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Dan Biser

Canticles 2:11

"For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;" The command in the last verse is from our Lord for us 'to rise and come away.' What has happened? Why now? What's going on? Everything has changed. The command is issued in verse 10; the description of what once was is found in this verse; in... Read More
John Chrysostom

1 Corinthians 9:24

John ChrysostomDo you not know that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? Having pointed out the manifold usefulness of condescension and that this is the highest perfectness, and that he himself having risen higher than all towards perfection, or rather having gone beyond it by declining t... Read More
John Chrysostom

Hebrews 6:1-6

John ChrysostomTherefore leaving the principles of the Doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God; of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands; and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily 26 on Matthew

John ChrysostomMatt. VIII. 5. And when He was entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a centurion, beseeching Him, and saying, Lord, my servant lies at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. The leper came unto Him when He had come down from the mountain, but this centurion, when He was entered into Cap... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily 86 on Matthew

John ChrysostomMatthew 27:11-12. And Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked Him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say. And when He was accused of the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing. Do you see what He is first asked? Which thing most of all they were ... Read More
John Chrysostom

Two Exhortations to Theodore After His Fall - Part 1

John ChrysostomOh! That my head were water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! Jeremiah 9:1 it is seasonable for me to utter these words now, yea much more than for the prophet in his time. For although I am not about to mourn over many cities, or whole nations, yet shall I mourn over a soul which is of equal value ... Read More
John Chrysostom

Two Exhortations to Theodore After His Fall - Part 3

John Chrysostom19. Do not then merely set forth your sins being your own accuser, but as one who ought to be justified by the method of repentance; for thus you will be able to put your soul, which makes its confession, to shame, so that it falls no more into the same sins. For to accuse ourselves vehemently and c... Read More
Richard E. Bieber

THE CLEANSING OF THE BODY

READ Jeremiah 8-9 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the house of the daughter of my people not been restored. Oh, that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slaying of the daughter of my people. “….That I might... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures

Principles For The Gathering Of BelieversThere is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
Richard Owen Roberts

Backsliding

When the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah confirming his ordination as a prophet to the nations, he modestly hesitated, saying, "Ah, Lord God! Behold I cannot speak; for I am a child." But the Lord who calls and equips told him in no uncertain terms, "Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all... Read More

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