Luke 8:15

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 29 CHRIST, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 8:12-32 The following is a Summary of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. Christ the Light of the world: verse 12. 2. The Pharisees’ denial: verse 13. 3. Christ enforces His claim to absolute Deity: verses 14-18. 4... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 72 CONCLUSION Our happy task is finished, and it is with a real sense of regret that we take up our pen to add an appendix. Before he commenced this commentary the author devoted ten years of special study to John’s Gospel, having gone through it three times ... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 2: Progress in the Christian Life Chapter 4 HEART WORK As well might a poor man expect to be rich in this world without industry, or a weak man to become strong and healthy without food and exercise, as a Christian to be rich in faith and strong in the Lord without earnes... Read More

STUDIES ON SAVING FAITH Part IV 11. INTRODUCTION By way of introduction and in order to acquaint the reader with the particular angle of viewpoint from which we now approach our present theme, let it be pointed out that changing conditions in Christendom call for an ever-varying emphasis on differen... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 27 Its Need Revisited-Continued Up to this point we have dealt, almost entirely, with the expository side of our subject. Now we turn to what is more the experimental aspect of it. Some of our readers will consider this the most important and vital part, while ... Read More

The Prophetic Parables of Matthew 13 Chapter 1: THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. "And He spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow." The careful reader will notice an omission here, namely, that this parable does not begin with the words "the kingdom of heaven is li... Read More

The Total Depravity of Man Chapter 12 COROLLARIES In the introductory section we intimated that we would endeavor to show that our present subject is of immense doctrinal importance and of great practical value. In view of all that has been advanced in our subsequent discussion, that fact should be ... Read More

And now, friends, with the eternal power, and heavenly light of Christ, with it you have seen, and do see, and will see, that which Christ hath spoken, Matt. xiii. and Luke viii. which he taught to the great multitude in parables, when he sat in a ship [Mat 13:2f]; ‘Behold,’ saith Christ, ‘a sower w... Read More

JESUS AND BEELZEBUB The connection between these verses and those which immediately precede them, is striking and instructive. In the preceding verses, our Lord Jesus Christ had been showing the power and importance of prayer. In the verses before us, he delivers a man from a 'mute' devil. The mirac... Read More