colossians-2:2

I Man is conscious of two worlds, an outer and an inner, a public and a private, an objective and a subjective. He is conscious also that these two worlds act and react upon each other; he is influenced by that world around and he in turn influences it. He is further conscious that his own inner and... Read More

CHAPTER I GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OVER fifty years ago I preached and published a sermon with the title "The Sinner’s Future." At or about that time I studied the chief attacks upon the doctrine of eternal punishment, some in favour of the annihilation of the wicked, some advocating the ultimate rest... Read More

WHEN writing to the Christians at Colosse, who had been saved largely through the ministry of Epaphras, that man of prayer and devotion, the apostle Paul said: "For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the fles... Read More

January the 3d. 1676. Upon whose Encouraging Aspects and Love-drawings, I made my Address in the behalf of my self, and that other distressed Lover, that allowed I might be to ask so great a Boon as her Royal Self to be ours unitedly. Oh dear Sophia, how would this repair our Loss, and recover Honou... Read More

GOD’S LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE There is a leadership void in the world today. So what can be done about it? God has established pastors, elders and deacons as official leadership positions within the local church. “If a man desires the office of a bishop [church leader], he desires a good work” (1 Timot... Read More

THE following letters are published at the request of many. Many arguments have been, and, no doubt, will yet be, offered against the sentiments. The most weighty of them I have noticed; but the most common are unworthy of notice, being nothing but retoiled refined stuff of human invention--bold uns... Read More

Revelation 13:1-18 - And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. (Read More...) 2 John 1:7 - For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not tha... Read More

We close this extended series of readings by showing the effect of the outpouring of the Spirit in quickening the spiritual perceptions and giving a certitude of God and of spiritual realities. We will limit our reading to the study of only two compound words employed by the apostles after the day o... Read More

The preacher of the evening has been greatly edified during this faith convention, by the Methodistic earnestness of a Quaker preaching Wesleyan doctrines with jubilant hallelujahs. The audience may be surprised this evening to hear a Methodist, in a very quiet style, enforce upon your hearts a prom... Read More

“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him” (Colossians 2:6). Prayer and the Word of God go together; we cannot dispense with either if we are to grow in the truth. As we read the Word prayerfully, the Spirit of God will unfold to us the meaning of the words, and we cann... Read More