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DUTIES OF CHURCH MEMBERS by John Angell James These are so numerous and various, that they must be classed under different heads. I do not now intend so much those duties, which they owe in common to God as Christians—as those which they owe to the church, as members. If I was speaking of the former... Read More

The Footsteps of Jesus Things to be sought — and things to be shunned . By John MacDuff, 1856 PREFACE Whatever things were written aforetime in the sacred volume — were written for our instruction and admonition. The precepts it inculcates, and the diversified incidents it records — were evidently i... Read More

The Carnal Christian Are you one? Is there such a thing? Al Martin There is in our day a teaching that has become very popular, and this teaching nullifies in the minds of many the clear and unmistakable truth of 1 John 3 which is nothing but a systematic statement of what we find from Genesis to Re... Read More

Living the Christian Life Al Martin A question of major importance is "How am I to live as a Christian?" It is one thing to be certain on biblical grounds that I have life from Christ, now I must be clear as to how I am to live the life of Christ. My purpose in setting before you some of the major p... Read More

Rejection of Divine Life by William Nicholson, 1862 "And you will not come unto me, that you might have life!" John 5:40 By this declaration, Christ charges the Jews with obstinate infidelity. Some of them had heard the testimony of God from Heaven — the announcements of John the Baptist. They had h... Read More

Faith's Standing-Ground Preached at Gower Street Chapel, London, on June 8, 1862, by J. C. Philpot "What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all thing... Read More

Experimental Preaching Arthur Pink, 1937 This subject is one of great practical importance and value, though sadly neglected by the modern pulpit. By "experimental preaching" we mean preaching which analyses, diagnoses, describes the strange and often bewildering experience of the Christian. As we h... Read More

The Doctrine of Mortification (Arthur Pink, 1952) "For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the body, you will live." Romans 8:13 1. Introduction It is the studied judgment of this writer, and he is by no means alone therein, that doctrinal p... Read More

The Example of Christ Arthur Pink "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden—and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me ; for I am gentle and humble in heart—and you shall find rest unto your souls." Matthew 11:28-29 It has been pointed out in the preceding remarks up... Read More

The Spirit's Work in the Believer James Smith, 1861 "Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind control... Read More