Shall we turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter thirty-two? Now in the thirty-first chapter we had the parting of Laban, Jacob's uncle as he kisses his grandchildren goodbye, as he sets up the stone and as he gives a heavy-duty charge to Jacob saying, "you take care of my girls and my grandkids. And ... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 1—Chapter 27 OF A PLURALITY IN THE GODHEAD; OR, A TRINITY OF PERSONS IN THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE ESSENCE. Having proved the unity of the divine Being, and explained the sense in which it is to be understood; my next work will be to prove that there is a plurality in ... Read More
A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 3—Chapter 8 OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP, AS TO PLACE AND TIME The circumstances of "place" and "time" of public worship deserve consideration; since for public worship there must be some certain "place" to meet and worship in, and some stated "time" to wo... Read More
El Shaddai, Divine Healing in the Church By Paris Reidhead* Will you turn, please, to the Old Testament. I was going to say, The Gospel according to Genesis. Hardly appropriate. Nevertheless, the Gospel is on every page in the Book of Genesis, and so if you will turn I am sure that we are going to f... Read More
Reading: Gen. 28:16-17,19; Gen. 31:13; 35:1,6-7; 29:15-18; Col. 1:24. We come now to the sixth of these operations of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, and we are brought to Jacob. We come to see the working of the law of life in another and still more advanced aspect; for you will have... Read More
Reading: Genesis 28:10-12,19; John 1:47; Genesis 31:13; 35:1,6,7; I Corinthians 1:20; 2:14. We have been considering the sevenfold operation of life as represented for us in the book of Genesis by seven persons. In our previous meditation, we arrived at the sixth, namely, Jacob, and it is with that ... Read More
Introduction Christianity is no stranger to controversy. Christians do not always agree on all subjects. Issues of freedom, and personal preference in worship, style and order of church services are as varied as individual Christians. The issue of differences of opinion in matters of practice has pr... Read More
1. And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 1. Postea profectus est inde Abraham ad terram Meridianam, et habitavit inter Cades et Sur, peregrinatusque est in Gerar. 2. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my siste... Read More
We easily perceive different measures of attainment, both in knowledge and grace, in the churches of old. The elevation, for instance, of that at Ephesus was much above that at Corinth. At Corinth the apostle had to occupy himself with the corruption of various errors and abuses, and was thus hinder... Read More
"And the Angel that talked with me came again and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep." (Zechariah 4:1) We may well ask the question in all solemnity, Why am I here? Various motives prompt those who assemble together for the professed purpose of worshipping God. But may we hope that ... Read More
Through the Bible - Genesis 32-36
Of a Plurality on the Godhead; or, A Trinity of Persons in the Unity of the Divine Essence.
Of the Place and Time of Public Worship.
El Shaddai, Divine Healing in the Church
Jacob and the Law of Life
Jacob and the Law of Life (continued)
Look Before You Laugh
Genesis 20:1-18
The Church at Thessalonica
Covenant Remembrance