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John Piper

Be Filled with the Spirit

John PiperMarch 8, 1981 Ephesians 5:18 The apostle Paul commands in Ephesians 5:18 that we be filled with the Spirit. Therefore, I want to try to answer two questions today. What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? And, How can we be filled with the Spirit? I think it might help you follow me if I tell... Read More
John R. Rice

The Revival Harvest Is Always Ripe Among Lost Sinners

John R. RiceThroughout these lectures we have felt constrained to return repeatedly to the Scripture given in Matthew 9:35-38, where Jesus gave us this law that the harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few--that the trouble is not with the circumstances, the sinners, the world, but with the church, the peo... Read More
Keith Malcomson

THE FOUNDATION OF REPENTANCE

Keith MalcomsonHeb.6:1, “…the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God…” To stand in time and eternity we must have a sure foundation in the present time. We must give earnest heed and deep consideration to these foundations for depending on these foundations we will stand in eternity or p... Read More
Keith Malcomson

ELDERSHIP

Keith MalcomsonWhen Paul teaches the Church at Ephesus concerning their structure and function as a Church he speaks of them as a Body (1:22-23; 2:16; 3:16; 4:4, 12, 16), a Building (2:20-22) and a Bride (5:23-33). Again when Paul is writing his first letter to the Church at Corinth he speaks of them as a Body. In... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures

Principles For The Gathering Of BelieversThere 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
Revival Articles

Swept by the Flame of Revial

Swept By The Flame Of Revival The late Paul H. Holsinger wrote in the March 1959 Herald Of His Coming as follows: The Far Eastern Bible Institute revival was like the days of Finney. I had preached a sermon, and sat down. Another brother led in prayer and sat down. Then suddenly the Spirit of the Lo... Read More
Revival Messages

No Detour Around Repentance

No Detour Around Repentance By A. E. Reinschmidt Revival is for those who are backslidden in some way. Some are saying that our backslidden condition makes revival unlikely, even impossible today. This is like saying that we shouldn't look for rain anymore because the ground is so dry and hard! Sure... Read More
Revival Messages

Swept By The Flame Of Revival

Swept By The Flame Of Revival The late Paul H. Holsinger wrote in the March 1959 Herald of His Coming as follows: The Far Eastern Bible Institute revival was like the days of Finney. I had preached a sermon, and sat down. Another brother led in prayer and sat down. Then suddenly the Spirit of the Lo... Read More
Classic Christian Writings

How Do You Take Reproof? By A. E. Reinschmidt

"I will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved" (Hab. 2:1). The purpose in reproof is the recovery of them that may be out of the way of righteousness, but unaware of the fact. We Christians fall into error, and if left to ourselves many of us would never r... Read More
Classic Christian Writings

No Detour Around Repentance By A. E. Reinschmidt

Revival is for those who are backslidden in some way. Some are saying that our backslidden condition makes revival unlikely, even impossible today. This is like saying that we shouldn't look for rain anymore because the ground is so dry and hard! Surely the ground is dry and hard--everywhere. But th... Read More

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