“My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.” (Matthew 26:38) The spiritual troubles which encompass the Christian are the deepest and the severest of all his trials. What, in comparison, are others? Our Lord keenly felt this when He uttered that affecting exclamation, “Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save […]

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in […]

By stephenmz “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)” Hebrews 10:23 The world itself is like unto a huge tempest, a wave in the ocean that hurls our way. We are but a small vessel and are tossed around violently. When I think of a […]

Come dear ones and gather ‘round, and I’ll tell you the story — all about Him. I saw the crowds who followed Him, as He walked the streets — of Jerusalem. The Word became flesh, we beheld His face, yes, dear ones — God became man. His name is Jesus and I testify, that Jesus […]

By the grace of God I am what I am! (1 Corinthians 15:10) Lord, You have said, “I will cast all your sins into the depths of the sea!” They shall be carried into a land of everlasting forgetfulness. And to confirm all, You have added, “I will never leave you nor forsake you!” Is […]

“Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?” (Amos 3:3) am going to say again as I close what I said last Sunday evening: This is not the Gospel. There is no Gospel in my text. It is investigation, it is inquisition. The whole time of our meditation on the text has been time—if there […]

DO MYS TIC (də mɪst’ ik) n. (DOM, from DOMIONION n. – 1400–50; late Middle English  < Middle French  < Medieval Latin *dominiōn-  (stem of *dominiō ) lordship, property, ownership); (MYSTIC n. – 1275–1325; Middle English mystik  < Latin mysticus  < Greek mystikós,  equivalent to mýst ( ēs ) an initiate into the mysteries + […]

Repentance is not a feeling which you may have, or may not have, and yet be equally saved. You must repent of your sins or there can be no forgiveness for you. Faith in Jesus Christ is not an optional thing, so that a man may perhaps fare well at last, whether he believes or […]

[I]f the world will not come to Jesus, shall Jesus tone down his teachings to the world? In other words, if the world will not rise to the church, shall not the church go down to the world? Instead of bidding men to be converted, and come out from among sinners, and be separate from […]

Nowadays if a man is very reverent towards the Word of God and very desirous to obey the Lord’s commands in everything, people say, “He is very precise,” and they shun him. Or, with still more acrimony they say, “He is very bigoted. He is not a man of liberal spirit.” And so they cast […]