PSALM 1 A prayer-meeting address by Mr. G. Rose, of Croydon. The Word of God gives us a description of how things are in the sight of God, and none but God’s Word can do that. That is the true perspective of our condition; not what man thinks of us, if he does not get …
Issue: Issue 6
Good prayers never come weeping home. I am sure I shall receive, either what I ask or what I should ask. Joseph Hall
LIBERTY “Where the Spirit of the Lord is. there is liberty.” 2 Corinthians 3. 17. The gospel is “the perfect law of liberty,” therefore the very perfection of liberty, and thus thoroughly and entirely free from the least taint of bondage, the slightest tincture of servitude. It is this perfect freedom which distinguishes it from …
Free will has carried many souls to hell; but never a soul to heaven yet. C. H. Spurgeon.
OLIVER CROMWELL — THE MAN, HIS CHARACTER AND BELIEFS Perhaps none of the great heroes of the faith in England have been called upon to walk before the public eye more than Oliver Cromwell, the foremost Englishman of his day. His beliefs, profession, character and actions have been minutely scrutinized. Yet, on close enquiry, his …
A WARM AND PRESSING WELCOME A sermon preached at Forest Fold Baptist Chapel, Crowborough, on May 8,1994. ‘And he said. Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without?’ Genesis 24.31. Introduction It is very important when we are reading the Old Testament to think carefully about what kind of literature we are …
THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE IN PUBLIC WORSHIP So-called “worship” today includes films, plays, dramatic sketches, “gospel rock”, repetitive chorus singing, “open worship”, prophecies and tongue-speaking, jocular chairmanship, and a host of other things too numerous to mention. Hand-clapping, dancing, embracing and kissing add a further dimension, until the overall ef feet in the minds of many …
1988 Anniversaries and centenaries command interest, some more than others. This coming year sees the commemoration of third and fourth centenaries of events in English history which were of far-reaching significance. In the year 1588 the Spanish Armada was woken up and dispersed, and in the year 1688 James II, a Roman catholic, gave place …