Cross Exchanged For A Crown

Humbling and painful as these truths may sound, it is good for all of us to realize them and take them to heart. The houses we live in, the homes we love, the riches we accumulate, the professions we follow, the plans we formulate, the relations we enter into—they are only for a time. “What …

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Revere the Lord

I very much demur to the designation, “To the Reverend C. H. Spurgeon,” for no ‘reverence’ is due to me! Assuredly, ‘Reverend’ and ’sinner’ make a curious combination.  And as I know I am the second, I repudiate the first. To me, it is surprising that such a flattering title should have been invented, and …

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The Cost of Being a True Christian

The cost of being a true Christian. Let there be no mistake about my meaning. I am not examining what it costs to save a Christian’s soul. I know well that it costs nothing less than the blood of the Son of God to provide atonement, and to redeem man from hell. The price paid …

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Was Jesus Always ‘Nice’?

Highly recommend this book … The Great Shepherd Himself was never far from open controversy with the most conspicuously religious inhabitants in all of Israel. Almost every chapter of the Gospels makes some reference to His running battle with the chief hypocrites of His day, and He made no effort whatsoever to be winsome in …

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True Christianity – J.C. Ryle

The following accompanies the previously posted SermonAudio : J.C. Ryle’s  “True Christianity” of which is situated on the left sidebar and worthy of a listen. May you be blessed in the truth of God’s pure Word and thereby “turn the world upside down ” for His Glory. True Christianity (J. C. Ryle   “What Is Needed?”  …

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I Love the Lord He has Heard my Voice

“I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplication.”  Psalm 116:1 In the Christian pilgrimage it is well for the most part to be looking forward. Whether it be for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for the inspiring of our love, the future after all must be the grand object …

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