Richard Baxter: The Evil of Backbiting and Evil-Speaking
1. It is forbidden of God among the heinous, damning sins, and made the character of a notorious wicked person, and the avoiding of it is made the mark of such as are accepted...
Author: W. C. Newsom
Augustine: Sermon for Advent
When the Word assumed flesh in time, so that He might enter into our temporal life, He did not, in this flesh, give up His eternity, but gave immortality to this flesh. Thus He,...
Martin Luther On Confession: Tell Your Brother His Fault “Between You and Him Alone”
Now we have heard all the things which ought to be considered here, except confession. Of this we shall speak now. In the first place, there is a confession which is founded on the...
Handel: Messiah
Editorial Note: Advent begins today. So too will begin many performances of Handel’s Messiah, one of the most famous and recognizable works of both classical and sacred music. The subject, of course, is the...
The Mayflower Compact and the First Plymouth Thanksgiving
The Mayflower Compact In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and...
R. C. Sproul: A Letter to the Church
The mission of the church is eternal. Its origin is in eternity and its destination is eternity. God’s plan of redemption for this fallen world was not an afterthought or an expression of a...
Luther on Thanksgiving
The Explanation of the First Article of the Apostles Creed I hold and believe that I am God’s creature, that is, that he has given me and constantly sustains my body, soul, and life,...
Spurgeon: A Man Without Fear
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee. (Exodus 3:12) Of course, if the Lord sent Moses on an errand, He would not let him go alone. The tremendous risk which it would...
Luther: Make Germany Great Again
Proposals for ReformPart INow, although I am too small a man to make propositions which might effect a reform in this dreadful state of things, nevertheless I may as well sing my fool’s song...
Augustine on Psalm 2: “The Name and Rule of Christ is to Pervade Posterity and Possess All Nations”
1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people meditate vain things? Psalm 2:1. The kings of the earth have stood up, and the rulers taken counsel together, against the Lord, and against His...
