Judgments Effects Of – Charles H Spurgeon
Judgments Effects Of – Charles H Spurgeon In the province of Quito, after the tremendous earthquake of 1797, a number of marriages were contracted between persons who had neglected for many years to sanction their union by the sacerdotal benediction. Children found parents by whom they had never till then been acknowledged; restitutions were promised […]
Judgment Perverted – Charles H Spurgeon
Judgment Perverted – Charles H Spurgeon When a traveler is newly among the Alps, he is constantly deceived in his reckoning. One Englishman declared that he could climb the Righi in half-an-hour, but after several panting hours the summit was still a-head of him; yet when he made the boast, some of us who stood […]
Judgment Day Forgotten – Charles H Spurgeon
Judgment Day Forgotten – Charles H Spurgeon Is it not foolish to be living in this world without a thought of what you will do at last? A man goes into an inn, and as soon as he sits down he begins to order his wine, his dinner, his bed; there is no delicacy in […]
Judgment Comparable To Balances – Charles H Spurgeon
Judgment Comparable To Balances – Charles H Spurgeon Our judgment may be compared to the scales and weights of the merchant. It should be correct, but it seldom is quite accurate; even ordinary wear and tear in this world will suffice to put it out of gear. We had need call in the Rectifier full […]
JOY Of Our Religion As An Evidence Of Its Truth – Charles H Spurgeon
JOY Of Our Religion As An Evidence Of Its Truth – Charles H Spurgeon How I long for my bed! Not that I may sleep: I lie awake often and long! but to hold sweet communion with my God. What shall I render unto him for all his revelations and gifts to me? Were there […]
Joy – Charles H Spurgeon
Joy – Charles H Spurgeon We are told of some Turks, who have, upon the sight of Mahomet’s tomb, put out their eyes, that they might not defile them, forsooth, with any common object, after they had been blessed with seeing one so sacred. I am sure many gracious souls there have been, who, with […]
Jesuits – Charles H Spurgeon
Jesuits – Charles H Spurgeon The cat having a long time preyed upon the mice, the poor creatures at last, for their safety, contained themselves within their holes; but the cat finding his prey to cease, as being known to the mice that he was indeed their enemy and a cat, deviseth this course following, […]
John Wesley
John Wesley John Wesley traveled 250,000 miles on horseback, riding twenty miles daily for forty years, preached forty thousand sermons, produced four hundred books, knew ten languages, and at eighty-three was annoyed when he could not write more than fifteen hours a day without huring his eyes. At eighty-six he was ashamed that he could […]
John Harper
John Harper John Harper was a Scottish preacher aboard the Titanic. When the ship hit an iceberg and sank, Harper was clinging to a piece of drift wood. As he was out in the darkness a man drifted close to him crying, and Harper shouted to him, “Are you saved?” the man replied, “No.” Harper […]
Jesus Is the Only Way to Heaven
Jesus Is the Only Way to Heaven It is said that the ancient city of Troy had only one entrance, and that from whatever direction travelers approached the city they could only enter through that one legally-appointed entrance. Likewise Jesus is the only way to Heaven and the Father. “Jesus saith unto him, I am […]
Jesus Paid it All
Jesus Paid it All In her autobiography, My Life, former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir tells the story of her devout Jewish grandfather who lived in Russia. He was required to serve in the Russian army for sixteen years. During that time he tried to keep every Jewish law and custom even though it meant that […]
Jesus Became a Man
Jesus Became a Man On March 5, 1994, off-duty Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Prescott was at the Salt Lake City Library teaching a class for police officers. He was in a hallway, when he saw a gunman corralling 18 people into a room. Prescott entered the room behind them and shut the door. He identified himself […]
John Harper’s Last Convert
John Harper’s Last Convert Four years after the Titanic went down, a young Scotsman rose in a meeting in Hamilton, Canada, and said, “I am a survivor of the Titanic. When I was drifting alone on a spar that awful night, the tide brought Mr. John Harper, of Glasgow, on a piece of wreck near me. ‘Man,’ he […]
Jesus Saves and Keeps Us
Jesus Saves and Keeps Us A man in Ireland was convicted of his sin and was on the verge of trusting Christ when the devil raised the oft-repeated objection: “If you believe, it won’t last. What about tomorrow?” The worker dealing with him pointed to a water mill nearby. “What turns that wheel today?” “The […]
Jesus’ Blood Cleanses Sin
Jesus’ Blood Cleanses Sin A Changed Attitude It was Napoleon Bonaparte who, early in his life, said, “God is on the side of the biggest artillery.” Years later, when he was exiled on an island, he reversed his opinion, and conceded, “Man proposes, but God disposes.” Napoleon learned the attitude of “If it is the […]
Justin Martyr on Worship
Justin Martyr on Worship Justin the Martyr was executed for his faith around A.D. 165. His writings and leadership helped shape and influence countless believers. He has given the oldest non-biblical description of Christian worship we have. He wrote, “On the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together […]
Jesus Is the Only Way to Heaven
