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Have you ever considered I am asking you to consider that what is coming to us in the 21st century may be so catastrophic, so unprecedented in this country, that everything we ever knew of earthly securities will fail by John Piper One of the great advantages of being a pastor and laboring to understand […]

However, diversity has come to mean for our post-modern society is really not diversity of race or gender, but diversity of ideas and values. by William Smith Our society has a remarkable uniformity on the matter of diversity. Universities and businesses tell us that they celebrate and are committed to diversity. Diversity is a core […]

While Newton was not a great lover of Handel’s Messiah and was indeed considered by many to be harsh and critical of it, he acknowledged that others thought differently from him and in the closing sermon he says, permit me to hope and to pray, that the next time you hear the Messiah, God may […]

Pray that we will "rightly handle" God’s truth, to the affectional blessing of God’s people, and to the affectional awakening of lost sinners by Ian Hamilton I recently heard a comment about two preachers that made me stop and ask myself a serious question. This was the comment: "As Mr X’s sermon came to a […]

This is a awesome meeting in which everything contributes to the sense of God’s majesty, glory, and holiness -to the realisation that the LORD is infinitely different from us. by William Smith What’s the "scaredest" you have ever been? One of the scariest times I have experienced in recent years was appearing before a female […]

There must be many Christians, including myself, who have been challenged to preach the Gospel in the open air as a result of observing the energies of someone who had such an inferior gospel to preach. by W.F. Thompson The late Rev. Dr Donald Soper was a national figure in England during the 20th century. […]

Even many urban believers and church workers if they are living on 5OORMB or less a month are quite unable to purchase a computer. They are still reliant on books and Gospel radio for spiritual nourishment and training China is set in the near future to have the largest numbers of internet users anywhere in […]

But where is the God of Elijah, while the trade with heaven by our prayers is so very low? Alas for the dead, cold and flat prayers, that so often come from our lips in our day! Among the elders who have through faith obtained a good report, there is none more remarkable than Elijah […]

Sermons on the web are no substitute for the hard work that goes into imaginative, sound biblical preaching, but when used properly they can be an aid to the preacher’s development and spiritual growth. by Lugene Schemper Within the past year I’ve read newspaper accounts of two Protestant pastors who were suspended from their pulpits […]

My fellow sinner, how stands it with your soul? Are you certain you are right with God for time and eternity? For Jesus assures us: "If you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses!" by Rev. Prof. Dr. F. Nigel Lee Printed by Permission. Copyright © 1996 F.N.Lee In […]

History is not a concatenation of random events. History is the fulfilling of God’s will and purpose. As I write, it looks as though war with Iraq is inevitable. Whether war will be launched only time will tell and only God knows. It is this latter fact that I would like to reflect upon. Contrary […]

Steve described Rick as a quiet, unassuming man who was, however, very vocal about his faith. He said Rick did not miss an opportunity to give glory to God I had the privilege of attending a Steve Green concert on the night of Feb.1, just 12 hours after the loss of Columbia and her crew […]

I became aware for the first time of the hardship of the world, and looked with new eyes on my father’s shabby clothes and anxious expression; that is why memory has held the incident so tenaciously that to this day I could point you to the exact place where his words were spoken, and never […]

There is still a great deal of work that needs to be done. It is their hope that others will seriously give consideration to the possibility of supporting this activity through the EMF by Daniel Webber The European Missionary Fellowship’s renewed involvement in literature work commenced in 1996 with ‘Editorial Peregrino’ in Spain. Since then […]

When all is said and done, when life has ended and we are all gathered into the presence of our blessed Saviour, what will really matter? I mean, really, truly matter. by David Cassells Although the life of Samuel Rutherford is immensely stimulating and highly rewarding to study, neither the space nor nature of this […]

I don’t know the day that it happened. I do know that the power of the immunization of cultural Christianity was broken. I was now infected with the love of God in Christ. by Will Metzger [The third edition of Will Metzger’s book on evangelism, ‘Tell the Truth’ has just been published pervasively rewritten (IVP, […]

Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without God’s help, I do humbly entreat him by his grace to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to his will, for Christ’s sake. Remember to read over these Resolutions once a week. 1. Resolved, that I will do whatsoever […]

Love, marriage, sex, and children – that really is God’s plan and order and is our happiness as creatures made in His image and redeemed and recreated by His Son. by William Smith Tis the month for thoughts to turn to love and the things will follow from love. To be sure the order observed […]

The trip was such a wonderful experience that I did not know if I was still on the earth or with the Lord Franco Maggiotto is a reformed preacher in Italy who at one time was a Roman priest. Then one day as he was taking the mass, and verses from the letter to the […]

The Daily Telegraph reported the following on 3rd January: “The room is festooned with balloons that go far beyond the usual seasonal displays. Outside, yards of bunting drape across the guttering. A “Welcome Back Ian” poster is pinned to a noticeboard. “Just over three weeks ago, Stillman, who is deaf and diabetic and walks with […]

Sometimes loving a denomination requires you to fight. by J. I. Packer In June 2002, the synod of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster authorized its bishop to produce a service for blessing same-sex unions, to be used in any parish of the diocese that requests it. A number of synod members walked out to […]

Our Brazil conference (FIEL) record attendance of 1,386, with very little publicity, was certainly from above. That the number attending this year’s conference in Mozambique nearly doubled was an encouragement to all involved. We are praising Him for the addition to our Brazilian staff of Tiago, a young lawyer that came to the Lord through […]

Through the justifying work of God in Christ, applied to the sinner, the sanctifying reformation of a new creation begins to take place. Nor is it that this sanctifying work begins with minuscule magnitude. by William Harrell How is a true Christian to view his sin? By what measure should he judge its nature, its […]

It is wrong to wager with a trust fund. And all we have, as humans, is a trust fund. Everything we have is a trust from God, to be used for his glory by John Piper The West Virginia pastors who accepted Jack Whittaker’s tithe on his $170 million Powerball booty should be ashamed of […]

Are we at such a low point that the law sees an unhappy existence as a good enough reason for a premature death? by MICK HUME (writing in The Thunderer column in the Times) "The notion of flying off to the Alps to "get away from it all" could be about to take on a […]