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“The Time is Short” part 1 of 5
a sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon 1 Corinthians 7:29 The text does not say that time is short. That would have been a true statement. Compared with eternity, time, at the very longest, is but as a pin’s point. But … Continue reading
The Sensational leads to the Outrageous
Why is this? Whence this distaste for the ordinary services of the sanctuary? I believe that the answer, in some measure, lies in a direction little suspected. There has been a growing pandering to sensationalism; and, as this wretched appetite … Continue reading
Charles Spurgeon & the Down-Grade Controversy
For the fifth session, Brett Davisson of Emmanuel Bible Church gave an historical example of discernment in action. Charles Spurgeon, known as “The Prince of Preachers”, was not a man of his time. As churches in the late 19th century worked to … Continue reading
Here little — and hereafter much!
“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, … Continue reading
Help Me to Live While I Live
“When men have much to say in a letter, and perceive that they have little paper left, they write closely.” Looking at the shortness of life, and the much that has to be written upon life’s tablets–it befits us also … Continue reading
True Spiritual Worship
“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in … Continue reading
The House is Being Robbed!
We could multiply this painful evidence, but there is no need, since the charge is not denied. It is ridiculed; it is treated as a matter of no consequence, but it is not seriously met. Is this what we have … Continue reading
A Warning about New Revelation
But what is the truth? There is the point. Is the truth that which I imagine to be revealed to me by some private communication? Am I to fancy that I enjoy some special revelation, and am I to order … Continue reading
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“The Religion of Christ is Intolerant”
“It strikes me that on the very surface of this passage there is a refutation of a very common error, that if we do a thing from a right motive God accepts it, even though it is a wrong thing. The common … Continue reading
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The Perpetuity of the Church
“We will now occupy one or two minutes with THE CONSEQUENT PERPETUITY OF THE CHURCH. Because of the unseen but most certain presence of Christ as King in the midst of his people, his Church ABIDES—so says the text. Here … Continue reading
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