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A.W. Pink

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 30 CHRIST, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (CONCLUDED)

A.W. PinkExposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 30 CHRIST, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (CONCLUDED) John 8:33-59 The passage for our present consideration continues and completes the portion studied in our last chapter. It brings before us Christ as the Light revealing the hidden things of darkness, exposing the... Read More
John Gill

Concerning the Magnificent and August Names and Titles of the Messiah in the Old Testament.

John GillThe Prophecies Respecting the Messiah CHAPTER XIII. Concerning the magnificent and august names and titles of the Messiah in the Old Testament. I thought to have concluded this account of the prophecies of the Old Testament, respecting the Messiah, with the preceding chapter; but observing some prop... Read More
Thomas Brooks

Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod -Part 4

Thomas Brooks"Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod" or, "The Silent Soul with Sovereign Antidotes" by Thomas Brooks, 1659, London. "I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for You are the one who has done this!" Psalm 39:9 Objection 8. Oh! But God has deserted me! He has forsaken me! He who should comfort my s... Read More
Christian Apologetics

Are the New Testament themes found in the Old Testament?

The concepts in the New Testament were not derived out of thin air. Amos 3:7 says, "Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets." What is mentioned in the New Testament is revealed in the Old Testament either clearly or in types and figures. Gen... Read More
Christian Apologetics

Doesn't Mithra prove that Christians borrowed from this myth?

Some critics of Christianity teach that the Christian religion was not based upon divine revelation but that it borrowed from pagan sources, Mithra being one of them. They assert that the figure of Mithra has many commonalities with Jesus, too common to be coincidence. Mithraism was one of the major... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily 17 on the Acts of the Apostles

John ChrysostomActs VII. 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? The same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel which appeared to him in the bush. This is very suitable to the matter in hand. This Moses, he says. This, the man who had been in... Read More
John Gifford Bellett

The Heavenly Calling Foreshown

The apostle addresses his brethren in Christ as "partakers of the heavenly calling" (Heb. 3: 1). This calling, in another scripture, is styled "the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3: 14). And again, it is spoken of as the calling of the Father of glory (Eph. 1: 17, 18). In those who are ... Read More
Precept Austin Commentary

Jude 1:5

Precept Austin CommentaryJude 1:5 Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe: hupomnesai (AAN) de humas boulomai (1SPMI) eidotas (RAPMPA) humas panta hoti o kurios apax laon ek ges Aigupt... Read More
Walter Beuttler

Study Notes - The Call of God

Walter BeuttlerA. THE NEED 1. The people’s condition, John 12:46; 1:6-8 2. The hunger of the people, Luke 5:1 3. The extent of the field, Luke 4:42-44; Acts 1:8 4. The ripeness of the fields, John 4:35 5. The urgency of the hour, John 9:4 6. The need of the people, I Sam. 3:1; Prov. 29:18 7. God’s need of a channe... Read More
J.C. Philpot

Meditations on First Peter Chapter One - Part 1

J.C. PhilpotMeditations on First Peter Chapter One by J. C. Philpot, 1869 Part I. We are well persuaded from our own experience from within, that there is not only a peculiar safety, but a special blessedness in the laying open of the word of truth, which is not usually to be found in any other path of private ... Read More

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