james-1:2-4,romans-5:3

INTRODUCTION 1. Well, I'd believe in a loving God if it weren't for the problem of evil - but that's just too hard to swallow. I mean, I can't accept that a loving God would allow thousands to die in the Soviet archipelago of prison camps or would allow Hitler to gas millions of Jews! " That is the ... Read More

OF THE CHURCH IN ITS FIRST AND PURE STATE, IN ITS DECLINING STATE, IN ITS DECLINED STATE, AND IN ITS RECOVERY WITH THE WAY OF SALVATION IN THE COVENANT OF LIFE OPENED, AND SOME STUMBLING-BLOCKS REMOVED OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SIMPLE-HEARTED LIKEWISE SOME QUERIES CONCERNING THE NEW COVENANT WITH AN EXH... Read More

August 1 "Let your work appear unto your servants, and your glory unto their children." Psalm 90:16 "Let your work appear unto your servants." Creature works we here read nothing of. They had been long ago cut to the very ground. And what had been their deathblow? What had driven the dagger into the... Read More

December 1 "According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love--having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will." Ephesians 1:4, 5 It is a ve... Read More

Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, Jan. 9, 1850, by J. C. Philpot "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing." J... Read More

This internal warfare "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 The believer is heavily burdened with a daily conflict. This conflict between a body of sin and the holy, pure, and divine nature of which God's people are made partakers—lasts dur... Read More

Preached at Eden Street Chapel, on August 15, 1852, by J. C. Philpot "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also; knowing, that tribulation works patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope--and hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the ... Read More

Preached at Trinity Chapel, on Thursday evening, August 22, 1846, by J. C. Philpot "Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?" Jeremiah 15:12 Some people object very much to the use of figures in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. They say that the truths of the gospel need no such illust... Read More

How do you seek God when you are in the midst of a crisis? Every believer will face crisis moments. You will encounter those times when your faith is tested. Following Jesus does not mean that you are exempt from suffering. It does not mean that your life will be crisis free. The Bible openly declar... Read More

The Blessing of the Cross By Peter Hammond Could peace and prosperity be detrimental to our spiritual health? This may seem to be a shocking suggestion but recent history and personal experience should make us seriously consider the possibility. Wars, natural disasters and suffering seem to be regul... Read More