Mark 3:5

The Loveliness of Christ by Thomas Watson "Yes! He is altogether lovely! This is my Beloved, this my Friend!" Song of Solomon 5:16 In this book, which is a divine marriage song , are all the strains of holy love set forth in the purest allegories and metaphors, such as represent that dear affection ... Read More

The Worst Things An excerpt from Thomas Watson's "A Divine Cordial" 1663 "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28 We shall consider, first—WHAT things work for good to the godly; and here we shall sh... Read More

Spiritual Paradoxes Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on November 25, 1860, by J. C. Philpot "As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessin... Read More

THE MIND OF JESUS By John MacDuff, 1870 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" Philippians 2:5 "Arm yourselves likewise with the same mind" 1 Peter 4:1 THE MIND OF JESUS! What a study is this! To attain a dim reflection of it, is the ambition of angel — higher they cannot soar. "T... Read More

Blessed are they that mourn. Matthew 5:4 Here are eight steps leading to true blessedness. They may be compared to Jacob's Ladder, the top whereof reached to heaven. We have already gone over one step, and now let us proceed to the second: Blessed are they that mourn'. We must go through the valley ... Read More

'Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect.' Phil. 3:12. 1. There is scarce any expression in Holy Writ which has given more offence than this. The word perfect is what many cannot bear. The very sound of it is an abomination to them. And whosoever preaches perfection (as the... Read More

Direction Twelfth. The Duty of every Christian in complete Armour to aid by Prayer the Public Ministers of Christ. 'And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds' (Eph. 6:19, 20). The a... Read More

A Sermon preached on Tuesday Evening, August 1, 1843, at Jewry Street Chapel, Aldgate, on behalf of the Aged Pilgrims' Friend Society "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall mak... Read More

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the ... Read More

It is assumed today that the gentle Jesus, the lowly carpenter of Nazareth, the humble peasant of Palestine, the man of Galilee, never exhibited any feelings of anger. Many are convinced that He evidenced no emotion of animosity, that He displayed no resistance to evil, and that He demonstrated no a... Read More