ephesians-2:8

Duty-Faith by Arthur Pink, 1936 Introductory letter, by John Newton "Addressing the Unconverted" Sir, In a late conversation you desired my thoughts concerning a Scriptural and consistent manner of addressing the consciences of unawakened sinners in the course of your ministry. It is a point on whic... Read More

THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) Our present subject brings before us a very different aspect of the Truth from that which engaged our attention in the last article: a greater contrast could scarcely be imagined— Christ the Servant, Christ the Sovereign; subject to the will of Anoth... Read More

The Holy Spirit's Work in Salvation Arthur Pink In Acts 19 we learn that when the apostle Paul came to Ephesus he asked some disciples of John the Baptist Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" (v. 2) And we are told "They said unto him, No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy S... Read More

Trusting God! Arthur Pink, 1933 Of himself, the Christian can no more regulate his faith than he could originate it. Only He who imparted it, can call it forth into action. This is recognized by few today. Even in those little groups where it is owned that faith is the gift of God (Eph 2:8-9; Phi 1:... Read More

What is Your Hope? J. C. Ryle Reader, what is your hope about your soul? Have you any, or have you none? Can you tell me in what way you expect to be accounted righteousness before God?: Depend upon it, these are very serious questions. You and I are dying men. After death comes the judgment. What i... Read More

This is the True Grace of God! James Smith "This is the true grace of God, wherein you stand." 1 Peter 5:12 The grace of God is a subject which, of all others, demands our most serious attention. God's grace is nothing less, than the free, sovereign, and eternal favor of God toward poor sinners in C... Read More

Salvation by Grace! James Smith, 1842 "By grace you are saved!" Ephesians 2:8 Salvation is confessedly a matter of the greatest importance — a matter in which we are all interested; but yet it is a subject which is much neglected . Not but there is much said and written about it; but now few are the... 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

A Great Savior! James Smith, 1842 "He shall send them a Savior, and a great one, and He shall deliver them!" Isaiah 19:20 SIN is a dreadful evil! It is in our nature — we are all the subjects of it. It has brought us into a wretched, ruined, lost condition. Sin is the procuring cause of all the affl... Read More

Life Through Believing James Smith, 1842 "He who believes on the Son has everlasting life!" John 3:36 A believer on the Lord Jesus Christ is one who has been convinced of his totally ruined, wretched, and lost estate. He has heard the everlasting gospel, or the glad tidings of a Savior, who is able ... Read More