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Stephen Boreland

The Millenium

Nearly three hundred years ago Isaac Watts wrote a hymn based on Ps98, the title of which is Joy to the World. It has become world famous as a Christmas hymn celebrating the first coming of Christ into the world, but in point of fact Watts did not have Bethlehem and the manger in mind but rather Jer... Read More
Thomas Bradbury

It Is God That Justifieth

It is God that Justifieth" Romans 8:33 The covenant purposes of Jehovah toward His own elect having been accomplished in their salvation by Jesus Christ, and redeeming love having triumphed over sin, death, and hell, the Kinsman-Redeemer, on the ground of His finished work, entered heaven's highest ... Read More
Walter Beuttler

Study Notes - Divine Guidance

Walter BeuttlerA. FACT OF DIVINE GUIDANCE 1. What is meant by “divine guidance?” The leading of God in the personal life and experience of man 2. Concerning the possibility of knowing the will of God, what may be seen from: (1) Col. 1:9? That we should know the will of God in all wisdom and spiritual understanding... Read More
Walter Beuttler

Study Notes - Principles of Bible Interpretation

Walter BeuttlerA. THE WORD OF GOD 1. Nature of the Word of God (1) As to its voice – The Bible is the voice of God, 2 Tim. 3:16, speaking through men as his own words, Ex. 4:12; Jer. 1:9, as though God himself had uttered these words, Acts 3:21; Ex. 4:15-16 (2) As to its veracity – The word of God is truth, John 1... Read More
J.C. Philpot

Faith's Standing-Ground

J.C. PhilpotPreached at Gower Street Chapel, London, on June 8, 1862, by J. C. Philpot "What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" Romans 8:31, 32 In t... Read More
J.C. Philpot

The Soul's Growth in Grace

J.C. Philpot"For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth--and the fowls sha... Read More
J.C. Philpot

The Work of Faith, Patience of Hope, and Labor of Love

J.C. PhilpotPreached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on, March 1, 1862, by J. C. Philpot "Your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope." 1 Thess. 1:3 When our blessed Lord rose from the dead and went up on high to appear in the presence of God for us, as our personal Representative and interced... Read More
John Piper

Believe in Your Heart That God Raised Jesus From the Dead

John PiperEaster Sunday April 11, 1982 Romans 9:30-10:10 What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith; but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law. Why? Because they... Read More
John Piper

The Covenant of Abraham

John PiperOctober 18, 1981 THE COVENANT OF ABRAHAM In the beginning God the Father, through the agency of his eternal Son, created out of nothing all that is not God by the word of his command; and moment by moment he holds in being all things by that same word of power so that everything which comes into exi... Read More
John Piper

The Emergence of Sin and Misery

John PiperOctober 11, 1981 THE EMERGENCE OF SIN AND MISERY Biblical history is unintelligible without the doctrine of creation. The record of events from Adam and Eve through the history of Israel, the coming of Christ, the rise of the church and the coming consummation make no sense apart from this truth: Go... Read More

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