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Victory Over Sin

Renewing the mind - wrong speaking.

Matt. 12:34-37 "O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say unto you... Read More
Clovis G. Chappell

Sermons from the Psalms, 8 - My Tongue

"I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue." Psalm 39:1 Clovis G. Chappell: Here is a man who has resolved to control his tongue. Most of us know perfectly well how to sympathize with him in his great decision. So much is this the case that we feel that we might even be able to trac... Read More
Elmer Ellsworth Shelhamer

On Grieving the Spirit

Text: "And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." (Eph. 4:30.) Paul is here speaking of a grade of Christians who evidently have the Holy Spirit and are "sealed," yet he admonishes them not to grieve Him. We often wonder why we see so little of the migh... Read More
J.C. Ryle

Are You Born Again?

J.C. RyleAre you born again? This is one of life's most important questions. Jesus Christ said, "Except a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). It is not enough to reply, "I belong to the church; I suppose I'm a Christian." Thousands of nominal Christians show none of the signs of ... Read More
J.C. Ryle

Are You Born Again?

J.C. RyleThis is one of the most important questions in religion. Jesus Christ says, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God"-John 3:3. Are you born again? It is not enough to reply, "I belong to the church; and I suppose I am." Thousands of nominal Christians have none of the marks and... Read More
J.C. Ryle

Are you Regenerate?

J.C. RyleReader, I wish to speak to you about Regeneration, or being born again. The subject is a most important one at any time. Those words of our Lord Jesus Christ to Nicodemus are very solemn, "Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3.) The world has gone through many chan... Read More
J.C. Ryle

Where are Your Sins?

J.C. Ryle"Make me to know my transgression and my sin." Job 13:23 "Our sins testify against us." Isaiah 59:12 "Cleanse me from my sin." Psalm 51:2. "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." 1 John 1:7. The two words which head this page ought to stir up within us great searchings of heart... Read More
J.C. Ryle

The Whole Family!

J.C. Ryle"The whole family in heaven and earth." Ephesians 3:15 Reader, Look at the words which form the title of this tract, and ponder them well. They are words which ought to stir some feelings in our minds at any time, and especially at Christmas. There lives not the man or woman on earth, who is not a m... Read More
John Gill

A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Mr. Benjamin Seward, Esquire

John GillPreached April 8, 1753. PSALM 37:37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace. THE occasion of my reading these words to you, at this time, is the decease of BENJAMIN SEWARD, Esq; late of Bengworth in Worcestershire. The last Lord's day he worshipped in public w... Read More
Samuel Rutherford

The Trial & Triumph of Faith: Sermon 18

Samuel RutherfordNAY, give me leave to say, that Antinomians make justification and free grace, their common-place of divinity, as if they only had seen the visions of the Almighty, and no other. But they are utterly ignorant thereof; for they confound and mix what the Word distinguisheth, because justification is o... Read More

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