THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD THE SON IN SALVATION A. W. Pink For whom did Christ die? It surely does not need arguing that the Father had an express purpose in giving Him to die, or that God the Son had a definite design before Him in laying down His life – ‘Known unto God are …
Issue: Issue 3
CHEERFUL GIVERS Part of an address by George Muller. I have been for fifty years, by God’s grace, acting on the principle of Christian giving according to the Scriptures, and I cannot tell you the abundance of spiritual blessing I have received to my own soul through acting thus; that is, seeking to be a …
GOOD WORKS J. Calvin There is nothing in which men resemble God more truly than in doing good to others. God not only loves the faithful, but also their works. The grace of Christ, and not their own dignity or merit, is that which gives worth to our works. Outward works… the only testimonies to …
THE OCEAN OF LOVE My heart was like a stony rock, far from the pleasant shore, Surrounded by an ocean great, that flows for evermore; That ocean is God’s boundless love, its height and depth and length Beyond the far horizon’s brim it flows in all its strength. My heart was like a stony rock, …
THE TWO SENDERS Notes on John 20.21 by Paul Watts The risen Jesus said to His disciples, ‘…as my Father has sent me, even so send I you’. The two Senders are two Persons of the Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son. Reflecting the unity of the one Godhead they send in a similar …
A LETTER TO THE REV. MR. JOHN WESLEY George Whitefield Preface I am very well aware what different effects publishing this Letter against the dear Mr. Wesley’s Sermon will produce. Many of my friends, that are strenuous advocates for universal Redemption, will immediately be offended. Many that are zealous on the other side will be …
A LETTER FROM SAMUEL RUTHERFORD Explanation Having recently had the pleasure of making a short visit to fair ‘Anwoth by the Solway’, I had the urge to read again something of the life and writings of Samuel Rutherford. Hence the cover-picture of this edition and the following pieces which give a brief and inadequate glimpse …
A SERMON BY SAMUEL RUTHERFORD ‘Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, sailh the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith …
SPIRITUAL NUMBNESS It is with our souls as it is with our bodies; we sometimes catch cold we know not how.
GOSPEL CHARITY Sermon* London John Owen June 5,1673 “And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.” Col. 3. 14. Love, and its exercise, is the principal grace and duty that is required among, and expected from, the saints of God, especially as they are engaged in church-fellowship. I shall …