Colossians 3:4-5 ESV

"I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content" (PHILIPPIANS 4:11). Discontent! Was there ever a time when there was so much restlessness in the world as there is today? We very much doubt it. Despite our boasted progress, the vast increase of wealth, the time and money expended da... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 60 CHRIST INTERCEDING (CONCLUDED) John 17:20-26 The following is an Analysis of the dosing section of John 17:— 1. Christ’s heart embracing all the redeemed, verse 20. 2. Christ’s prayer for their unity, verse 21. 3. Christ’s imparting to them His glory, vers... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 7 CHRIST CLEANSING THE TEMPLE John 2:12-25 "After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days" (John 2:12). This verse comes in as a parenthesis between the two incidents of t... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 1: The Christian’s Beginning Chapter 2 THE POWER OF GOD "Twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God" (Ps. 62:11). In When first writing upon this subject, we practically confined our attention to the omnipotence of God as it is seen in and through the old crea... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 2: Progress in the Christian Life Chapter 7 THE DOCTRINE OF MORTIFICATION 1. Introduction It is the studied judgment of this writer, and he is by no means alone therein, that doctrinal preaching is the most pressing need of the churches today. During the past fifty years ... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 2: Progress in the Christian Life Chapter 8 THE WORK OF THE LORD Our present design is twofold: to censure a misuse, and to explain the meaning of the following verse: "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; f... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 3: Authority in Christian Practice Chapter 12 CHRISTIAN EMPLOYEES How intensely practical is the Bible! It not only reveals to us the way to Heaven, but it is also full of instruction concerning how we are to live here upon earth. God has given His Word unto us to be a la... Read More

"Now the God of peace. . . make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ." As previously intimated, there is a very close connection between this verse and the preceding one. Here we have the request that the apostle... Read More

Licentious Preaching The twofoldness of Divine Truth is broadly illustrated by the dividing of God’s Word into its two Testaments, wherein, characteristically speaking, we have set forth the Divine Law and the Divine Gospel, and where distinctively (though not exclusively) God is revealed respective... Read More

Spiritual Growth 12. Its Evidences I What are the principal marks of spiritual growth? what are the outstanding characteristics of the Christian’s progress? To some of our readers that may appear a simple question, admitting of a ready answer. From one standpoint that is so, yet if we are to view it... Read More