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Charles G. Finney

DOUBTFUL ACTIONS ARE SINFUL

Charles G. Finney"He that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin" --Romans 14:23. It was a custom among the idolatrous heathen to offer the bodies of beasts in sacrifice. A part of every beast that was offered belonged to the priest. The priests used to se... Read More
John Gill

CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH. Part 1 Section 37—1 Corinthians 8:11.

John GillThe CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH. Part 1 Section 37—1 Corinthians 8:11. And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? These words are commonly joined with the former, and produced for the same purposes, both to prove that Christ died for such as perish, and that true belie... Read More
John Gill

Of a Good Conscience.

John GillA Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 23 OF A GOOD CONSCIENCE The exercise of a good conscience is a branch of internal religion, and is concerned with the worship of God; God is to be "served with a pure conscience" (2 Tim. 1:3). And it has to do not only with things natural and legal, accusi... Read More
John Gill

Of the Liberty of the Sons of God.

John GillA Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 6—Chapter 10 OF THE LIBERTY OF THE SONS OF GOD Among the several effects, or privileges of adoption, liberty is one, and a principal one; and requires to be treated of particularly and distinctly. "Then are the children free", as our Lord says in another case; such ... Read More
John Gill

Of those Text of Scripture Which Seem to Favour Universal Redemption.

John GillA Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 6—Chapter 4 OF THOSE TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE WHICH SEEM TO FAVOUR UNIVERSAL REDEMPTION There are several passages of scripture, which, at first sight, may seem to countenance the universal scheme; and which are usually brought in support of it; and which it will be neces... Read More
K.P. Yohannan

Discipline and Freedom

K.P. YohannanSetting good habits for ourselves and being disciplined in our lives are good. But it is not good to become a slave to that sort of disciplined life. The Pharisees were very disciplined people. They fasted. They prayed regularly. They studied the Scriptures. And they were also bound by their traditi... Read More
Charles Alexander

"Christ's Sermon On His Deity" Ch. 5

The extent to which the four Gospels were designed to show forth the fulfillment of the O.T. prophecies in the manifestation of Christ Jesus the Son of God, and to introduce in Him the N.T. mystery of the Kingdom of God, the realisation of all O.T. promise to Israel, has not been sufficiently percei... Read More
Christian Apologetics

Can a Christian be a universalist?

The answer to this question is very easy. Yes. A Christian can be a universalist. Universalism in itself does not make a person a non-Christian. Universalism is the teaching that all people eventually will be reconciled to God. This is not one of the doctrines taught in scripture as a requirement fo... Read More
John Chrysostom

Concerning Lowliness of Mind

John ChrysostomThere is an allusion at the beginning of this Homily to some remarks recently made on the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. These occur in Chrysostom's fifth Homily against the Anomæans, one of a set of Homilies which, from internal evidence, may be assigned to the close of the year 386, or ... Read More
R.V. Court

Relations with Our Brethren

In this passage we see Paul speaking to some in the Corinthian church who have “knowledge.” He was probably indicating by this word that their apprehension of the things of God and of the new liberty that has become theirs through Christ is greater than that of others with the same church, who possi... Read More

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