The Mighty Magnet “And I, if l be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me” (John 12:32). Come, ye workers, be encouraged. You fear that you cannot draw a congregation. Try the preaching of a crucified, risen, and ascended Savior; for this is the greatest “draw” that was ever yet manifested […]

Friend, can you understand my riddle? (J. C. Philpot, “Letters & Memoirs”) I find that sin has such power over me, that though I call on the Lord again and again for deliverance, I seem to be as weak as ever when temptation comes. If a window were placed in my bosom, what filth and […]

THE GREAT COMPROMISE Acts 5: 17, 18 The Pharisee claimed to worship Jehovah but they differed from the Sadducee in that they believed that there would be a resurrection from the dead. The Sadducees claimed to believe Jehovah but they differed from the Pharisee in that they believed there was no resurrection. Yet, these differences […]

Sign Seeking Hypocrites Mark 8: 10-13 Nothing is more contemptuous than religious infidelity and hypocrisy. The scriptures tell us here that “He sighed deeply in his Spirit.” Here is the God of glory sighing, sighing deeply in his spirit, groaning as one in painful vexation of soul. Then he said, “Why doth this generation seek […]

– An undressing from his sins and infirmities (Charles Spurgeon) “They will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” Matthew 25:46 There is an essential difference between the death of the godly—and the death of the ungodly. Death comes to the ungodly man—as a penal infliction; but to the righteous— as […]

The Parable Of The Wicked Husbandmen Matt. 21:33-46 It is a serious mistake for anyone to read this parable and say, “That applies to the Jews. It has no reference to me.” This parable addresses us just as fully as it did the priests and Pharisees to whom it was originally spoken. The message of […]

“THE center of our holy religion is the Cross. The central thought of the whole of Christianity is Christ and the great point in Christ’s history is His Crucifixion. We preach Christ—but more—we preach Him Crucified!”—Charles Spurgeon

MARK 11:27-33 ¶ And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, (28) And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? (29) And Jesus […]

Complete Recovery – A Great Physician Tommy Robbins “Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?” Jeremiah 8:22 The verse before us propose three questions. Three gospel questions. The answer to these questions reveal the inherit and willing idolatrous heart […]

Are You Hungry Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. (Matthew 5: 6) I read that during the days of the Great Depression in this country there was such a famine of bread that families had to go to soup kitchens or bread trucks and wait in […]