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"If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey." (Numbers 14:8) INTERESTING and instructive are the circumstances recorded in connection with the portion which I have read for our meditation; but instructive only to those wh... Read More

"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also... Read More

"Who can separate us from the love of Christ?" –Romans 8:35 Be this never forgotten, that if we have ever been brought near to the Lord Jesus Christ by the actings of living faith, there never can be any final, actual separation from him. In the darkest moments, in the dreariest hours, under the mos... Read More

OF THE CHURCH IN ITS FIRST AND PURE STATE, IN ITS DECLINING STATE, IN ITS DECLINED STATE, AND IN ITS RECOVERY WITH THE WAY OF SALVATION IN THE COVENANT OF LIFE OPENED, AND SOME STUMBLING-BLOCKS REMOVED OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SIMPLE-HEARTED LIKEWISE SOME QUERIES CONCERNING THE NEW COVENANT WITH AN EXH... Read More

(A letter by J. C. Philpot) My dear Sir, In one of your letters you express the wish that I should give my views upon this point– "Why, in my judgment, the law is not the believer's rule of life." In doing so I shall take the occasion to offer my thoughts on these three distinct points– 1. Why the l... Read More

Preached at Zoar Chapel, London, on August 11, 1844, by J. C. Philpot "Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain—and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace, unto it." Zechariah 4:7 The children of Israel were, beyond all contro... Read More

Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord’s Day Morning, 18th January, 1863. "Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people."- Isa 62:10. JOHN, the beloved disciple, when he was in t... Read More

THE FAITHFUL PROMISER by John MacDuff, 1849 "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises." 2 Peter 1:4 "He who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23 "Remember your promise to me, for it is my only hope." Psalm 119:49 It has often been felt a delightful exercise by the child of God... Read More

February 1, 1981 2 Samuel 10:11-12 I want to paint a word picture this morning of a relationship in ministry for John Piper and Glenn Ogren as they try to give pastoral leadership to the people of God who are Bethlehem Baptist Church. It is a picture that should shape his goals and my goals and your... Read More

When Paul teaches the Church at Ephesus concerning their structure and function as a Church he speaks of them as a Body (1:22-23; 2:16; 3:16; 4:4, 12, 16), a Building (2:20-22) and a Bride (5:23-33). Again when Paul is writing his first letter to the Church at Corinth he speaks of them as a Body. In... Read More