Posts Tagged ‘Salvation’
Insight into Substantive Preaching (1)
Mark Minnick On the desk beside me lies a 1694 first edition of forty sermons by the early London Baptist, Benjamin Keach (1640–1704). Keach, one of the predecessors in the ministry assumed by C. H. Spurgeon over two centuries later, entitled his volume A Golden Mine Opened: Or, The Glory of God’s Rich Grace Displayed…
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H. A. Ironside (From Charge That To My Account by H. A. Ironside, Copyright, 1931, by The Bible Institute Colportage Association of Chicago) Part One ♦ This is Part Two Dreams of World Wealth There are some who dream that if they could just get a sufficient amount of money, they would be satisfied. Did…
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H. A. Ironside This is Part One ♦ Part Two (From Charge That To My Account by H. A. Ironside, Copyright, 1931, by The Bible Institute Colportage Association of Chicago) “And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall…
Read MoreA Bridge between Thanksgiving and Christmas
Don Harrelson Second Corinthians 9:15 says, “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” This verse is the perfect verse to bridge Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although the context of this verse is to appeal to the Corinthians to give a monetary offering; Paul is urging them to give and reminding them that they cannot out…
Read MoreThere Cometh One After Me …
Kerry James Allen Probably most of us who are attempting to serve the Lord Jesus Christ in some capacity aspire to recognition and acknowledgment of our accomplishments. We would like to think that our teaching, preaching, and assorted labors for the Kingdom will have an impact on this and future generations. Discouragement is part of…
Read MoreExamine Your Profession of Faith
Paul Downey One of the longest recorded sermons preached by the Lord Jesus is found in the fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of Matthew. The immediate audience to whom Jesus spoke included the scribes and Pharisees—the scrupulously religious experts of the Law who assumed they were perfect in righteousness. Also present were many ordinary Jews…
Read MoreThe Helmet of Salvation
Andy Rupert During first-century battles, “the Roman soldier wore a bronze helmet equipped with cheek pieces. The helmet was a heavy decorative and expensive item which had an inside lining of felt or sponge which made the weight bearable. Nothing short of an axe or hammer could pierce a heavy helmet” (Reinecker and Rogers 542).…
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