PSALM 1
The way and end of the righteous and the wicked.
Blest is the man who shuns the place Where sinners love to meet; Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hates the scoffer’s seat:
But in the statutes of the Lord Has placed [..more..]
|
|||
|
The Following excerpt is from “The Church of God and the Truth of God,” a sermon preached at the New Park Street Chapel on Sunday morning 14 September 1856, when Spurgeon was barely 23 years old. emember how your fathers, in times gone by, defended God’s truth, and blush, ye cowards, who are afraid [..more..] A PRECIOUS JEWEL 02.03.10 J.A. Matteson You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did. Acts 7:51 Stephen experienced that among those who claim allegiance to I AM, nothing is more sinister, [..more..] Treasures One by one He took them from me, All the things I valued most, Until I was empty-handed; Every glittering toy was lost. And I walked earth’s highways, grieving. In my rags and poverty. Till I heard His voice inviting, “Lift your empty hands to [..more..] As pointed out in the first two parts of this series of articles, the work of salvation is completely out of our hands, and entirely in the hands of God. Through the call of the Gospel, and His act of choosing us and making us alive to believe and receive the Gospel (regeneration), we [..more..] THE LORD’S WISDOM 01.21.10 J.A. Matteson “…And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.” Luke 17:14 Two observations may be made with regard to this text; that the Lord tests the faith of His people, and that thankfulness for His grace revealed in response to obedience [..more..] Not what my hands have done can save my guilty soul; Not what my toiling flesh has borne can make my spirit whole. Not what I feel or do can give me peace with God; Not all my prayers and sighs and tears can bear my awful load. Your voice alone, O Lord, can [..more..] There is a proud heart in every natural man. There was much pride in Adam’s sin—and there is much of it in all Adam’s sons. Pride is a radical sin, and from hence arises this over-inflated opinion of a man’s spiritual state and condition. “The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: [..more..] I so, so, so, so, so love this song!
Like Unlike You may or may not be interested, depending on how much an internet junky you are, but Faith Defenders now has its very own Facebook page too. I have set the page up to increase the audience we have, as Facebook is a heavily populated area of the internet, and all posts that are [..more..] |
|||
|
This site is best viewed at a resolution between 800*600 and 1280*1024 |
|||