value the Sunday chime! And take heed yet a little further! There will …

Christ is Glorious—Let Us Make Him Known

Micah 5:4

… Lo! at his girdle swing the keys of heaven, and death, and hell, for “the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers

… It would have seemed an idle tale if anyone had told me that I should not be at your father’s death-bed. Nevertheless, it is well,—well …

Vessels Of Mercy—A Sermon Of Self-Examination

Romans 9:23

… There is next in him another mark of the Potter's hands—that is love to Christ—a love that is strong as death, though sometimes it seems …

The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God

1 Timothy 1:11

… It is a horrible thing to think of! The same sun that melts wax hardens clay, and to some hearts the Gospel becomes the savor of death unto …

Psalm 75

Psalm 75

… Who loves death? Pr 8:36. Thomas Watson. Verse 5. Horn. The word horn was used in the Hebrew metaphorically to express either honour, as Ps 112:9 …

Prayer 26 — Prayer Answered and Unanswered

… Hear him while he cries, "God be merciful to me a sinner." Hear such as seem to themselves to be appointed unto death. Let the sighing of the …

A Secret And Yet No Secret

Solomon 4:12

… There is the old life which still survives—that old death, rather—the body of sin and death, struggling against the Law of life which God has put …

Prayer 3 — The Love Without Measure or End

… Oh! that the day were come when the name of Jesus shall be a household word, when everybody knew of His love, and of His death, and of …

Prayer 25 — The Washing of Water By The Word

… Oh! help us not to be so easily moved even by pain, may we have much patience, and let not the prospect of death ever cause us any …

The Lord’s Hand behind the Maid’s Mistake

… When will God leave off loving Jesus? Even so does Jesus love you and me. “ ‘The weakest saint shall win the day, Though death and hell obstruct the …

The Rising Sun

Malachi 4:2

… That were no sign of Grace, for what thief will not tremble at the gallows? I do not ask you if you are afraid of death. What mortal …

The Parable of the Sower

… work, no ploughing of the soil, but on a sudden they sprang from death to life, as if a field should be covered with wheat by magic. Perhaps …

Little-faith

… 95 The Sleep of Death. 97 Foretastes of Heaven. 99 The Work of the Spirit. 101 Peace. 103 Earth’s Seasons. 104 Love Undeserved. 106 The Infallible Commentary …

The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:4-8

… work, no ploughing of the soil, but on a sudden they sprang from death to life, as if a field should be covered with wheat by magic. Perhaps …

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… the word of our testimony, because we "love not our lives unto the death." We lift our voice to Thee in prayer, also, for all our dear ones …

Seekers Directed and Encouraged

Jeremiah 29:13

… reason for seeking your God with all your heart! Remember, also, that after death comes judgment. We must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ! And after …

A Plain Answer to an Important Enquiry

John 6:29

… will preserve you to old age and then leave you to temptation and death. No, "He that believes on Him has everlasting life" And it is not everlasting …

On the Choice of a Text

… If they fall victims to the habit, it must surely be the end of their usefulness, and send an intolerable death-chill into their hearts, of which their …

Loved and Loving

… Many a heart that has cried, "My Beloved," has been wounded even unto death because it could not come at its choice, but was doomed never to exclaim …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… Read to me,” he said, “one verse before I close my eyes in death.” His comrade read him that verse: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I …

Exposition: 1 John 3:1-10

… like him now, but we have some more refining process to undergo, and death itself, that best of all friends, is yet to wash us clean. “We know …

Ancestry and Genealogy

I sing of the noble Refugee, Who strove in a holy faith, At the altar of his God to bow, When the road was marked with death. When …

Unabated Affection between Pastor and People

… For the work of Christ, you have been nigh unto death, not regarding your life, to supply a lack of service toward us. "We cannot forget that this …

Jesus, The Delight of Heaven

Revelation 5:9

… Your Substitutionary death has made Your people heirs with You." Gladly would I fly yonder to join their song, but till then I'll lisp it forth as …

Prayer 22 — The Presence of God

… He shall be our guide even unto death. Them who spakest by the apostles, speak still by Thy servants, and let Thy Word be with as much power …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Continued)

… Brown ; Cuff on the Head ; Knell on Death ; Carter on the Road ; Cricket on the Green, by Batts ; Over the Stream, by Bridge ; Hook and I ; Tydeman on …

The Fear of Final Falling

… We have been kept alive on the brink of death. Our spiritual life has been a flame burning on in the midst of the sea, a stone that …

Psalm 117

Psalm 117

… rbg, gabar , is strong :it is not only great in bulk or number ;but it is powerful ;it prevails over sin, Satan, death, and hell. Adam Clarke Verse …

The First Christmas Carol

Luke 2:14

… too, “As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, but had rather that he should turn unto me and …

A Word in Season

Job 22:29

… Or death has come and taken away a child, or they are infirm in body. Or maybe the cholera has been down the street, or something or other …

A Bottle in the Smoke

Psalm 119:83

… the martyrs did not endure much pain when they were being burned to death; but this is a mistake, Christian men are not like stones; they are like …

Divine Destruction and Protection

Ezekiel 17:29

… He hears God's children crying, "Who shall deliver us from the body of this death?" and he looks shocked. The professor, too, who boasts his deep experience …

Enquirers and Converts

… There are always the same essential marks, — death, birth, life, food, — Christ in the death, the birth, the life, the food, — repentance, faith, joy, — the work of the …

Forgiveness

Isaiah 43:25

… thee when in the sufferings of a sick bed, because the pains of death gat hold upon thee; if it has not been thy habit to pray, the …

Good Works

Titus 2:14

… Is it not written, “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren?” Loving the brethren is a good work. Again, “If …

To Those Who Have Believed

… If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus, you have passed from death unto life, and YOU ARE SAVED. In the old slave days a lady brought …