Unbelief—A Marvel by J. C. Ryle "He marveled at their unbelief." Mark 6:6 The text which heads this page is a very remarkable one. Of all the expressions in the four Gospels which show that the Lord Jesus Christ was very Man, none perhaps is more startling than this. That He who was born of the Virg... Read More
The Dangerous Progress! James Smith, 1864 "They walk on in darkness!" Psalm 82:5 The mind must be in motion. The minds of sinners make progress — but it is in the wrong path! They started wrong. They will not believe that they are wrong. Therefore they walk on to their own destruction. It is a painf... Read More
The Believer and the Unbeliever James Smith, 1855 "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one... Read More
Faith and Unbelief James Smith, 1860 "He who believes on him is not condemned; but he who believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18 When Nicodemus came to our Lord for instruction, he set before him, first, the absolute nec... Read More
To the Bereaved James Smith, 1856 "The Lord gave — and the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord!" Job 1:21 So spoke the patriarch Job, when stripped of all his property and bereaved of all his children in one day. Reduced at once from affluence — to poverty, from the highest elevati... Read More
The Unspeakable Gift! James Smith, 1842 "Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift!" 2 Corinthians 9:15 When our Lord Jesus Christ was upon earth, and was conversing with Nicodemus respecting divine things, He said, "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted... Read More
A Solemn Charge! by James Smith, 1860 "Yet there are some of you who do not believe!" John 6:64 What is it to believe in Christ? Look at a few of his own illustrations, and you will soon perceive. He is the bread of life, and believing answers to eating that bread. He has the living water, and belie... Read More
The Miserable State of a Man Without Christ by Christopher Love, 1618-1651 I will show you the eight particular properties of a man without Christ: 1. Every man without Jesus Christ, is a base man. 2. Every man without Jesus Christ, is a slave . 3. Every man without Jesus Christ, is a beggarly man. ... Read More
Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility How both biblical truths coexist in God's grace J. I. Packer, 1961 I. Divine Sovereignty I do not intend to spend any time at all proving to you the general truth that God is sovereign in His world. There is no need; for I know that, if you are a Christian... Read More
THE VAIN SECURITIES OF THE WICKED by Thomas Vincent (published in 1670) "Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest, this shall be the portion of their cup." Psalm 11:6 Are the burnings of hell so certain, being threatened by God? Are they so dreadful, beyond an... Read More
Unbelief—A Marvel
The Dangerous Progress!
The Believer And The Unbeliever
Faith And Unbelief
To The Bereaved
The Unspeakable Gift!
A Solemn Charge
Love, Christopher "The Miserable State of a Man Without Christ"
Packer, J.I. "Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility"
Vincent, Thomas "The Vain Securities of the Wicked"