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Acts 4. We are called to be the manifestation of God's delight in the Son of His love. We are in union with Him today where He is in heaven; and if this is to be practically the case, everything in us must come directly into judgment. If I took a child of five years old, and could fill its little he... Read More

The subject before us, why Jesus died, is not an explanation but it is a declaration. I could only wish that I had the pungent genius of a Paul or the lofty inspiration of a John or the pregnant imagination of a Chrysostom or the scintillating brilliance of an Augustine to present this subject, Why ... Read More

Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Lord's Day Morning, July 21, 1844 "Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it." Isaia... Read More

Acts 1 - 9. The second of St. Luke's letters to his friend Theophilus, does not stiffly and formally take up the inspired narrative, where the first of them had left it; there is rather an easy and graceful intertwining or intervolving of the two: the second going back a little into the scenes and t... Read More

2 Kings 1, 2. We might read these two chapters in connection with this event, though it is only in the second of them we have it recorded. Ahaziah, of the house of Omri, and the successor of his father Ahab on the throne of Israel, appears before us here, as in deep apostacy from the God of Israel. ... Read More

Moses had his ordinary shepherd's rod in his hand, when God called him to feed Israel (Ex. 4). It then, became God's rod, for God made it the symbol and instrument of Moses's authority and grace in Israel. He was thenceforth to take it, that by it he might do his wonders in Egypt and in the wilderne... Read More

quotes from Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala pp. 57-58, "Trouble is one of God's great servants because it reminds us how much we continually need the Lord." p. 58, "Prayer begets Revival, which begets more prayer." p. 59, "The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't ... Read More

Late Wife Of The Reverend Mr. James Fall Of Watford, Herts. Preached April 13, 1739. ISAIAH 30:21. -- This is the way, walk ye in it -- THIS part of Isaiah's prophecy was delivered by him at a time when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, had invaded the land of Judea, and was about to besiege the city of... Read More

Preached At The Ordination Of The Reverend George Braithwaite, M.A. March 28, 1734. 2 TIMOTHY 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine; for in doing this, thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. The part of the work of this day assigned to me, is to give a word of exhortatio... Read More

PREACHED AT THE OPENING OF REHOBOTH CHAPEL, LOWER FORD STREET, COVENTRY, ON DECEMBER 25TH, 1857. "And thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21) We have an account just before the text of the circumstances in which Joseph found Mary his espoused wif... Read More