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St. Augustine

Homily 2 1 John 2:12-17

St. AugustineI write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven through His name. I write unto you, fathers, because you have known Him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, children, because you have known the Father. ... Read More
Thomas Bradbury

Covenant Remembrance

"And the Angel that talked with me came again and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep." (Zechariah 4:1) We may well ask the question in all solemnity, Why am I here? Various motives prompt those who assemble together for the professed purpose of worshipping God. But may we hope that ... 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
Walter Beuttler

Study Notes - The Call of God

Walter BeuttlerA. THE NEED 1. The people’s condition, John 12:46; 1:6-8 2. The hunger of the people, Luke 5:1 3. The extent of the field, Luke 4:42-44; Acts 1:8 4. The ripeness of the fields, John 4:35 5. The urgency of the hour, John 9:4 6. The need of the people, I Sam. 3:1; Prov. 29:18 7. God’s need of a channe... Read More
Walter Beuttler

The Lord's Visits to His People

Walter BeuttlerAt 4:00 o’clock this morning, the Lord awakened me with a very intense presence. As a result, instead of speaking what I had planned, I will share along the line of the Lord’s visit, as I feel the Lord would very much like to visit us. “But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that... Read More
J. Vernon McGee

Guidelines: Part 3 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY REVELATION? INSPIRATION? ILLUMINATION? INTERPRETATION?

J. Vernon McGeeWHAT DO YOU MEAN BY REVELATION? INSPIRATION? ILLUMINATION? INTERPRETATION? Revelation means that God has spoken and that God has communicated to man. Inspiration guarantees the revelation of God. Illumination has to do with the Spirit of God being the Teacher—He communicates. Interpretation has to d... Read More
J.C. Philpot

Meditations on First Peter Chapter One - Part 6

J.C. PhilpotMeditations on First Peter Chapter One by J. C. Philpot, 1869 Part VI. What is to be compared with the salvation of the soul? What are riches, honors, health, long life? What are all the pleasures which the world can offer, sin promise, or the flesh enjoy? What is all that men call good or great? Wh... Read More
J.W. McGarvey

Grounds on Which We Receive the Bible

DEFINITIONS. N order to free the terms in which our theme is expressed from all apparent ambiguity, and to make perfectly clear its meaning, we commence with a few definitions. In saying that we receive the Bible as the word of God, we distinguish between the word of God and the words of God. We do ... Read More
John R. Rice

The Gifts of the Spirit

John R. RiceI spoke last Sunday on Acts, chapter 2, which is the one great definitive case in the New Testament about speaking in tongues. There we learn that according to the Bible many people heard Christian people speak in their own language in which they were born. They said, 'Aren't these all Galileans? Ho... Read More
Old Paths Magazine - Issue 16

God Glorified in Dependence by Jonathan Edwards

The Greeks Seek After Wisdom ”THAT NO FLESH SHOULD glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.” I Corinthians. 1:29-3... Read More

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