Sermons & Devotionals by Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson
Forgotten Truths Appendix 3: The Lord's Coming in Greek Words
NOTE CHAPTER 6 THERE are three different words used in the Greek Testament in relation to the Lord's Coming. Parousia means primarily "presence" (see 2 Corinthians 10:10; Philippians 2:12), and it is used of any person's arrival (see, e.g., 1 Corinthians 16:17; 2 Corinthians 7:6, 7; etc.). In secula... Read More
Robert Anderson
Daniel in the Critic's Den Appendice 3: The Punctuation Of Daniel IX
THE Massoretic punctuation of Daniel ix. 25 has been adopted by Dean Farrar and Professor Driver, who fail to see that it is fatal to their pseud-epigraph theory of Daniel. The passage when thus read limits to 62 "weeks" the period during which Jerusalem was to remain as an inhabited city; and it is... Read More
Robert Anderson
The Bible or the Church: Appendix 2
ROMISH PROPAGANDISM A FEW years ago I received a letter from a gentleman living near London, expressing solicitude for my spiritual welfare, and an earnest desire to see me within the fold of the Catholic Church. Though the writer was a stranger to me, the tone in which he wrote was such that I was ... Read More
Robert Anderson
Daniel in the Critic's Den Appendice 4: The Jewish Calendar
ACCORDING to the Mishna (treatise Rosh Hathanak), "On the 1st of Nisan is a new year for the computation of the reign of kings and for festivals." To which the Jewish editors of the English translation of the Mishna add this note: "The reign of Jewish kings, whatever the period of accession might be... Read More
Robert Anderson
The Bible or the Church: Appendix 3
PAOLO SARPI AND THE COUNCIL OF TRENT. OF Paolo Sarpi it has been said that "there was no department of human knowledge about which he did not know everything that had been ascertained by others, and few to which he did not make substantial contributions." In truth, he seems to have been one of the m... Read More
Robert Anderson
Forgotten Truths Appendix 4: Philippians 3:8-14
PHILIPPIANS 3:8-141 NOTE CHAPTER 7 IF the commonly received exegesis of Philippians 3:8-14 be correct, we are faced by the astounding fact that the author of the Epistle to the Romans and of the 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians -- the Apostle who was in a peculiar sense entrusted with the supreme revel... Read More
Robert Anderson
The Bible or the Church: Appendix 4
NOTE 1. - BISHOPS. THE Epistle to the Philippians is addressed to "all the saints," "with the bishops and ministers." Upon which Dean Alford remarks, "The simple juxtaposition of the officers with the members of the Church, and indeed their being placed after those members, shows the absence of hier... Read More
Robert Anderson
Forgotten Truths Appendix 5: Exclusion from Millennial Kingdom.
NOTE CHAPTER 12 EXCLUSION from the millennial kingdom, we are told by some, will be the penalty imposed on Christians who lapse into immoral practices. And in proof of this we are referred to such passages as 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10; Galatians 5:21; Ephesians 5:5; etc. This assumes, however, that "the... Read More
Robert Anderson
Daniel in the Critic's Den Appendice 5: The Twentieth Year Of Artaxerxes
THE month Nisan in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes is the epoch of the prophetic era of the seventy weeks. In dealing with this subject, therefore, it is of vital importance to fix that date, and I have dealt with the matter exhaustively in an Excursus (App. II., Note A) added to The Coming Prince,... Read More
Robert Anderson
Daniel in the Critic's Den Appendice 6: The Date Of The Crucifixion
AS regards the date of the Ministry and of the Passion, Luke iii. 1 is an end of controversy with all who reject the nightmare system of interpreting Scripture. The 15th year of the Emperor Tiberius is as certain a date as the 15th year of Queen Victoria. He began to reign on the 19th August A.D. 14... Read More
Robert Anderson
The Literal Interpretation of Scripture
from "THINGS TO COME" April 1897. STANDING upon this platform, I assume not merely that we possess a revelation, but that it is contained in the Bible. And when I speak of the Bible as containing a revelation, I use the words in a sense far different from that of the Sacerdotalists. Mr. Sholto Dougl... Read More
Robert Anderson
