luke-15:3,-luke-15:4-niv

The second half of Matthew 7 forms the applicatory part of that most important discourse of our Lord’s, known as "the Sermon on the Mount." One leading design of the Sermon was to show the spiritual nature and wide extent of that obedience which characterizes the true subjects of Christ’s kingdom, a... Read More

11 "And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and the... Read More

RECEIVING SINNERS I. THE CROWDS AROUND JESUS. A. Publicans (Tax collectors). 1. Social outcasts of that day. 2. Notoriously dishonest. a. Rome would establish a certain levy for an area. b. They were responsible to give to Rome that amount, but anything over that, they could keep. c. They had the po... Read More

Summary of sermon by Erlo Stegen, 27 Oct 2013 Luke 15 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all toget... Read More

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 1—Chapter 19 OF THE JOY OF GOD. Joy, which is often attributed to God in the scriptures, bears some resemblance to the affection of joy in men; but is, by some philosophers[1], denied of him; and, indeed, is not to be considered as a passion in him, as in them; and ... Read More

THE PRESENCE OF GOD, WHAT IT IS, AND THE MEANS BY WHICH IT MAY BE ENJOYED. 2 CHRONICLES 15:2 The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and If ye seek him, he will Be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. In the preceding chapter we find that Zarah, the Ethiopian, came with an a... Read More

There was a time in my life when I would become quite impatient with others when they couldn’t discern things that were obvious to me regarding people, circumstances, ministries or decisions to be made. I would think ugly words such as: How dumb can you be? Can’t you see this? What’s wrong with you?... Read More

In the four Gospels, Jesus talks about forsaking all, giving up everything, not laying up treasures on earth and being willing to walk away from even your own life. First Corinthians 13:3 says, “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not l... Read More

If you’ve had similar experiences as I, you may have found how oftentimes in prayer, either public or private, people change their voices and stretch their words, as if talking to some unknown, powerful being a million light years away. Their voice may fluctuate and they may sound as though they wer... Read More

Christ Explains the Law By Paris Reidhead* Please turn to Matthew chapter 5 and we will see the words of our Lord Jesus and what He proposed to do at Calvary. We have been studying the words of Christ, as a parentheses, in our study of the book of Hebrews. In the book of Hebrews, we read we are to g... Read More