“And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me and said unto me Speak; Thus saith the Lord.†Ezekiel 11.5.
Issue: Issue 6
FOR WHOM DID CHRIST DIE? In volume 10 of the Works of John Owen, reprinted by the Banner of Truth in 1967 there is a long and powerful discussion of the question of the extent of the Atonement under the title The Death of Death in the Death of Christ. For anyone who is troubled …
PARTICULAR REDEMPTION An extract from The Early Years by C. H. Spurgeon Some persons love the doctrine of universal atonement because they say, “It is so beautiful. It is a lovely idea that Christ should have died for all men; it commends itself,” they say, “to the instincts of humanity; here is something in it …
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity 1 am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though 1 have all faith so that 2 5
THE PRIORITY OF DOCTRINAL PREACHING* Ernest Reisinger The volumes that have been written in order to show and teach ministers how to preach are enough to make a small library—we all have plenty of books on the subject, and that is Direct Doctrinal Preaching. Doctrine is the foundation of all true Christian experience. Without a …
It was by the ear, by our first parents listening to the serpent, that we lost paradise; and it is by the ear, by hearing of the Word, that we get to heaven. “Hear, and your souls shall live.” (Isaiah 55:3). Thomas Watson
Good prayers never come weeping home. I am sure I shall receive, either what I ask or what I should ask. Joseph Hall
The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer fetched the angel. Thomas Watson
We may be losers for Him, we shall never be losers by Him. Thomas Watson