We opened the year by writing upon “First things First,” so it seems appropriate that we should offer a few remarks upon Last things in this closing issue of 1939. The subject suggested by this title could be dealt with in various ways. We might, for example, consider that procrastinating tendency o... Read More
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 1: The Christian’s Beginning Chapter 1 SAVING FAITH "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned" (Mark 16:16). These are the words of Christ, the risen Christ, and are the last that He uttered ere He left this earth. None m... Read More
STUDIES ON SAVING FAITH Part II 2. Its Nature "There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness" (Prov. 30:12). A great many suppose that such a verse as this applies only to those who are trusting in something other than Christ for their acceptance ... Read More
THE LAW AND THE SAINT 1. INTRODUCTION It has been said that every unregenerate sinner has the heart of a Pharisee. This is true; and it is equally true that every unregenerate sinner has the heart of an Antinomian. This is the character which is expressly given to the carnal mind: it is "enmity agai... Read More
THE LIFE OF FAITH Chapter 9 Christian Submission "submitting yourselves one to another, in the fear of God" (Ephesians 5:21). This is a general exhortation which sums up much of what has been set forth in the fourth and fifth chapters of this epistle. It is founded upon the grand truth of the unity ... Read More
My dear friends,—Be faithful to the Lord God every one, in the truth and power of God, and his righteousness, that it may flow over all [Amos 5:24], and walk and live in it, that to the Lord God you may be a good savour [2 Cor 2:15], and a blessing in your generation. Look over all sufferings, and t... Read More
And in Luke i. you may see, how the angel of the Lord appeared unto Mary the mother of Jesus, and what he said to her, and what a noble virtuous mind was in her; and she said unto the angel, ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according to thy word [Luke 1:38];’ so her belief was beyond ... Read More
A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 4—Chapter 1 OF THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES OF HUSBAND AND WIFE Having considered Public Worship in all its branches, I now proceed to treat of Private Worship; by which I mean, not merely the private teachings and instructions of a master of a family, to those who are und... Read More
A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 5 OF THE FEAR OF GOD The fear of God has so great a concern in divine worship, that it is sometimes put for the whole of it; and a worshipper of God is frequently described in scripture by one that fears him; and particularly internal worship, or experimen... Read More
I. Counsel to women II. Examples of godly women III. The woman’s role in the church IV. The woman’s role in heretic and pagan religions I. Counsel to women (Top) The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becomes holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good thing... Read More
Last Things Last
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 1: The Christian’s Beginning Chapter 1 SAVING FAITH
STUDIES ON SAVING FAITH Part II 2. Its Nature
THE LAW AND THE SAINT 1. INTRODUCTION
THE LIFE OF FAITH Chapter 9 Christian Submission
Epistle 231
Epistle 320 - Part 2
Of the Duties of Husband and Wife.
Of the Fear of God.
The Woman's Place