THE LORD JESUS CHRIST Extracts from A Manual of Theology by J. L. Dagg (1794-1884) JESUS CHRIST WAS A MAN John 1.14; Phil. 2.7,8; Heb. 2.14-17; Mark 9.12; 1 Tim. 2.5; Matt. 1.18-25; Luke 1.28-35; Gal. 4.4; Matt. 4.2; 21.18; John 4.6,10; Matt. 5.24; 21.18; Mark 9.12; Isaiah 53.3; John 11.35; Luke 19.41; Matt. 26.37,38; …
Author: George Swinnock
GOD DWELLING WITH THE CONTRITE A ‘Sermon by the late Charles Calder Mackintosh D.D For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, …
BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT Extracts from The Beatitudes by Thomas Watson first published in 1660. Various observations 1. Observe the divinity in this sermon, which goes beyond all philosophy. The philosophers used to say that one contrary expels another; but here one contrary begets another. Poverty is wont to expel riches, but here …
NO SORROW LIKE MESSIAH’S SORROW A sermon by John Newton 1725-1807 “Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow!” Lamentations 1.12. Although the Scriptures of the Old Testament, the law of Moses, the Psalms, and the prophecies, bear an harmonious testimony …
EVANGELICAL HUMILITY Gardner Spring D.D. Evangelical humility consists in a just view of our own character, and in a disposition to abase ourselves as low as the vilencss of our character requires us to lie. The pride of the human heart casts a veil over the character of men and aims to conceal their worthlessness …