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The birth of the Sons In the eternal life and order of God the Lord Jesus became for us a man, that He might bring us by His own birth into the family of God. For by His grace we too may know a similar kind of birth, a new birth entirely. A birth from sin to sanctity, from self to God, from vileness... Read More

Life No 1 The Life of St Paul, the first hermit, [Celebrated in the Roman Martyrology on Jan 15] by Jerome, presbyter & divine [c.341 - 420. Biblical scholar and Doctor of the Church] Prologue There is a controversy among many people about who was the first person to take to living in the desert as ... Read More

De Vitis Patrum, Book III by Rufinus of Aquileia, Presbyter Prologue Who can doubt but that the world is sustained by the merits of the Saints, that is, those whose lives shine out from this book, who spurned every mark of luxury with their whole mind, who left the world and penetrated the secret wa... Read More

Reading: Philippians 2:5-13. 5. ‘Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6. who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; 7. but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8. and being fo... Read More

March 1 "The church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood." Acts 20:28 Atonement for sin stands or falls with the Deity of Christ. If we deny his Deity, we must deny the atonement, for what value or merit can there be in the blood of a mere man that God, for its sake, should pardon milli... Read More

The Lives of Joseph and John the Baptist November 8, 1981 The Lives of Joseph and John the Baptist Except for Saturdays our family sits down for breakfast at about 7:15 a.m. After our cereal and juice we open the Bible and I read the morning Scripture. Then we pray and the boys head off to school. W... Read More

Luke 1:5-25 Last time we studied Luke 1:1-4, the preface to Luke's two volume work: the Gospel and Acts. The main point of the preface (we saw in verse 4) was to state Luke's aim in writing, namely to persuade Theophilus that the Christian teachings he has heard are true. He does not want Theophilus... Read More

February 22, 1981 Luke 3:21-38 21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, as a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well plea... Read More

Now I come to bring the last message on the tongues movement -- the movement that teaches speaking in tongues as the initial evidence of the fullness of the Spirit or the baptism of the Holy Spirit. First, let me say that many, many people of the tongues movement are good Christian people. They beli... Read More

There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More