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 …
Issue: Issue 4
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 …
MEDITATION Sermon F. L. Rowell Evington “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” Luke 21, 36. An exhortation such as this from the lips of the Lord Jesus Christ, is a wonderful …
THE OPPOSITION A lecture given by Paul G. Watts at Evington Chapel, Leicester on November 20th, 1993. ‘Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle …
DANCE AND DRAMA IN WORSHIP AND EVANGELISM – A CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMRead More »
SEND FORTH LABOURERS Father, Thou hast given a people To Thy well-beloved Son, Thou hast chosen to redeem them, Now may each to Him be won. Send Thy Gospel forth to call them, Send Thy Spirit’s quickening breath, Send His life-imparting presence, Raise their souls from sin and death. Send Thy servants forth as heralds, …
JOBÂ’S FAITH AND EXPECTATION Sermon, St. Mary Woolnoth, London. J.Newton 1784 or 1785. “I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.” Job 19. 25-26. Christianity, that is, the …
THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST (2)* A Sermon preached by Mr. Kenneth J. Cordle at Swaffham Prior, Cambs. September 7th 1980 Colossians 4.3. The whole verse reads, “Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am an ambassador in bonds”. …