jeremiah-17:10,-isaiah-66:2-niv

Introduction The November 29, 1993 issue of Time featured a series of articles on the turmoil in modern psychology. The magazine's cover featured a retouched photograph of Sigmund Freud--his head a hollow, incomplete, three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle--and the caption, "IS FREUD DEAD?" One of the arti... Read More

A second method of Bible study is the Topical Method. This consists in searching through the Bible to find out what its teaching is on various topics. It is perhaps the most fascinating method of Bible study. It yields the largest immediate results, though not the largest ultimate results. It has ad... Read More

"While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?..." Matthew 22:41,42 The question that our Lord Jesus puts here to the Pharisees is the most fundamental question concerning Christian thought and faith that can be put to anybody in any ... Read More

Direction Tenth. The Several Pieces of the Whole Armour of God. Sixth Piece--The Christian's Sword. 'And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God' (Eph. 6:17). Here we have the sixth and last piece in the Christian's panoply brought to our hand--a sword; and that of the right make--'the swo... Read More

IT IS INTERESTING to notice the time when this prayer was offered. It was a time of mercy. "Lord thou hast been favorable unto thy land". It was a time when God had led many to the knowledge of Christ, and covered many sins. "thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people." It was now they began to f... Read More

A Musick-Lector: OR, The Art of MUSICK (that is so much vindicated in Christendome) Discoursed of, by way of Dialogue between three men of several Judgments: The one a MUSICIAN, and Master of that Art, and zealous for the Church of England; who calls Musick The gift of God. The other a BAPTIST, who ... Read More

"But all Things are naked and open unto the Eyes of Him with whom we have to do." [Hebrews 4:13] WE are met this day to humble our souls, and to bring our censer, as once Aaron did, and step in, that the wrath of the great God may be appeased. And was there ever more need to lie in sackcloth, than w... Read More

The Tree Planted by the Waters George Everard, 1884 The servant of God is often described in Scripture under the image of a tree bearing good fruit . And under this figure we have his verdure and fruitfulness connected with the River of God's grace. We find it both in Psalm 1, and also in Jeremiah 1... Read More

JEWELS from JAMES (Choice devotional selections from the works of John Angell James) You will die this year! This is what the Lord says: "I am going to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year! " Jerem. 28:16 This may be the case with any one of the readers of the present addres... Read More

The Mind of Christ by John Angell James "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." Philippians 2:5 You know full well, that the seat of all true religion is in the soul; and that it forms the character and guides the conduct by the power of an inward principle of spiritual life. True... Read More