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Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 46 CHRIST€™S EXAMPLE FOR US John 13:12-20 The following is given as an Analysis of the second section of John 13:— 1. Christ’s searching question, verse 12. 2. Christ’s dignity and authority, verse 13. 3. Christ’s example for us to follow, verses 14,... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 5 CHRIST AND HIS FIRST DISCIPLES John 1:35-51 We first submit a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. We would divide it as follows:— 1. John points to Christ as God’s Lamb, John 1:35, 36. 2. The effect of this on two of his disciples, John ... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 70 CHRIST BY THE SEA OF TIBERIAS John 21:1-14 The following is an Analysis of our present passage:— 1. Christ’s third appearing to the apostles, verses 1, 14. 2. The seven on the sea, verses 2, 3. 3. Their dulness and emptiness, verses 4, 5. 4. The miracle of... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF MAN’S IMPOTENCE Chapter 11 EXPOSITION (Intended chiefly for preachers) THE PRECEDING CHAPTERS should have made it clear that the subject of the sinner’s moral impotence is far more than an academic one, more than a flight into theological metaphysics. Rather is it a truth of divine r... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 16 GOD’S SUBJECTIVE REVELATION THE HOLY SPIRIT MUST QUICKEN We have dwelt upon the revelation which God has made of Himself in the material universe, in the moral nature of man, in the shaping of human history, in His incarnate Son, and in the Holy Scriptures. We h... Read More

The Prophetic Parables of Matthew 13 Chapter 7: THE PARABLE OF THE DRAGNET. "Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind" (Matthew 13:47-50) We have previously pointed out that it is of first importance to carefully note the manner and metho... Read More

The Lord did not speak these words to all who believed on him, or who hoped to be blessed by him, but to those whom he would make fishers of men. He said this not only at the first calling of the apostles, but also later on to Peter: 'Henceforth thou shalt catch men' (Luke 5. 10). The holy art of wi... Read More

"And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly" (Luke 22:61, 62). That was the turning point in the life of Peter. Christ had said to him: "Thou c... Read More

CHRIST THE SAVIOR FROM THE TEMPEST. A Sermon, In commemoration of the Great Storm, in the Year MDCCIII: Preached in Little Wild-street, near Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, Nov. 27, 1736. MATTHEW 8:25 Lord save us; We perish. These words are a very importunate petition of the disciples of Christ unto him, whe... Read More

Peter risked becoming the joke of his hometown when he rowed out in broad daylight to the deep waters of Lake Gennesaret and let down his net to catch fish. Everyone watching him from the shore must have thought he’d gone mad. Even a small child could have told him that if he wanted to catch fish, h... Read More