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J.C. Ryle

Expository Thoughts On Luke - Luke 8:26-36

J.C. RyleTHE DEMON POSSESSED MAN The well-known narrative which we have now read, is carefully recorded by all of the first three Gospel-writers. It is a striking instance of our Lord's complete dominion over the prince of this world. We see the great enemy of our souls for once completely vanquished--the "s... Read More
J.C. Ryle

Expository Thoughts On Mark - Mark 9:14-29

J.C. RyleThe contrast between these verses and those which precede them in the chapter is very striking. We pass from the mount of transfiguration to a melancholy history of the work of the devil. We come down from the vision of glory, to a conflict with Satanic possession. We change the blessed company of M... Read More
J.C. Ryle

The Fight

J.C. RyleTHE FIGHT "Fight the good fight of faith." (1 Tim. 6:12). It is a curious fact that there is no subject about which most people feel such deep interest as fighting. Young men and maidens, old men and little children, high and low, rich and poor, learned and unlearned, all feel a deep interest in war... Read More
John Gill

The Introduction; with a Particular Consideration of that First Prophecy, Respecting the Messiah, Recorded in Genesis 3:15.

John GillThe Prophecies Respecting the Messiah CHAPTER I. The Introduction; with a particular consideration of that first prophecy, respecting the MESSIAH, recorded in Genesis 3:15. Though the prophecies of the Old Testament, concerning the Messiah, which have had their exact completion in Jesus, are not the... Read More
Paris Reidhead

The Marked Man

Paris ReidheadThe Marked Man By Paris Reidhead* Romans, Chapter 16, verse 17 through 20 are the text of our meditation this morning. Romans 16:17 - 20. The theme, that you might bear it in mind as you hear the text read, is THE MARKED MAN. The Marked Man: 17Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divis... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

Significant Salutations

T. Austin-SparksReading: Romans 16 This is a chapter which I expect you do not often read. The letter proper seems to end with the "Amen" of 15:33, and it is easy to regard the final chapter as of little importance. But even though it may be a struggle to read it, I suggest that the effort is well worth making. Lik... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Church - Transition from the Natural to the Spiritual

T. Austin-SparksAfter having read this chapter of John, we should immediately add Hebrews 13:20: "Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep by the blood of the eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that w... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

When the Books Are Opened (Romans 16)

T. Austin-SparksReading: Romans 16. An outstanding feature of this chapter is that people are appreciated as people. The Letter itself is a masterpiece of spiritual instruction, Paul's supreme exposition of the infinite range of redemption. The more striking, then, that place should be given for the names of these ... Read More
Charles Alexander

The Puritan Illusion - Part One

Great efforts are being made to convince the Christian world of a most marvelous illusion that the past history of the Christian Church is a comparative failure and that the real triumph of the Kingdom of Christ awaits a day yet future when it is expected the Jewish people as a nation, will be conve... Read More
Daily Light

JANUARY 14 - evening

[The woman's seed] shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men. — He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes w... Read More

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