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David Servant

A Prophet Among Profits

David ServantIt was pointed out to me that the title of last month's E-teaching, Jesus, the Greatest Prosperity Preacher, was a phrase also used by a popular prosperity preacher in one of his teaching articles. He used that phrase, however, not as I did, but rather as a serious claim that Jesus was in fact just ... Read More
Timothy Tow

Lord, Teach Us To Pray

Text: Matt 6:9-15 The Lord's Prayer is recorded both in Matthew 6 and Luke 11. "Lord, teach us to pray" (Lk 11) introduces us to the text. This is our model prayer, for it teaches us how and what to pray. It is an important part of our Bible-Presbyterian Liturgy. One of our B-P sons, who now declare... Read More
Timothy Tow

Not Saved By Good Works But Unto Good Works

The doctrine of salvation of the Roman Catholics is we are saved by Faith and by good works. The doctrine of salvation of the Protestants is we are saved by Faith but unto good works. The words of St Paul in Eph 2:8,9 settles the issue, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yours... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

Remembering and Forgetting

T. Austin-SparksReading: Deuteronomy 8. "And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God hath led thee..." "Brethren, I count not myself yet to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things that are before, I press on toward the goal, u... Read More
Thomas Watson

A Body of Divinity 3. Introduction: Man's Chief End

Thomas WatsonQ-I: WHAT IS THE CHIEF END OF MAN? A: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Here are two ends of life specified. 1: The glorifying of God. 2: The enjoying of God. I. The glorifying of God, I Pet 4:4: That God in all things may be glorified.' The glory of God is a silver threa... Read More
Thomas Watson

A Body of Divinity 18. God and His Creation: The Providence Of God

Thomas WatsonQ-11: WHAT ARE GOD'S WORKS OF PROVIDENCE? A: God's works of providence are the acts of his most holy, wise, and powerful government of his creatures, and of their actions. Of the work of God's providence Christ says, My Father worketh hitherto and I work.' John 5:17. God has rested from the works of... Read More
Thomas Watson

The Lord's Prayer 5. The Fourth Petition in the Lord's Prayer

Thomas Watson'Give us this day our daily bread.' Matt 6: 11. In this petition there are two things observable -- the order, and the matter. I. First, we pray, Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done,' before we pray, Give us this day our daily bread.' God's glory ought to weigh down all before i... Read More
Arthur Pink

Honoring God

Arthur PinkHonoring God by Arthur Pink November, 1948 "Those who honor me — I will honor." 1 Samuel 2:30 Those words were addressed unto Eli after he had failed lamentably in his duty both as a father and as the high priest of Israel. His sons were wild and wayward, and he "restrained them not" (1 Samuel 3:13)... Read More
Arthur Pink

The Blessings Of God

Arthur PinkThe BLESSINGS of God by Arthur Pink "The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and He adds no trouble to it." Proverbs 10:22 Temporal blessing, as well as spiritual blessing, comes from Him. "The Lord makes poor, and makes rich" (1 Samuel 2:7). God is the sovereign disposer of material wealth. If it i... Read More

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