Hosea 10:1-11

If there is one thing more than another which we seek to keep in mind while preparing articles for these pages it is the need for and importance of preserving the balance of Truth, for we have long been convinced that untold harm has been done to souls through failure at this point. If the preacher ... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 51 CHRIST THE TRUE VINE John 15:1-6 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The vine and the husbandman, verse 1. 2. The fruitless branch cared for, verse 2. 3. The purging of fruitless branches, verse 2. 4. Clean through the... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 4: God’s Best in the Christian Life Chapter 13 ENJOYING GOD’S BEST Introduction Since God has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass, to speak of an enjoying of His best (rather than His second or third best) and missing His best, strikes some as meaningless if not erroneo... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF MAN’S IMPOTENCE Chapter 7 COMPLEMENT Let us begin by defining our term. The "complement" of a thing is that which gives it completeness. In contemplating the natural condition of Adam’s children we obtain a one-sided and misleading view if we confine our attention to their spiritual ... Read More

'Israel is an empty vine; he bringeth forth fruit unto himself.'--Hos. 10:1. In this passage the Lord complains of the selfishness of Israel; and it is my present design to show, I. WHAT SELFISHNESS IS NOT. II. WHAT IT IS. III. THAT IT CANNOT CO-EXIST WITH HOLINESS IN THE SAME MIND. IV. MENTION SOME... Read More

'Israel is an empty vine; he bringeth forth fruit unto himself.'--Hos. 10:1. In this passage the Lord complains of the selfishness of Israel; and it is my present design to show, I. WHAT SELFISHNESS IS NOT. II. WHAT IT IS. III. THAT IT CANNOT CO-EXIST WITH HOLINESS IN THE SAME MIND. IV. MENTION SOME... Read More

Friends,—All that are moved of the Lord by his power, light, and life, to go into other nations, as messengers of his covenant [Mal 3:1] of light [Isa 42:6], to preach the gospel, according to that which shows the secrets of every man's heart [1 Cor 14:25], wherein nations are brought into covenant ... Read More

And friends, see that all apprentices that are bound amongst you may serve out their times faithfully, according to covenant, that all may know their places; for youth, if they be let loose, are like wild asses [Job 39:5], and wild heifers [Hos 10:11]; and such many times bring a great dishonour to ... Read More

THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST The subject of this portion of our Lord's great prophecy is His own second coming to judge the world. The strong expressions of the passage appear inapplicable to any event less important than this. To confine the words before us, to the taking of Jerusalem by the Romans,... Read More

The Peace Which Christ Gives His True Followers Dated August 1750. Preached at Canaan. John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Subject: That peace which Christ when he died left as a legacy to all his true saints, is very diverse from all ... Read More