That You May Know
Dr Harry Kilbride
God really does want his twice-born children to rejoice that their names are written in Heaven. However, we must test ourselves because there can be false assurance. There are believers and make-believers.
Keeping the Church Separate from the World
Dr John Gresham Machen
‘..if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?' Our Lord demonstrates that if the sharp distinction between the church and the world is ever broken down, then the power of the church is gone.
The Necessity and Justification for the Free Offer of the Gospel
Rev. Malcolm Watts
What a Gospel this is! Christ, his love, his pardon, his righteousness, his Spirit, his holiness, his strength and his fulness, are all offered freely to poor, miserable sinners. Nothing must interfere with this freeness.
Tests for Amusements and Recreations
Richard Baxter
Lawful recreation is the enjoyment of some natural thing for the stimulation of the natural spirits. It may be for the use of the mind or the body. It is ultimately intended to fit them for their normal duty to God.
Tabernacle Conversions in 1860
Metropolitan Tabernacle
The Tabernacle archives contain hundreds of testimonies of those converted during Spurgeon’s pastorate. Many glorious themes shine through, especially the instrumentality of gospel preaching and Sunday School work.
Anger is a Tender Virtue
John Trapp
He who would be angry without sin must not be angry at anything except sin. Our Saviour was angry with Peter, and angry with the Pharisees for the hardness of their hearts. Moses was filled with holy anger at the people over the golden calf. Equanimity in such circumstances would be no better than complacency or listlessness.
Who Wrote the Epistle of James?
Dr Jeff Riddle
Who is this 'James'? He describes himself as a ‘servant ('doulos' or slave) of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.’ In this article Dr Jeff Riddle shows the superiority of the old view of the authorship of James by contrast with that adopted in modern study Bibles.