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Mark 4:3-10, 13-20 There is yet still more to all that Jesus taught about material stewardship. In light of all that He said on this subject, it is amazing how little of it is mentioned in most churches. When it is, it is too often softened. As we continue our squeeze through the needle's eye, our o... Read More

Last month, George Sodini walked into a women's aerobics class at an LA Fitness Club just a few miles from where I live. He turned out the lights and began shooting into the darkness, firing fifty rounds. Within seconds, he killed three women and wounded nine others. Then he shot and killed himself.... Read More

Introduction You are going to love this story. Jesus told it using just one sentence, but with a little imagination, it can easily be expanded without doing any harm to the lesson. A man is walking across a neighbor's field early one morning when something poking through the soil—perhaps exposed fro... Read More

Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My load is light (Matt. 11:28-30). Very few professing Christians would debate that... Read More

So the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it. (Genesis 4:6-7 NASB) Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for wh... Read More

One of the most important things a Christian must learn after coming to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ is how to control the activity of his mind. A person may have a correct understanding of the love of God and the power of Christ’s blood to restore and redeem, but if the mind is left unruly an... Read More

A Divine Cordial by Thomas Watson CHOICE EXCERPTS If God left us! The sins of the ungodly are looking-glasses in which we may see our own hearts. Do we see a heinous, impious wretch? Behold a picture of our own hearts! Such would we be—if God left us! What is in wicked men's practice —is in our natu... Read More

The Crown of Righteousness by Thomas Watson A sermon preached on May 1, 1656, at the funeral of Thomas Hodges "Those who honor Me—I will honor." 1 Samuel 2:30 To my honored friend, Mrs. Mary Hodges, It was not my intention when I preached this sermon, that it should go any further than the pulpit. B... Read More

The Fight of Faith Crowned by Thomas Watson (A sermon preached at the funeral of that eminently holy pastor, Mr. Henry Stubs, 1678) Christian Reader, It was not my intent to have this message appear publicly—but being requested by the near relations of this worthy deceased minister to print my sermo... Read More

In the course of a conversation during a Keswick Convention a friend said, “Now, suppose someone yields himself to God and receives a blessing at one of these meetings, how is it possible for him to avoid relapsing into his former spiritual condition? Will it not be necessary for him to be propped u... Read More