hebrews-12:2

The Four Looks! George Everard, 1882 "Looking unto Jesus!" Hebrews 12:2 Four precious promises embrace the whole field of God's bounty and goodness to His people. The Four "Alls" touch our need on every side. 1. Conscience is satisfied through "the blood that cleanses from all sin." 2. Our manifold ... Read More

A Bad Record and a Bad Heart! Albert N. Martin Problems, Problems, Problems! Often it seems that life in this world is nothing but one problem after another. We have different kinds of problems—family problems, money problems, health problems, job problems—but we all have problems. And we all try to... Read More

The Practical Implications of Calvinism Albert N. Martin (Albert Martin is the Senior Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Essex Fells, New Jersey. This material is the substance of an address which was transcribed with minor revisions from the tape.) The Experience of God B.B. Warfield describes Calvi... Read More

A Name in Heaven, the Truest Ground of Joy By Matthew Mead "However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you—but rejoice that your names are written in heaven!" Luke 10:20 Our Lord Christ, here in the text, calls off his disciples from rejoicing much, in that which yet was as lawful and likely... Read More

Treasures from J.R. Miller 1840 — 1912 (choice excerpts) "If any 19th century American Christian writer warrants reprinting, it is J. R. Miller! His writing style is delightfully smooth, his insights are spiritual diamonds on every page, and his pastoral applications are delivered with the skill of ... Read More

The Author and the Finisher J.R. Miller "Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith!" Hebrews 12:2 Every believer is to be transformed into the image of Christ. Hence we are enjoined to grow up into him in all things. Whatever temper, affection, disposition, or propensity there is in u... Read More

Joy in Trials Charles Naylor, 1920 A Christian sister wrote to me recently, desiring me to tell her how she might find sweetness and joy in her trials. She seemed to have in her mind an ideal experience in which she could be joyous and calm and sweetly contented while undergoing trials, and she was ... Read More

AFFLICTIONS! William Nicholson, 1862 "Affliction does not come from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground. Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward." Job 5:6, 7 Man is born in sin, and therefore born to trouble. There is nothing in this world we are born to, and can t... Read More

Christ, the Physician of the Soul William Nicholson, 1862 "It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick." Matthew 9:12 The body is liable to numerous diseases, and anxiety and efforts to effect a cure of them, are highly important. But how possible it is to attend to those needs and dise... Read More

The Conqueror's Reward! William Nicholson, 1862 "He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of Heaven from My God, ... Read More