Bread or Poison? Clay Curtis Malachi 1:7: Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. The next time you are baking a fresh loaf of homemade bread, mix in rat poison. Do you think you could obtain […]

The Gospel of the Bible Salvation of sinners is all about the glory of God (Rom 11:36, Col 3:11, 2 Thess 2:14) and it is in this salvation of sinners that all the divine attributes of God are gloriously revealed. The reconciliation of fallen sinners to a Holy God requires the infinitely powerful work of […]

Effectual Atonement Isaiah 53:10-12 What happened at Calvary? Did the Lord Jesus Christ redeem His people from all iniquity; or did he merely make them redeemable? Did He actually put away our sins; or did He merely make it possible for our sins to be put away? Did the Lamb of God reconcile us to […]

“It pleased the Lord to bruise Him.” Isaiah 53:10 Contrary to popular, heretical opinion, the Son of God did not die as the helpless victim of circumstances because the Jews would not let Him be their king. His death was not a secondary plan God had on reserve and adopted because the Jews rejected Him. […]

Are you hungry? 

from Spurgeon’s sermon, “BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY” We should come to hear the Word, like baby birds in the nest–
when the mother-bird comes with the worm, they are all
stretching their necks to see which one shall get the food,
for they are all hungry and want it.
And so should hearers be ready to […]

Come and eat! 

(Horatius Bonar, “The Bread of Immortality”) 

”I am the bread of life.” John 6:48 ” I am the living bread.” John 6:51 All food is for the sustaining of life.

Jesus announces Himself as the bread which will sustain 
the life of the soul. Not merely some doctrine–but Himself. 
He is the bread; not merely […]

The wilderness 

(J. C. Philpot, “The Valley of Achor” 1861) “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead 
her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.” 
Hosea 2:14 The children of God would not voluntarily go into the 
wilderness–it is a place too barren for them to enter, 
except as allured […]

Extracts from The Wilderness Wanderer           By Joseph Philpot, 1867 “They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. And […]

Extracts from The Wilderness Wanderer           By Joseph Philpot, 1867 “They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. And […]

THE HOLY GARMENTS “You shall make Holy Garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.” Exodus 28:2 If ever eyes beheld an object in which splendor shone, it was the high-priest in his Holy Garments. God planned each part ‘for glory and for beauty.’ Hence every brilliant color sparkled. Hence richest jewels cast back […]