Jesus Is the Only Way to Heaven John Dyer, a Welsh poet and pastor from the 1700s once wrote, “A man may go to Heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.” Today our world is filled with people who are seeking some other […]
John Wesley and George Whitefield were two of the greatest preachers-George Mueller
John Wesley and George Whitefield were two of the greatest preachers-George Mueller John Wesley and George Whitefield were two of the greatest preachers of the 18th Century. They became close friends while attending college at Oxford, but their theological differences eventually caused them to drift apart. In fact, there was quite a bit of animosity […]
John Wesley and George Whitefield were two of the greatest preachers- George Mueller
John Wesley and George Whitefield were two of the greatest preachers- George Mueller John Wesley and George Whitefield were two of the greatest preachers of the 18th Century. They became close friends while attending college at Oxford, but their theological differences eventually caused them to drift apart. In fact, there was quite a bit of […]
John Wesley and George Whitefield – the two great preachers-George Mueller
John Wesley and George Whitefield – the two great preachers-George Mueller John Wesley and George Whitefield – the two great preachers of the 18th Century Evangelical Revival – were both great men of God. Sadly having been great friends at Oxford, they fell out over the Arminian/Calvinist debate. There was quite a bit of animosity […]
Joy Is Found in Jesus
Joy Is Found in Jesus “There is more joy in Jesus in 24 hours than there is in the world in 365 days. I have tried them both.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Judgment Day, Terrors of – Charles Spurgeon
Judgment Day, Terrors of – Charles Spurgeon IF I could take you just outside the garden wall, I would let you see a heap of weeds and slips that are taken from the vine, and there they are heaped together with a little straw, and the gardener burns them. The other branches, with their purple […]
Judgment, Solemnity of – Charles Spurgeon
Judgment, Solemnity of – Charles Spurgeon LIKE Aaron’s rod, the judgment hour swallows up every other hour. We hear of hours that have been big with the fate of nations, hours in which the welfare of millions trembled in the balances, hours in which for peace or war the die must be cast, hours that […]
Judas, Character of – Charles Spurgeon
Judas, Character of – Charles Spurgeon MAY I venture to remind you of one who had the very closest intimacy with Christ in the days of his public ministry; he was so trusted by the Savior that he kept the little treasury in which Christ put, when there were any, the excesses, the excessive gifts […]
Joy of the Believer, Increasing – Charles Spurgeon
Joy of the Believer, Increasing – Charles Spurgeon YOUNG Christian, you do not know what is before you. There is the goodly land, and it is all yours. Do not imagine that you are always to be a babe. You shall grow and become a man, yes, a father, I hope, in Israel. Imagine not […]
Joy in the Love of God – Charles Spurgeon
Joy in the Love of God – Charles Spurgeon I REMEMBER well, when I was under a sense of sin, looking at a dog and wishing I were such as he, that I might die without fear of judgment hereafter, for it seemed so awful a thing to live on forever as a sinner; but […]
Joy, Heavenly and Earthly—Contrasted – Charles Spurgeon
Joy, Heavenly and Earthly—Contrasted – Charles Spurgeon WEIGH for one moment your so-called joy with ours, and put your peace as you conceive of peace into the scale against ours. Judge you now. Is your joy as pure? Has it no alloy? Are your cups without dregs, and your delights without bitterness? Is it as […]
Joy, Heavenly and Earthly—Compared – Charles Spurgeon
Joy, Heavenly and Earthly—Compared – Charles Spurgeon THE wine pressed from the grapes of Sodom may sparkle and foam, but it is bitterness in the end, and the dregs thereof are death; only that which comes from the clusters of Eshcol is the true wine of the kingdom, making glad the heart of God and […]
Joy connected with Strength – Charles Spurgeon
Joy connected with Strength – Charles Spurgeon A JOYOUS man, such I have now in my mind’s eye, is to all intents and purposes a strong man. He is strong in a calm, restful manner. Whatever happens he is not ruffled or disturbed. He is not afraid of evil tidings, his heart is fixed, trusting […]
Jewels, Gathering of the – Charles Spurgeon
Jewels, Gathering of the – Charles Spurgeon WHAT joy when altogether the jewels shall be put into the casket! Think of what they shall be gathered from! From poverty, from sickness, from beds of dust and silent clay they shall be gathered; from slander and rebuke, from persecution, and from suffering, from the lion’s jaws, […]
Jesus, Name of—The Sweetest – Charles Spurgeon
Jesus, Name of—The Sweetest – Charles Spurgeon GIVE me that harp and let my fingers never leave its strings, the harp whose strings resound the love of Christ alone. To harp upon the name of Jesus is the blessed monotony of a true ministry, a monotony more full of variety than all other subjects besides. […]
Jesus, Fullness of – Charles Spurgeon
Jesus, Fullness of – Charles Spurgeon IN the sacred armory of the Son of David behold your battle-axe and your weapons of war; in the stores of him who is greater than Aaron see the robes in which to fulfill your priesthood; in the wounds of Jesus behold the power with which you may become […]
Jealousy of God – Charles Spurgeon
Jealousy of God – Charles Spurgeon THAT is a very wonderful and suggestive expression—”a jealous God.” See that it be engraved on your hearts. Jesus will not endure it that those of us who love him should divide our hearts between him and something else. The love which is strong as death is linked with […]
