THE PILLAR Henry Law, one time Dean of Gloucester `The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night.’ Exodus 13.21. The children of Israel are about to tread …
Issue: Issue 6
JOHN OWEN, A PRE-EMINENT PURITAN Notes of a Lecture, December 2004. Historical Background The history of Puritanism may be divided into three periods. 1. From the accession of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603) to the crushing of the Presbyterian movement by her in 1593. 2. From 1593 to the calling of the Long Parliament in 1640. 3. …
SIN UNTO DEATH A Sermon preached by Mr S. Delves, 31 st May 1970, Crowborough `If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say …
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 …
JEHOVAH-JIREH How striking the instruments employed, as well as the storehouse from whence the Lord furnishes the table of His poor, tried and afflicted people! I would here relate an instance of the Lord supplying one of His persecuted family, while confined in prison under the iron hand of persecution. A poor woman, soon after …
THE SABBATH “The Sabbath,” said our Lord, “was made for man.” It was made for his good, a day of rest from worldly business, for the special acknowledgment of God, and for the enjoyment of peculiar communion with Him. If the Sabbath was made for man, it was not a Jewish burden. It was for …
HAUD ON, DEARIE! I was travelling in a third-class carriage on the Caledonian Railway, some years ago. when, at a small station in the country, a middle-aged woman, of grave and serious demeanour, and evidently of the humblest class of society, got into my compartment. Giving her a Gospel tract, she read it, and then …
“And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me and said unto me Speak; Thus saith the Lord.†Ezekiel 11.5.
ASSURANCE OF FAITH The deep things which relate to personal experience of the Holy Spirit’s dealing with the soul ought to be matters of prayer, not of disputation. It has long been a settled point with me, that the Scriptures make a wide distinction between faith, the assurance of faith, and the full assurance of …