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“Flee from idolatry.”—1 COR. x. 14. THE text which heads this page may seem at first sight to be hardly needed in England. In an age of education and intelligence like this, we might almost fancy it is waste of time to tell an Eng-lishman to “flee from idolatry.” I am bold to say that this is a great mistake. I believe that we have come to a time when the sub-ject of idolatry demands a thorough and searching investigation. I believe that idolatry is near us, and about us, and in the midst of us, to a very fearful extent. The Second Command¬ment, in one word, is in peril. “The ...

The Gospel according to Luke uniquely details an exchange between Christ and one of the thieves crucified with Him: "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise" (Lk 23.42–43). This book gathers seventeen late antique and early medieval sermons centered upon the "good thief," who figured prominently in celebrations of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Pascha.

Our only task as Christians is to hear God and to obey Him. Sometimes all that means is to simply be available to “keep the door open” for His Holy Spirit to do His work. At other times it may mean being willing to do something absurd. God will not ask us to do something for no reason. But we must be willing to obey, even when we don’t know all the reasons. In this book, Jamie Buckingham begins with a story of a man who was completely opposed to God. But through a simple act of obedience, doing something that seemed absurd at the time, the man’s heart was changed. Keeping the door ...

Beloved Children, A Bible text stands at the top of this page. I should like you to read it twice over. I am going to tell you something which, I hope, will make you remember that text as long as you live. ¬I am going to tell you about three places of which the Bible says a great deal. It matters little what we know about some places. But it matters much to know something about the three places of which I am now going to speak. I. Firstly, — There is a place where there is a great deal of crying. II. Secondly, — There is a place where there is nothing else but crying. III. Thirdly, —...

You probably know the story of St. Paul’s shipwreck. (Acts 28) You remember how the apostle and his companions were exceedingly tossed with a tempest for thirteen days. Neither sun nor stars in many days appeared. All hope that they should be saved was taken away. But do you recollect that when the fourteenth night was come, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country? They sounded and found it twenty fathoms. When they had gone a little further they sounded again and found it fifteen fathoms. Then fearing lest they should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four ...

Elijah Renton’s most care-worn and oft-repeated sermon—delivered so many times his whole family can finish it for him. This gentle but uncompromising message tackles the most misunderstood command in the New Testament: “Judge not.” Not a loophole. Not a soft warning. A full-on, deeply fair, and often frightening truth: If you insist on judging others, God might just let you be judged by the same standard. Drawn from decades of ministry, full of real-world examples and a final prayer rooted in a child's earnest plea—this is the cornerstone of Elijah’s work. “Try better. Be ...