Christ and Him Crucified For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified (I Corinthians 2:2) The apostle Paul declared to a heathen world, and a church being led astray by foolish pride and worldly wisdom, that he preached Christ and Him crucified. The gospel is a person. […]
Growing worse? (John Angell James, “Christian Progress” 1853) One of the last lessons we effectually learn, is that true godliness is a constant conflict in a believer’s heart–between sin and holiness. Some sincere believers mistake a clearer view, and deeper sense of their depravity, for an actual increase of sin. The Christian seems sometimes to […]
Christ must be all! from Octavius Winslow’s, “Morning Thoughts” We cannot keep our eye too exclusively or too intently fixed on Jesus. All salvation is in Him. All salvation proceeds from Him. All salvation leads to Him. And for the assurance and comfort of our salvation we are to repose believingly and entirely on Him. […]
Can we forget such mighty grace? Spurgeon’s book, “The Saint and His Savior” Experience of the love, tenderness, and faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ will weld our hearts to him. The very thought of the love of Jesus towards us is enough to inflame our holy passions, but experience of it heats the furnace […]
Can we forget such mighty grace? Spurgeon’s book, “The Saint and His Savior” Experience of the love, tenderness, and faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ will weld our hearts to him. The very thought of the love of Jesus towards us is enough to inflame our holy passions, but experience of it heats the furnace […]
He Stood Alone; No Other Man Stood With Him Drew Dietz ‘And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren’(Genesis 45:1). Oh blessed revelation of the gospel in one verse; how simple, how straight forward and clear! Our lovely and omnipotent Redeemer must stand alone before the justice and […]
Counting the cost Nothing is clearer to me in the scriptures than the total inability of fallen men to do anything spiritual. He must be born again and given what he could never produce of himself. These facts alone ought to convince me that the Lord is not here telling me to take inventory to […]
Losses? by Spurgeon— Losses are frequently the means God uses to fetch home His wandering sheep. Like fierce dogs, they bring wanderers back to the Shepherd. When the Christian grows wealthy, and in good repute, and has good health and a happy family, he too often wanders away from the Shepherd. If he is a true […]
“Seven elements which distinguish the real gospel, the new covenant, from imitations: the free grace of God as the cause of salvation; peace with God as the result of salvation; Christ as the heart of salvation; Christ’s death and resurrection as the means of salvation; deliverance as the hallmark of salvation; the will of God as the source of salvation the […]
STRENGTH IN THE WEAK “He will not break a bruised reed, and He will not quench a smoldering wick!” — Matthew 12:20 Will Jesus accept such a heart as mine? — this erring, treacherous, vile heart? The PAST — how many forgotten vows — broken covenants — prayerless days! How often have I made new resolutions, […]