CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP A lecture given by Peter Cordle of Coventry at Forest Fold, Crowborough, on September 17,1996. 1. General Principles The dictionary gives at least three different uses of the word steward. A steward can be an official at a big public occasion. He can be the person who cares for the needs of a …
Issue: Issue 4
A GODLY MAN IS A LOVER OF THE SAINTS Thomas Watson* The best way to discern grace in oneself is to love grace in others: We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren’ (1 John 3.14). What is religion but religation – a knitting together of hearts? Faith …
For thou Lord art good and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Psalm 86.5.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him and bless his name. For the LORD i
“Assurance would make us active and lively in God’s service: it would excite prayer, quicken obedience. Faith would make us walk, but assurance would make us run—we should think we could never do enough for God. Assurance would be as wings to the bird, as weights to the clock, to set all the wheels of …
“Assurance will make a man fervent, constant, and abundant in the work of the Lord. When the assured Christian hath done one work, he is calling out for another.—What is next, Lord, says the assured soul, what is next? An assured Christian will put his hand to any work, he will put his neck in …
COMMENTS ON PSALM 122 Martin Luther 1483-1546 Verse 6.—Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, let them prosper that love thee. To pray for the peace of Jerusalem, is to pray for the safety, prosperity, and welfare of the church of God, that Satan have no power to hinder the course and fruit of the word. …