Let us consider, in the first place, the things wherein pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is said to consist. In visiting the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and in keeping
Let us view the heavenly state under the ideas of a rest from labour and a reward for it. The term labour does not convey the idea of simple exercise; for we shall never cease
Two Kinds of Sermons that Seem Expositional But Really Aren't In this 9Marks post, Matthew Martens notes, "Too many sermons focus on the biblical text, but fail to exposit the main point of the scriptural
Conformity to the Death of Christ “Being made conformable unto his death.”—Phil. 3:10. The death of Christ is a subject of so much importance in Christianity as to be essential to it. Without this, the
Laziness is Profoundly Unchristian The Apostle Paul speaks quite a bit about the topic of work ethic. He warns the church at Thessalonica against idleness. Paul does so, according to David Mathis, because the sin
A Prayer of David on the Decline of Life To the Aged “Cast me not off in the time of old age, forsake me not when my strength faileth.”—Psal. 71:9. This Psalm is supposed
12 Reasons to Commit to Expository Preaching Jason K. Allen notes, "Expository preaching is to rightly interpret and explain the text, in its context, and to bring the text to bear upon the lives of
Godliness, we are told, has the promise of the life which now is, as well as of that which is to come. Does this mean that godly persons are distinguished by their wealth, by their
3 Reasons Your Church Shouldn't Be a Perfect Fit for You Honestly ask yourself, "If your church is perfect for you would anyone else be in it?" Often we confuse our preferences with matters of fidelity,
I have sometimes wondered why it should be thought more criminal to disobey what God commands than to disbelieve what he declares. Certainly, if any master of a family came into his own house and