2 Peter 3:11-18

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 55 CHRIST GLORIFIED BY THE SPIRIT John 16:12-22 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The need for the Spirit’s coming, verse 12. 2. The purpose of the Spirit’s coming, verse 13. 3. The end accomplished by the Spirit’s coming, vers... 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

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 2: Progress in the Christian Life Chapter 7 THE DOCTRINE OF MORTIFICATION 1. Introduction It is the studied judgment of this writer, and he is by no means alone therein, that doctrinal preaching is the most pressing need of the churches today. During the past fifty years ... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 3: Authority in Christian Practice Chapter 10 EVANGELICAL OBEDIENCE No matter how cautiously one may deal with obedience, if he is to be of any service to the real people of God, his efforts are sure to be put to a wrong and evil use by hypocrites, for they will "wrest it... Read More

By the words “believe that ye receive them”: we understand, expect God to give them to you. But it is at this point that so many of God’s people fail oftenest in their prayer lives. There are three chief things to be attended to in prayer. First, make sure that you are asking for something that is i... Read More

We come now to an apostolic prayer the contents of which, as a whole, are very sublime. Its contents are remarkably full, and a careful study of, and devout meditation upon, it shall be richly repaid. My present task will be rendered the easier since I am making extensive use of Thomas Goodwin’s exc... Read More

No thorough study of the prayers of the apostles, or of the prayers of the Bible as a whole, would be complete without an examination of the benedictions with which the apostles (James excepted), prefaced their Epistles. Those opening salutations were very different from a mere act of politeness, as... Read More

PRAYER Arthur W. Pink “What things soever ye desire when ye pray believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” Mark 11:24 By the words “believe that ye receive them”: we understand, expect God to give them to you. But it is at this point that so many of God’s people fail oftenest in their pr... Read More

PROFITING FROM THE WORD 3. THE SCRIPTURES AND CHRIST The order we follow in this series is that of experience. It is not until man is made thoroughly displeased with himself that he begins to aspire after God. The fallen creature deluded by Satan, is self-satisfied till his sin-blinded eyes are open... Read More

REGENERATION OR THE NEW BIRTH Chapter 2 ITS NATURE We have now arrived at the most difficult part of our subject. Necessarily so, for we are about to contemplate the workings of God. These are ever mysterious, and nothing whatever can be really known about them, save what He Himself has revealed the... Read More