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G.V. Wigram

Translation of Psalms 1 - 41

from 'Memorials' Vol. 2, Part Second, CRITICAL. 1876-7. TABLE OF SIGNS AND MARKS. INDICATIVE MOOD p to mark the English word which represents the Hebrew word, which the Rabbis say is a perfect, and which carries the pronominal affix (or sign of the person) at its end. f to mark the English word whic... Read More
Gawin Kirkham

Definite Directions for Open-Air Preaching

[This article was taken from the book, "The Open-Air Preacher's Handbook" written by Gawin Kirkham. Brother Kirkham was the Secretary of the Open-Air Mission of London, England. The book was published in 1890 but has a timeless message for street preachers of today.] WE are told that "Open-air Preac... Read More
George E. Ladd

The Johannine Dualism

George E. LaddThe Two Worlds The most difficult problem in the Johannine theology is its apparently different dualism from that of the Synoptics. The dualism in the Synoptic Gospels is primarily horizontal: a contrast between two ages -- this age and the Age to Come. The dualism of John is primarily vertical: a c... Read More
J. Vernon McGee

Why Do God's Children Suffer?

J. Vernon McGeeFor consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto sons, My son, despise not thou the chastening of t... Read More
J.C. Philpot

The Fiery Trial

J.C. PhilpotPreached at Gower Street Chapel, London, on Lord's Day Evening, July 9, 1865 "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though come strange thing happened unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be ... Read More
James Smith

God, the Portion of His People

James SmithOUR FATHER "I will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." 2 Corinthians 6:18 Tried Christian, you are not an orphan! You have a Father! God, in all the glory of his nature and perfections, is your Father! He has adopted you for his own. He has regenera... Read More
John Gill

The Stability of the Covenant of Grace. Part 1

John GillTHE SUPPORT OF A BELIEVER UNDER OUTWARD AND INWARD TROUBLES. 2 SAMUEL 23:5 Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure. THE preceding verses have already been considered; an introduction, therefore, to the present discourse, ... Read More
John MacArthur

God's Loving Discipline - Sermon 2

John MacArthurHebrews, chapter 12, verses 5-11. We have been attempting to answer a very important question and that question is: Why do bad things happen to God's people? Why do bad things happen to God's people? The atmosphere in today's evangelicalism--the atmosphere in today's church--which is, I think, in th... Read More
John Newton

Sermon 13: The Great Shepherd

John NewtonIsaiah 50:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. It is not easy for those, whose habits of life are insensibly formed by the customs of modern times, to conceive any adequate id... Read More
Reuben Archer Torrey

Difficulties in the Bible: 21. Was Jesus Really Three Days and Three Nights in the Heart of the Earth?

Reuben Archer TorreyMatthew reports Jesus as saying, "As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale ("sea monster," RV marg.), so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" (12:40). According to the commonly accepted tradition of the church Jesus was crucified on... Read More

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