The more we live and try to practice the Sermon on The Mount, the more we shall experience blessing. Look at the blessings that are promised to those that do...
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Jun 7, 2006 12:29 pm
25 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more...
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Jun 8, 2006 1:18 pm
Commenting on Matthew 7:11 and the parallel passage in Luke 11:9-13, Calvin writes. 11. Your Father will give good things. This is expressly mentioned by ...
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Jun 9, 2006 3:52 pm
No, not you - HIM! Kerry The Golden Key! The Golden Thread! from Octavius Winslow's, "Christ, the Alpha and Omega" Jesus is the one great theme both of the Old...
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Jun 19, 2006 2:11 pm
Why should I attend church? Answer by John MacArthur of Grace to You: The New Testament repeatedly emphasizes the importance of local assemblies. In fact, it...
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Jun 20, 2006 5:01 pm
The study of theology, the history and text of scripture isn't just for the pastor or the ministers- it's for ALL believers. Believers are commanded, for...
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Jun 21, 2006 7:18 pm
Jim Elliff of Christian Communicators Worldwide ( http://www.ccwonline.org/ ) writes: For a person to be saved (the word means "rescued"), would it not be ...
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Jun 22, 2006 6:48 pm
From Dan Phillips over at Team Pyro ( htttp://teampyro.blogspot.com ): The quality with which one engages in some endeavors can be gauged by its effects. For...
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Jun 23, 2006 6:51 pm
From Owen's work "GRACE AND DUTY OF BEING SPIRITUALLY MINDED": Every man's heart is his treasury, and the treasure that is in it is either good or evil, as our...
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Jun 26, 2006 3:35 pm
John Calvin, in his commentaries, writes on Romans 6:1-2a: 1. "What then shall we say ?" Throughout this chapter the Apostle proves, that they who imagine...
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Jun 27, 2006 2:20 pm
Small correction. Beginning with the paragraph that says 'The Apostle', Calvin is commenting on v. 9 as well... not just verse 8. :) -KG...
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Jun 27, 2006 2:35 pm
This one's a little lengthy, but well worth the read. 7. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is...
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Jun 28, 2006 3:11 pm
From everyone's favorite exegete: 1. "There is then, etc". After having described the contest which the godly have perpetually with their own flesh, he returns...
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Jun 29, 2006 7:19 pm
From Arthur Pink's book "Studies on Saving Faith" in Chapter 13 - the Basis of Saving Faith, he writes: Having before us the twofold objective named above,...
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Jun 30, 2006 4:00 pm
From the same chapter as yesterday's post..... (Arthur Pink's Studies on Saving Faith: chapter 13) In considering the basis of the Christian's assurance we...
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Jul 3, 2006 5:36 pm
Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny. - John MacArthur, Jr. ...
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Jul 4, 2006 4:18 pm
"The first effect of the power of God in the heart in regeneration, is to give the heart a divine taste or sense; to cause it to have a relish of the...
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Jul 5, 2006 6:34 pm
.... and more from John Piper: When we preach the gospel, what we say to people is that Christ died for sinners. On the basis of that atoning death, God offers...
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Jul 6, 2006 6:19 pm
"Learn so to use Scripture that you take home to yourself all its teaching, all its precepts, all its promises, all its doctrines, for bread on the table...
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Jul 7, 2006 4:20 pm
Well, just ONE practical result: Quoting Me today: 1. All things work for GOOD for God's elect. Joseph's life expereience was, up until the time he was made...
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Jul 10, 2006 2:47 pm
Transcribed from a sermon by Dan Phillips of Soaring Oaks Presbyterian in California: I think that some things are unique by a thin margin and some things are...
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Jul 11, 2006 9:03 am
A bit from John Piper on 2 Peter 1:20-21 The Holy Spirit: Author of Scripture February 26, 1984 2 Peter 1:20-21 First of all you must understand this, that no...
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Jul 12, 2006 9:46 am
Pride & Humility by J. C. Ryle Humility may well be called the queen of the Christian graces. To know our own sinfulness and weakness and to feel our need of...
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Jul 13, 2006 5:53 pm
The worst kind of pride (Newman Hall, "Leaves of Healing from the Garden of Grief" 1891) "But to keep me from getting puffed up, I was given a thorn in my...
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Jul 14, 2006 4:01 am
What Is True Discipleship ? 1. Denial of self in order to follow Christ (Luke 9:23-26). Picking up one's cross and denying oneself and following Christ is...
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Jul 17, 2006 5:40 pm
Something to reflect on.... Practical Predestination? by Octavius Winslow There are no guesses, conjectures, or contingencies with God as to the future. Not...
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Jul 18, 2006 3:09 pm
Yes, they do. :) From an old post on site: Without giving you the weird details of my thought process, I was reflecting on the culture of 'youth ministry' and...
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Jul 19, 2006 4:55 pm
Such a God should be derided! (William S. Plumer, "A Treatise on Providence" 1865) The unrenewed heart is atheistic in its inclinations. "They say--The Lord...
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Jul 20, 2006 7:01 pm
Made for frivolities? (Spurgeon, "The One Thing Needful" #1015) Were you made only to be a machine for digging holes, laying bricks, or cutting out pieces of...
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Jul 24, 2006 5:10 pm
Now that is obvious in any one of the Epistles, and it is equally obvious here. Take any Epistles you like. You will find that the subdivision in each one of...