Daniel in the Critic's Den Appendice 7: Professor Driver's Indictment of Daniel
THE following is a brief summary of Professor Driver's indictment of the Book of Daniel. He enumerates under nine heads "facts of a historical nature" which point to an author later than Daniel (pp. xlvii--1v1). These are :-- 1. The position of the Book in the Jewish Canon. (As to this see pp. 57--6... Read More
Robert Anderson
The Resurrection
IN the religion of Christendom the Incarnation and Death of Christ are everything. The Virgin's Child, the heaven-sent Teacher, and the Jesus of Calvary, completely fill the spiritual vision of the faithful. But in the cluster of great truths which constitute the Divine revelation of Christianity, t... Read More
Robert Anderson
Sin and the Judgment to Come
The Book of Judges records that in evil days when civil war was raging in Israel, the tribe of Benjamin boasted of having 700 men who "could sling stones at a hair breadth and not miss." Nearly two hundred times the Hebrew word chatha, here tranlated "miss," is rendered "sin" in our English Bible ; ... Read More
Robert Anderson
The Bible or the Church: Preface
THE subject of these pages is one of the highest interest, and it is only those who are in some way behind the scenes who can judge aright of its peculiar urgency at the present moment. "The greatest achievement in English history" is a distinguished historian's estimate of the Reformation ; but in ... Read More
Robert Anderson
Forgotten Truths Preface
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION THE early demand for a new edition of "Forgotten Truths" gives proof that truths which have been let slip by so many are still cherished by not a few. The only adverse criticism the book has evoked is that which was anticipated in the closing pages of Chap. 12. In the e... Read More
Robert Anderson
Forgotten Truths 1: Some Questions Raised
THE lapse of time has not effaced from my memory the details of a conversation of many years ago with a liberal-minded and cultured Jewish Rabbi. He introduced himself by telling me that he was a student of the New Testament, and that my friend, the then Chief Rabbi, had recommended one of my exposi... Read More
Robert Anderson
The Bible or the Church: Chapter 1
"IT was the main purpose of the then rulers of the Church to put prominently forward the supremacy of the Bible." These words are quoted from the Archbishops' decision in the famous Incense case; and they indicate the chief aim of the leaders of the Reformation in England. For the Reformation was no... Read More
Robert Anderson
Forgotten Truths 2: The Eternal Word of God
"O THE depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!" (Romans 11:33) Such was the burst of praise that rose from the heart of the inspired Apostle as he realized that the seeming failure of all that Hebrew prophets had... Read More
Robert Anderson
The Bible or the Church: Chapter 2
UNIVERSALITY OF RELIGION "AS soon as man grew distinct from the animal he became religious." No one gifted with a sense of humour could have gravely penned a suggestion so grotesque as this. That the remote descendant of an ape might become intelligent, philosophical, mathematical, musical, poetical... Read More
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Sir Robert Anderson was born in Dublin, Ireland and was of Scottish descent. His father was an elder in the Irish Presbyterian Church and he was raised in a religious home. Anderson's conversion took place after listening to a sermon delivered by John Hall.
Sir Robert Anderson graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1862 and was called to the Irish Bar in 1863. He later became Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard. When he retired in 1901, he was made Knight Commander of the the Order of the Bath. W. H. Smith, on the floor of the House of Commons, said Sir Robert "had discharged his duties with great ability and perfect faithfulness to the public."
Sir Robert Anderson was the chief inspector for Scotland Yard. He was greatly respected for his skill as an investigator. When Anderson wasn't writing on subjects related to crime, he wrote books on Christian prophecy. He helped establish the fact that 69 of Daniel's 70 weeks have now transpired, and that the tribulation will be the 70th week. Sir Robert Anderson's book, The Coming Prince, has become a foundational resource for all dispensationalists.