THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT (1) The Sword There are two things we may take notice of, before we come to a closer discussion of the words. From the sort of arms here appointed for the Christian’s use, the weapon that is both defensive and offensive is the sword. All the rest in the Apostle’s …
Issue: Issue 4
Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith. Today if ye will hear his voice. Harden not your hearts as in the provocation in the day of temptation in the wilderness. Hebrews 3.7-8
DOES IT MATTER WHAT PREACHING WE HEAR? I warn everyone who loves his soul, TO BE VERY JEALOUS ABOUT the preaching he regularly hears, and the place of worship he regularly attends. He who deliberately settles down under any ministry which is positively unsound is a very unwise man. I will never hesitate to speak …
Grace is a ring of gold, and Christ is the sparkling diamond in that ring. Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
WILLIAM GURNALL* Although his book. The Christian in Complete Armour, is so widely known there is remarkably little that can be discovered about the author. A volume published by M’Keon in 1830 is the main source of information regarding William Gumall. A more popular biography appears in J. C. Ryle’s Light From Old Times, and …
RELIGION WITHOUT THEOLOGY Horatius Bonar “Religion without theology” is a phrase meant to sound well; yet, after all, a deception. There can be no such thing. A tree must have a root. The phrase implies that theology has been the prison-house of religion, and that there must be emancipation from theology before religion can exercise …
THE CHRISTIAN’S ECHO Written by Cornelius Cayley, a courtier, living in the reign of George II. True faith, producing love to God and man- Say, echo, is not this the Gospel plan?- “The Gospel plan”. Must I my faith and love to Jesus show, By doing good to all, both friend and foe?- ” Both …
DOCTRINE* Moses evidently had a most gracious conception of the vital necessity and refreshing power of true doctrine when he declared “My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name …
THE POWER OF CALVINISTIC DOCTRINE C. H. Spurgeon It is a great thing to begin in the Christian life by believing good solid doctrine. Some people have received twenty different “gospels” in as many years; how many more they will accept before they get to their journey’s end, it would be difficult to predict. I …
WORLDLINESS Extracts from C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography June 19.—My birthday. Sixteen years have I lived upon this earth, and yet I am only—scarcely six months old! I am very young in grace. Yet how much time have I wasted, dead in trespasses and sins, without life, without God, in the world! What a mercy that …