Quietness & Confidence: Job
Job. No other name is so effective to summon from the mists of history a man whose quietness and confidence were rudely interrupted and rapidly exchanged for questioning. We may with reverence place the two names, Job and Jesus, side...
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Comfort & Hope in Dark Days
Every sin should increase our trust, seeing it proves to us in the most convincing manner, that He is absolutely necessary. Weakness is ours, since it forces us to live by faith on One mighty to save. The drying up...
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Preach (the Word) 2
I want someone who knows the difference between the duties of a chef and a gardener serving my meals! In the process of providing a healthy and appetizing repast, there is the need for pitchforks, dirt, and compost--but not on...
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Jesus Only
"And when they had lifted their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only" (Mt. 17:8). The last words will suffice us for a text, "Jesus only." When Peter saw our Lord with Moses and Elias, he exclaimed, "Master, it is...
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The Christian Name
"The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch." And what were they called before that? It was nearly twenty years after the commencement of the Christian movement before this name was invented. Our text says, "The disciples were called Christians first...
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A Double-Edged Spade for the Digging
There are some principles which underly all powerful preaching. These we would thrust into the front rank, that a true basis may be laid for the knowledge and use of divine truth. These principles have to do first of all...
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I Like Peter!
"And now Peter sat without in the palace" (Mt. 26:69). There are three ways to read this text. The first is to place the emphasis on the word "now." If you emphasize this word you have the account of the man's...
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Christ: Made a Curse for Us
Tell me, was it not God who commanded by Moses that no image or likeness of anything which was in heaven above or which was on the earth should be made, and yet who caused the brazen serpent to be...
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Pure Passion, Pure Motive
In the true sermon there must always be passion. But the passion must be something that is created by no conscious effort. It must come out of what we are declaring, and out of our consciousness of it. Half the...
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