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R.L. Dabney

Arminian Theory of Redemption

The subjects which are now brought under discussion introduce us to the very center of the points which are debated between us and Arminians. I propose, therefore, for their further illustration, and because no better occasion offers, to consider here their scheme. Sources of the Arminian Theology T... Read More
Revival Fellowship Devotionals

WHAT IS TOTAL COMMITMENT TO CHRIST? - Part 1

WHAT IS TOTAL COMMITMENT TO CHRIST? - Part 1 by Ralph Sutera 1. NOT blessings BUT blesser Philippians 3:7-10; 2:5-8 2. NOT forgiveness BUT fullness Ephesians 3:17-19; John 15:7-11 3. NOT struggle BUT serenity John 14:27 4. NOT happiness BUT holiness I Thessalonians 4:7; II Corinthians 7:1 5. NOT abd... Read More
Richard Baxter

The Reformed Pastor - The Oversight of OURSELVES

Richard Baxter"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood." (Acts 20:28). Though some think that Paul’s exhortation to these elders does prove him their ruler, we who are thi... Read More
Russell DeLong

Love in Four Dimensions

Scripture: John 3:16; Ephesians 3:18 Einstein's theory of relativity has given rise to much discussion of the fourth dimension. It is a twentieth century scientific and mathematical discovery. The fourth dimension is nothing new in Biblical or theological thought. It is as old as God. The Apostle Pa... Read More
Russell DeLong

The Tide Lifts Ships

Scripture: Psalms 16: 11; Ephesians 1: 23; 3: 19; 4: 13; Colossians 1:19; 2:9 In a conference with Dr. Jesse Bader, secretary of evangelism for the National Council of Churches, he dropped a phrase that stayed with me and upon which I have been meditating – The Tide Lifts Ships. Immediately I though... Read More
St. Augustine

Exposition on Psalm 142

St. Augustine1. ...With my voice have I cried unto the Lord Psalm 141:1. It were enough to say, with voice: not for nothing perhaps has my been added. For many cry unto the Lord, not with their own voice, but with the voice of their body. Let the inner man then, in whom Christ has begun to dwell by faith, Ephesi... Read More
St. Augustine

Exposition on Psalm 18

St. AugustineTo the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord ... Read More
St. Augustine

Exposition on Psalm 4

St. AugustineTo the end, a psalm song to David. 1. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes. Romans 10:4 For this end signifies perfection, not consumption. Now it may be a question, whether every Song be a Psalm, or rather every Psalm a Song; whether there are some Songs which c... Read More
St. Augustine

Exposition on Psalm 8

St. AugustineTo the end, for the wine-presses, a psalm of David himself. 1. He seems to say nothing of wine-presses in the text of the Psalm of which this is the title. By which it appears, that one and the same thing is often signified in Scripture by many and various similitudes. We may then take wine-presses ... Read More
St. Augustine

Exposition on Psalm 9

St. Augustine1. The inscription of this Psalm is, To the end for the hidden things of the Son, a Psalm of David himself. As to the hidden things of the Son there may be a question: but since he has not added whose, the very only-begotten Son of God should be understood. For where a Psalm has been inscribed of th... Read More

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