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Paris Reidhead

Repentance: An Operating Principle of Your Life

Paris ReidheadRepentance: An Operating Principle of Your Life By Paris Reidhead* For our meditation this evening, I would like to ask you to turn with me to several Scriptures still dealing with this tremendously important theme of Repentance. Tonight I would like to have you consider the repentance in the life a... Read More
Bryan Anthony

The Desolation of Complacency

Bryan Anthony“Be troubled, you complacent ones…. Because the palace has been abandoned, the populated city forsaken. Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever, A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks; Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high…. …. And the work of righteousness will be pea... Read More
Charles Alexander

The Puritan Illusion - Part Two

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer; and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. --Paul the Apostle And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trans... Read More
Desert Fathers

The Philokalia Volume 4B

Desert FathersOn Spiritual Knowledge, Love and the Perfection of Living: One Hundred Texts 126:5) If you search out the Lord and patiently wait for Him until the firstlings of His righteousness grow in you, you will reap a rich crop of divine knowledge. The light of wisdom will illuminate you and you will become ... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily 2 on the Acts of the Apostles

John ChrysostomActs I. 6 When they therefore had come together, they asked of Him, saying, Lord, will You at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? When the disciples intend to ask anything, they approach Him together, that by dint of numbers they may abash Him into compliance. They well knew that in what ... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily 20 on Romans

John ChrysostomRom. XII. 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. After discoursing at large upon the love of God toward man, and pointing out His unspeakable concern for us, and unutter... Read More
Jonathan Edwards

That comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order, is no sign

Jonathan EdwardsVIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order. Many persons seem to be prejudiced against affections and experiences that come in such a method, as has bee... Read More
Jonathan Edwards

The higher they are raised, the more is a longing of soul after spiritual attainments increased.

Jonathan EdwardsXI. Another great and very distinguishing difference between gracious affections and others is, that gracious affections, the higher they are raised, the more is a spiritual appetite and longing of soul after spiritual attainments increased. On the contrary, false affections rest satisfied in themse... Read More
Thomas Bradbury

The Righteous Ennobled and Exalted

"He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with kings are they on the throne; yea, He doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted." (Job 36:7) IN looking at any portion of this book of Job, where any one of the speakers is dealing out his judgment or opinion upon a subject, it is we... Read More
J.C. Philpot

The Secret of the Lord

J.C. PhilpotPreached at Zoar Chapel, London, on August 4, 1844, by J. C. Philpot "The secret of the Lord is with those who fear him; and he will show them his covenant." Psalm 25:14 There is no truth more offensive to the carnal mind, nor one more sweet to those taught of God than this—that true religion is of ... Read More

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