Author Archives: Administrator

Eager Concerning Doctrines

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Administrator

For which of you when in his house takes some Christian book in hand and goes over its contents, and searches the Scriptures? Continue reading →

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The Three Stages

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Administrator

IF then any one is aiming at perfection, from that first Stage of fear which we rightly termed servile … he should by advancing a step mount to the higher path of hope … Continue reading →

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The Coins of the True King

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Administrator

things, although they are opposed to our salvation and to our profession, yet when covered with a sort of veil of compassion and religion, easily deceive those who are lacking in skill and care.. Continue reading →

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Treasures on Earth

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Administrator

and so daily and hourly turning up the ground of our heart with the gospel plough, i.e., the constant recollection of the Lord’s cross,… Continue reading →

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Forgive

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Administrator

then they reckoned those who wronged them as benefactors, because from them they received occasion for their own forgiveness… Continue reading →

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The inward temple

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Administrator

it is not enough for you to appear before the face of the Lord in the temple, which is outside of you. You must also erect a temple of the Lord within yourselves … Continue reading →

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Who has greater honor?

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Administrator

Consider how some of us endure even painful and dishonorable death all for nothing. .. Continue reading →

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Have a spiritual father

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Administrator

Know that true success is achieved within, unconsciously, and happens as imperceptibly as the growth of the human body. Continue reading →

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Be Still and Silent

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Administrator

unless you work and sweat to impress on your heart and mind this awe-inspiring Name, you keep silence in vain, you sing in vain, you fast in vain, you watch in vain. Continue reading →

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Love of God

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Administrator

he strips himself of any thought of his own dignity; and with a spirit of humility he buries in the depths of divine love…. Continue reading →

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