John Bunyan on Humility
John Bunyan on Humility He that is down needs fear no fall,He that is low, no pride;He that is humble ever shallHave God to be his guide. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
John Newton’s Epitaph
John Newton’s Epitaph John Newton’s epitaph reads: John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy. Grace did not free him to serve […]
Joy of Giving
Joy of Giving “The happiest people on earth are the people who have discovered the joy of giving.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
John Wesley and George Whitefield – the two great preachers-George Mueller
John Wesley and George Whitefield – the two great preachers-George Mueller John Wesley and George Whitefield – the two great preachers of the 18th Century Evangelical Revival – were both great men of God. Sadly having been great friends at Oxford, they fell out over the Arminian/Calvinist debate. There was quite a bit of animosity […]
Joy Is Not Found in Money
Joy Is Not Found in Money “Researchers have found almost no correlation between income levels and happiness. Between 1957 and 1990 income levels in the U.S. doubled. Yet at the same period, people’s levels of happiness did not increase. In fact, reports of depression actually increased tenfold. Incidence of divorce, suicide, alcoholism and drug abuse […]
Jim Elliot’s Prayer
Jim Elliot’s Prayer Jim Elliot was one of the martyred missionaries in 1956. He was a passionate Christian who journaled many of his thoughts and prayers. One such entry addressed his concern about impact. He wrote, “Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on […]
John Wesley’s Letter
John Wesley’s Letter John Wesley wrote the following letter from his deathbed to William Wilberforce to encourage him in his prolonged fight against slavery in England: “Unless the divine power has raised you up…. I see not how you can go through your glorious enterprise in opposing that [abominable practice of slavery], which is the […]
Johnny, Cling Close to the Rock. – Dwight Lyman Moody
Johnny, Cling Close to the Rock. – Dwight Lyman Moody Little Johnny and his sister were one day going through a long, narrow railroad tunnel. The railroad company had built small clefts here and there through the tunnel, so that if any one got caught in the tunnel when the train was passing, they could […]
Just Going to Church Is Not Enough
Just Going to Church Is Not Enough A little boy said, “Dad, did Grandpa make you go to Sunday school when you were my age?” His father said, “He sure did. We went every Sunday.” The boy said sadly, “Well, I bet it won’t do me any good either.” It is not enough to just […]
Jesus “Wants them All to Come.” – Dwight Lyman Moody
Jesus “Wants them All to Come.” – Dwight Lyman Moody I heard of a Sunday-school concert at which a little child of eight was going to recite. Her mother had taught her, and when the night came the little thing was trembling so she could scarcely speak. She commenced, “Jesus said,” and completely broke down. […]
JUSTICE IN PRACTICE
JUSTICE IN PRACTICE A Michigan judge found himself in the news recently because of the violation of a courtroom rule—and what happened next. Judge Raymond Voet has long had a policy forbidding the use of electronic devices in the courtroom. Anyone whose phone rings aloud has it confiscated and receives a fine. Over the years, […]
“JUST” BLOWING UP
“JUST” BLOWING UP A lady once came to Billy Sunday and attempted to rationalize her angry outbursts. She said, “There’s nothing wrong with losing my temper. I blow up, and then it’s all over.” Mr. Sunday replied, “So does a shotgun, and look at the damage it leaves behind!” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Jumping into Father’s Arms – Dwight Lyman Moody
Jumping into Father’s Arms – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember, while in Mobile attending meetings, a little incident occurred which I will relate. It was a beautiful evening, and just before the meeting some neighbors and myself were sitting on the front piazza enjoying the evening. One of the neighbors put one of his children […]
Johnny, Cling Close to the Rock – Dwight Lyman Moody
Johnny, Cling Close to the Rock – Dwight Lyman Moody Little Johnny and his sister were one day going through a long, narrow railroad tunnel. The railroad company had built small clefts here and there through the tunnel, so that if any one got caught in the tunnel when the train was passing, they could […]
Jesus Wants Them All to Come – Dwight Lyman Moody
Jesus Wants Them All to Come – Dwight Lyman Moody I heard of a Sunday-school concert at which a little child of eight was going to recite. Her mother had taught her, and when the night came the little thing was trembling so she could scarcely speak. She commenced, “Jesus said,” and completely broke down. […]
Jesus Lifted Up – Dwight Lyman Moody
Jesus Lifted Up – Dwight Lyman Moody John 3:14-15And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:… During the American Civil War there was a man on one of the boat-loads of wounded from the field who was very low and in a kind […]
First January 1968
1January1968 Written by THEUNIS, JOHANNES CLOETE tjcloete@absamail.co.za 1 JANUARY 1968. Many years ago, I failed the Lord in a stupid teenager deed. I can painfully remember January the 1st, 1968. I was raised in the parsonage, I was 16 years old, I knew right from wrong. But I failed the Lord! 1/1/68 was always a painful memory […]