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Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures

Principles For The Gathering Of BelieversThere is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
Classic Christian Writings

Help Change The World Through Prayer By David Smithers

Did you know that the Kingdom of God will not come apart from prayer? The unreached will never hear the sweet name of Jesus without the labor of someone’s Spirit-led prayers. Regardless of how things may appear on the surface, nothing of eternal value is ever released without somebody, somewhere pra... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Hades (86) hades

Hades (86) (hades) is the transliteration of the Greek word Hades (from a = negative + eido = to see) literally means "not seen" or "unseen". In Homer hades is spelled Haides and means obscure, dark, invisible. As discussed below from Luke 16:23 we discover that Hades is the region of departed spiri... Read More
David Smithers

Apart From Prayer We Can Do Nothing

The Law of Asking and Receiving Did you know that the Kingdom of God will not come apart from PRAYER? The unreached will never hear the sweet name of Jesus without the labor of someone’s Spirit-led prayers. Regardless of how things may appear on the surface, nothing of eternal value is ever released... Read More
Victory Over Sin

Renewing the mind - wrong speaking.

Matt. 12:34-37 "O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say unto you... Read More
Herman Bavinck

Death

Herman Bavinck1. Conception of Sin and Death: According to Genesis 2:17, God gave to man, created in His own image, the command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and added thereto the warning, "in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." Though not exclusively, reference is ce... Read More
Francis Turretin

Hell and Eternal Death

Francis TurretinSeventh question: Hell and Eternal Death Is there a hell? And what are its punishments--whether only of loss or also of sense. We affirm the latter. I. The execution of the sentence of the Judge will follow its promulgation. This will be carried out with respect to the wicked by casting them down in... Read More
Thomas Watson

The Art of Divine Contentment: Chapter 11

Thomas WatsonDivine Motives to Contentment. SECT. 1. The first argument to contentation. 1. Consider the excellency of it. Contentment is a flower that doth not grow in every garden; it teacheth a man how in the midst of want to abound. You would think it were excellent if I could prescribe a receipt or antidote... Read More
Charles Spurgeon

God, The All-Seeing One

Charles SpurgeonGod, the All-Seeing One Charles Spurgeon Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens 2/14/1858 "Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?"—Proverbs 15:11. YOU HAVE OFTEN smiled at the ignorance of heathens who bow themselves before gods of wood and stone. Y... Read More

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