ARE YOU BORN AGAIN? By Bishop J. C. Ryle This is one of the most important questions anyone can be asked. Jesus Christ says, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3.3). It is not enough to reply, “You have been baptised, and go to church, and you …
Issue: Issue 4
MIRACLES AND PROPHECIES Rev. William Goode When the Charismatic movement first began to affect people I was acquainted with, it was a matter of serious concern because I knew very little about the claims being made and had never made a particular study of the subject. It was, then, a great help to find that …
MORE THAN A DREAM This article was first published in the Banner of Truth magazine as an editorial by Maurice Roberts. It is reprinted here by kind permission of the Trust which has recently published a collection of these editorials in a book entitled, The Christian’s High Calling. It is in similar format to a …
THANKSGIVING OBTAINS THE SPIRIT A Sermon preached by Robert Murray M’Cheyne at St. Peter’s, Dundee, on the first Lord’s Day after his return from Palestine, November 24, 1839. “It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and …
THE HAPPINESS OF DRAWING NEAR TO GOD Extracts from a sermon preached by Thomas Watson, who was ejected from his church, St. Stephen’s, Walbrook in London, and died in 1689 or 1690. The sermon has recently been published in a book entitled A Plea for the Godly by Soli Deo Gloria Publications. “But it is …
ONLY TRUST HIM I had tasted bitter waters, I had seen the cisterns break, But to heal my soul’s great sadness Christ my Lord did undertake His great stoop from highest heaven To the cross to bear my sin, So that I who simply trust Him Can know joy and peace within. Since I put …
THE CONVERSION OF ZACCHEUS Extracts from a sermon by George Whitefield And Jesus said unto him. This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is the son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:9,10). Salvation, everywhere through the …
NATIONAL SINS AND JUDGEMENTS A modernised and abbreviated version of a sermon by Dr. John Owen preached in 1679. For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory. The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they …
‘THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD’ Bishop J. C. Ryle (First published in 1865 and heavily abridged by Rev. Gregory McCammon) These words fell from the lips of ancient Egyptian magicians when one of the famous plagues came on their land. They said unto Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God” (Ex. 8:19). It would …