Luke 12:16

PROFIT AND LOSS by J. C. Ryle "What shall it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" Mark 8:36 It is a sad proof, beloved, of our evil and corrupt nature, that our Lord Jesus Christ should have thought it necessary to use such language and to ask such a question. He was p... Read More

Come to Jesus! Newman Hall, 1816-1902 Listen, dear fellow-sinner. How kind, how wonderful an invitation is this! God speaks, and speaks to you. The Father says, "Come!" The Son says, "Come!" The Holy Spirit says, "Come!" The blessed angels echo the cry, "Come!" Many poor sinners who have accepted th... Read More

The Portion of the Wicked Jonathan Edwards November, 1735 "But unto those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile." Romans 2:8, 9 Subject... Read More

Is There a Hell? Archibald G. Brown, September 12, 1869, Stepney Green Tabernacle, London "What shall the end be of those who do no obey the gospel of God?" 1 Peter 4:17 I am free to confess, dear friends, that I never came upon this platform with a greater sense of responsibility weighing upon me t... Read More

Thoughts on the Christian Life; or, Leaves from Letters Hetty Bowman, 1872 INTRODUCTORY NOTE Under the touching circumstances of the early and lamented death of her who wrote this volume, I cannot refuse a request made to me, that I should write a few prefatory lines. The name of "Hetty Bowman" is n... Read More

Directions for Governing the Appetite Or, Directions against Gluttony Richard Baxter, 1615-1691 The most that is necessary to be said to acquaint you with the nature and evil of this sin, is said before in my chapter, The Sinfulness of Flesh-Pleasing . But something more particularly must be said: 1... Read More

TOPICAL SERMONS IN OUTLINE # THE BIBLE: WHEREIN IT DIFFERS FROM ALL OTHER BOOKS INTRODUCTION. -- The Bible stands absolutely alone. It is an entirely unique book. It is not a book, it is THE Book. Wherein the Bible differs from all other books: I. In its Depth. The Bible is the unfathomable and inex... Read More

I invite you again, this morning, to open your Bible, if you will, to the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew. We are again this week going back to what is becoming for us a familiar text, this great sermon of our Lord Jesus Christ on His own Second Coming that occupies chapter 24 and 25 of Matthew's g... Read More

Let's open our Bibles tonight as we study the Word of God together to 2 Peter chapter 3. We return to our series on the certainty of the Second Coming. And this, by the way, is part 3 in that series...2 Peter chapter 3. As Christians it is obvious to all of us that we anticipate by way of the revela... Read More

And now we have that great privilege of going back to the future in our study of Revelation. Open your Bible again to chapter 1 and let me make a brief comment. Someone last week said, "There are 404 verses in the book of Revelation, you covered half of the first one, we calculate that's 808 message... Read More