Proverbs 26:1-12 NIV

“Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7). How can it be otherwise, living as he is in a world which is under the curse that Adam’s sin entailed, and, what is worse, under God’s judgment because of its casting out of His beloved Son. Yet the subject of “trouble” needs to be “righ... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 33 CHRIST AND THE BLIND BEGGAR (CONCLUDED) John 9:24-41 The following is offered as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The beggar challenged and his reply: verses 24, 25. 2. The beggar cross-examined and his response: verses 26, 27. 3. T... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 4: God’s Best in the Christian Life Chapter 13 ENJOYING GOD’S BEST Introduction Since God has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass, to speak of an enjoying of His best (rather than His second or third best) and missing His best, strikes some as meaningless if not erroneo... Read More

2. There are some special dangers that young men need to be warned against. (1) One danger to young men is pride. I know well that all souls are in fearful peril. Old or young, it doesn't matter; all have a race to run, a battle to fight, a heart to humble, a world to overcome, a body to keep under ... Read More

Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?" He answered, "I told you already and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?" They heaped insults on him, saying, "You are his disciple! We are discipl... Read More

Matthew chapter 21 MATTHEW 21:1-11 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them t... Read More

Ver. 22. But it is happened unto them, according to the true proverb,.... Which is true, both in fact and in the application of it, and which lies in the Scriptures of truth, at least the first part of it, Pr 26:11. The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again, and the sow that was washed to her wallo... Read More

A Defense Of A Book, Entitled, THE ANCIENT MODE OF BAPTIZING BY IMMERSION, Plunging, Or Dipping In Water, Etc. AGAINST MR. MATTHIAS MAURICE’S REPLY, CALLED, Plunging into Water no Scriptural Mode of Baptizing, etc. Chapter 1. Some Remarks on Mr. M’s entrance to his Work Having lately attempted to vi... Read More

Again it is stated that entire sanctification is a Methodist doctrine and that it is not held by other churches. We will first give a few quotations from church creeds. Such statements from creeds and admitted authorities could he multiplied indefinitely. The Westminster Confession of Faith, 1647. C... Read More

This charge I commit unto you, son [my child, τέκνον ] Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on you, that you by them might [may] war a good warfare; holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away have made shipwreck concerning the faith. The office of a Teacher an... Read More