WITHOUT CLOUDS J. C. Ryle ‘He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered …
Issue: Volume 19
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 …
He (Christ) must die, for He could not purchase otherwise. He must rise, for He could not otherwise exercise His Lordship over His purchase. He had power to lay down His life to procure, and He had power to take again to bestow salvation. I am inclined to draw the inference, since Jesus died and …
PASSING TIME See how time’s unrelenting flood Like a great tidal river flows, Bears all our human life away, We helpless stand, time swiftly goes. Nor will time for mankind delay “Tis fixed by God’s unchanging laws; Unpityingly it rolls along, Nor brooks one single moment’s pause. Incessantly,by day and night, Unseen, unheard it rushes …
God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority. It is not enough that we be just, that we be righteous, and walk with God in holiness; but we must also serve our generation as David did before he fell …
PREACH THE WORD The theme of this edition of Gospel Tidings will be immediately evident. It is the urgent command of Paul to Timothy, 2 Tim. 4.1-5, I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; …
IMPORTANCE OF SERIOUSNESS TO THE CHRISTIAN MINISTER Daniel Dana, D.D. A minister, if he is not one of the most inconsistent and wretched of human beings, is a Christian. In other words, he is a professed follower, and humble representative, of the Son of God. And how shall this sublime character be maintained and exhibited? …
PREACHING AND THE DANGER OF COMPROMISE In considering this very practical subject I think that a study of Paul as the ideal preacher, noting especially his methods and his principles, will be helpful to us. From Galatians 1 we can gather certain principles which weighed with the Apostle in this matter. Two things especially are …
TEMPTATIONS Ambrose Serle* It is a great part of the Christian warfare to encounter temptations. When a man truly becomes Christ’s soldier, he is armed from head to foot by Him; because, from head to foot will his enemies attack him with all sorts of weapons, to inflict all possible distress, where they cannot overwhelm …
Thou temptest God to suffer thy locks to be cut, when thou art so bold to lay thy head in the lap of temptation. William Gurnall 1617 – 1679