Luke 12:51

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 27 CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CONCLUDED) John 7:32-53 The following is a general Outline of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The Pharisees’ attempt to apprehend Christ: verse 32. 2. Christ’s words to their officers: verses 33, 34. 3. The mystification of ... Read More

The Doctrine of Election 10. Its Blessedness First, the doctrine of election magnifies the character of God. It exemplifies His grace. Election makes known the fact that salvation is God’s free gift, gratuitously bestowed upon whom He pleases. This must be so, for those who receive it are themselves... Read More

Why Four Gospels? 3. THE GOSPEL OF LUKE The numerical position which Luke occupies in the Sacred Canon, supplies a sure key to its interpretation. It is the third book in the New Testament, and the forty-second in the Bible as a whole. Each of these numbers are profoundly significant and suggestive ... Read More

"NO REMEDY" I. WITHOUT REMEDY A. Leprosy dreaded (No remedy). B. World situation critical (No remedy). C. Any disease lessened when remedy is found. D. Any disease is more severe when no remedy is known. II. HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPROVED, HARDENETH HIS NECK. A. Pharaoh. B. Holy Spirit reproves you. C... Read More

24 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places seeking rest. And finding none, he says, I will return to my house from which I came out. 25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and decorated. 26 And he goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and en... Read More

Summary of sermon by Erlo Stegen, 06 Apr 2014 I would like to speak about wisdom. Remember the man who planted and wanted to extend his barns because of the surplus. That very night God said to him, " Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have ... Read More

O my dear friends and brethren every where! let all your cries and prayers be to the Lord in singleness of heart, in his spirit and <140> power, and in belief in God through Christ, to receive what ye pray for. For the Lord's ears are open to the cries of his poor and afflicted ones. So, day and nig... Read More

Dear friends,—Let your faith stand in the power of God [1 Cor 2:5], for that is your keeper unto the day of salvation [1 Pet 1:5/2 Cor 6:2] ; so every one that hath not yet obtained it, come to that day, for the kingdom stands in power, and not in words [1 Cor 4:20]. Therefore, as I said before, let... Read More

We return again to our basic passage of Scripture: "I came to cast fire upon the earth: and would that it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather d... Read More