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Among many evangelicals the word "religion" is quite literally an anathema. The slogan that real Christianity is a "Relation...

Scots have a reason to remember the 5 November 1688, the beginning of the glorious revolution, when William III landed at Torbay at the head...

Does God require a perfect conformity to His law? Yes; there is a curse pronounced against every one that continues not in all things writte...

Sometimes we feel that "we know not what to pray for as we ought". There is much help from the Puritans in this area but The Churc...

by Thomas Watson Abridged and Adapted 1. Remove hindrances. (a) remove the love of every sin (b) remove the distracting concerns of this wor...

Adapted from William Whitaker's Disputations on Holy Scripture 1. Because God intends that we should be stirred up to be persistent in p...

[An extract from notes of a sermon preached on the text "Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no man take thy c...

How often is it that you find your concentration lapsing either in personal devotions or in public worship? Once, a few times or even perhap...

At one point in The Pilgrim's Progress the pilgrims reach the Delectable Mountains where they were able to view the Celestial City thro...

Adapted from John Owen On the Mortification of Sin in Believers 1.Consider the dangerous symptoms of the sin that you are seeking to mortif...

The doctrine of election is not an abstract truth with no practical significance for the Christian, rather it is vitally edifying when handl...

It was well said by G. S. Bishop that, "The reason why any one believes in election is, that he finds it in the Bible. No man could eve...

Election is a holy mystery and it is presented in Scripture for our humble adoration rather than for dispute. We often want to know answers ...

Ultimate purpose Before we consider the cause and origin of election we must reflect upon its ultimate purpose. What someone purposes in an...

Since election is the work of God we would expect it to be both everlasting and unchangeable. Ecc 3:14 "I know that, whatsoever God doe...

While Karl Barth draws entirely false conclusions from Scripture's teaching that election is in Christ, we must not allow this error to ...

There have been various attempts to generalise election - many subterfuges to avoid what Scripture makes clear. Some have spoken of two kind...

Scripture teaches election to everlasting life for individuals as distinguished from the external election of nations such as Israel under t...

While all of the truths of the Word of God require a reverent and careful handling, the mysterious but glorious doctrine of predestination i...

The Scriptures speak of the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ as the depth of His humiliation (Phil. 2:8) and a cross of shame that He en...