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Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn writer of the late nineteenth century, had a driving passion to win the lost to Christ. This burden compelled her to tell the salvation story to all who would listen, whether it was a homeless man at the Bowery Mission in New York City or a stranger on the streets. Once ... Read More

Some beloved idol? "Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the people are madly in love with them." Jeremiah 50:38 Have we not all in our various ways, set up some beloved idol . . . something which engaged our affections, something which occupied our thoughts, something to which we devote... Read More

Weary? "Then Jesus said, "Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 The Lord's purpose in laying burdens upon us is to weary us out. We cannot learn our religion in any other way. We cannot learn it from the Bible, nor from the experience ... Read More

The incredible greatness of His power "I pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness of His power to us who believe Him." Ephesians 1:19 The work of God on the soul, is a work of sovereign and omnipotent power! See what a mighty power was put forth in turning us from darkness to ... Read More

Preached at Eden Street Chapel on July 27, 1851, by J. C. Philpot "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:10 Man is a strange compound. A sinner, and the worst of sinners, and yet a pharisee! A wretch, and the vilest of wretches, and yet pluming himself on his ... Read More

Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on June 8th, 1845, by J. C. Philpot "But you have an unction (or anointing) from the Holy One, and you know all things." 1 John 2:20 The life of John, the beloved disciple, was prolonged to a very late period; and we see the wisdom and goodness of God in thus p... Read More

January 3, 1982 Matthew 9:35-38 The question that returned to me in prayer again and again as 1981 passed away was: Might 1982 be the beginning of harvest time at Bethlehem Baptist Church? Might this year be the God-appointed time for a movement of the Spirit which would cause a great earnestness to... Read More

Throughout these lectures we have felt constrained to return repeatedly to the Scripture given in Matthew 9:35-38, where Jesus gave us this law that the harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few--that the trouble is not with the circumstances, the sinners, the world, but with the church, the peo... Read More

PETER, walking on the water to come to Jesus at His command, saw the wind and waves boisterous and was afraid. He lost his faith and began to sink. His trouble was that he looked at the circumstances instead of the Lord Jesus, the Creator of all the winds and waves. Andrew, when Jesus wanted to feed... Read More

Jesus the Preacher What exactly does it mean when Scriptures says that Jesus preached? This word ‘preached’ means to be a herald; to proclaim aloud like a town crier; to publish or make known widely or everywhere. This is no quiet hidden secret polite act! It is a public proclamation; it is broadcas... Read More