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February 1 "They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them." –Jeremiah 31:9 Until God is pleased to pour out upon us the spirit of grace and of supplications, we cannot worship him aright; for God is a Spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth; ... Read More

July 1 "As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, O God." Psalm 42:1 What a striking figure has David made use of in these words. Conceive a wounded stag, with the arrow in his flank or pursued by a crowd of hunters and hounds, all eager to pull him down; conceive him to ... Read More

Meditations on First Peter Chapter One by J. C. Philpot, 1869 Part II. A very common objection to the doctrine of election is that it leads to licentiousness. Men will not say in so many positive words that all who hold the doctrine of election are loose and licentious characters, for the evidence o... Read More

Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Feb. 3, 1861, by J. C. Philpot "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh– that the righteousness of the law might be fulf... Read More

Death and Resurrection, or Spiritual Convictions and Heavenly Affections Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on June 27, 1858, by J. C. Philpot "If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above... Read More

Among the spiritually significant stories of the Old Testament, there are none that contain deeper teaching for the individual overcomer and the whole militant Church of Christ than those of the outflow from the smitten rock and the ensuing battle with Amalek, recorded in the seventeenth chapter of ... Read More

Election. The foundation of salvation itself in the eternal election of the Father is "in Christ." Paul says, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies in Christ, even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the ... Read More

December 27, 1981 Ephesians 2:11-12 REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE HOPELESS This is the word of God to us this morning. Let us obey it together and not resist its discomfort. This is the word of God: "Remember that at one time you Gentiles … were without Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, st... Read More

God Calls To A New Life By Horatius Bonar It is to a new life that God is calling us, not to some new steps in life, some new habits or ways or motives or prospects, but to A NEW LIFE. To produce this new life the eternal Son of God became flesh, died, was buried, and rose again. It is not life prod... Read More

The Believer’s Union With Christ By Theodore H. Epp Do we realize that God desires all men to be saved? His heart’s desire is that none should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). This great fact cannot be questioned, but it does raise this question: “Why are there not more p... Read More