War, Holy War Despite the fact that many nations have used Scripture passages out of context to promote martial ventures, the Old Testament does not g...
OF THE BEING OF GOD. SOME, because the Being of God is a first principle, not to be disputed; and because that there is one is a self-evident propos...
VERSE 1.Brethren,if a man be overtaken in a fault ye which are spiritual, restore such an one inthe spirit of meekness.If we carefully weigh the words...
Chapter?12The apostle, having at large cleared and confirmed the prime fundamental doctrines of Christianity, comes in the next place to press the pri...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER XXVII. The Sea Voyage to Rome. SUMMARY.--The Centurion in Charge of Paul Embarks with Him for Rome. At Myra Take ...
Prayer [N] [T] [E] [S]An examination of the Old and New Testaments and of the early Church Fathers reveals certain minimal beliefs or assumptions that...
Chapter?35In this chapter we have three communions and three funerals. I. Three communions between God and Jacob. God ordered Jacob to Beth-el; and, i...
Israel [N] [E] [H] [S]The Name and People. Jacob, grandson of Abraham, was named Israel after he hadwrestled with God ( Gen32:28 ). This name is a co...
Homily X.Homily X. 2 Timothy iv. 9-13.-Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is d...
CHAPTER 12. NECESSITY OF CONTEMPLATING THE JUDGMENT-SEAT OF GOD, IN ORDER TO BE SERIOUSLY CONVINCED OF THE DOCTRINE OF GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION. The ...
XXIII. PAUL'S ANTICIPATION OF DEATH. Second trial impending.?Unfavourable issue apprehended.?Death by martyrdom expected.?Death-scenes, why valuabl...
CHAPTER 14. THE BEGINNING OF JUSTIFICATION. IN WHAT SENSE PROGRESSIVE. To illustrate what has been already said, and show what kind of righteousness ...
TN considering this question three points will be taken in succession. I shall endeavour to show:? I. That the writer was intimately acquainted with...
Chapter?16The scope of Christ?s discourse in this chapter is to awaken and quicken us all so to use this world as not to abuse it, so to manage all ou...
S. AUGUSTINE OF FAITH AND WORKS. S. Aug. Retract, ii. 38, mentions this work as written soon after that' De Spiritu et Litera,' i. e. at the beginn...
CHAPTER 13. THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE ESSENCE IN THREE PERSONS TAUGHT, IN SCRIPTURE, FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. This chapter consists of two par...
CHAPTER III. CREDIBILITY OF THE SCRIPTURES. Grotius: De Veritate Religionis Christianae; Translated by Clarke. Neander: Life of Christ. Christlieb: ...
Jesus Christ [S]By anyone's account, Jesus of Nazareth is the most significant person who has ever lived.He has influenced more lives and had more wri...
CHAPTER 20. OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT. This chapter consists of two principal heads,--I. General discourse on the necessity, dignity, and use of Civil Gove...
Having spoken of the nature of the falling away, and of its origin in the loss of the first love, let us consider its bearings: 1. On the relation of...