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Spurgeon Saturday

Song of Solomon 2:15A little thorn may cause much suffering. A little cloud may hide the sun. Little foxes spoil the vines; and little sins do mischief to the tender heart. These little sins burrow in the soul, and make it so full of that which is hateful to Christ, that he will hold no comfortable fellowship and communion with us. A great...

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West Virginia Southern Baptist

The June edition of the West Virginia Southern Baptist is now available for download. This edition features the statewide Youth Sing Celebration, Children's Mission Day and other news from churches across West Virginia. The link will also be available throughout the month in the button on the sideb...

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Friday with the Fathers

Lamentations 3:40Evaluate Daily—Athanasius“Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.” Antony believed this verse applied not only to wrath but to all the commandments. The sun shouldn’t go down on any of our sins. For it is important that neither the sun nor the moon can condemn our evil acts or thoughts. In order to be pure, it is good to...

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Eternal Vigilance

In order to do a job the right way, you need the right tools. When you have the right tool for the right job, you can accomplish what you set out to do. In order for the remnant to accomplish the job that God had called them to do, they needed the right tools. They needed the tools of vigilance.The manuscript of this sermon from Nehemiah...

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Coffee With Calvin

Ephesians 2:1-2Subject to SatanThat man is so enslaved by the yoke of sin, that he cannot of his own nature aim at good either in wish or actual pursuit, has, I think, been sufficiently proved. Moreover, a distinction has been drawn between compulsion and necessity, making it clear that man—though he sins necessarily—nevertheless sins voluntarily.But...

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The Beginning of Revival

The headline and sub-heads of The Denver Post, dated January 20, 1905, read as follows:Entire city pauses for prayer at the high tide of business as the soul rises above sordid thoughts: remarkable outbursts of gospel sentiment provoked by revival. Evangelist Chapman and his associates cause a hush to spread over the populace While the noonday...

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Edwards Wednesday

1 Peter 1:3Strong HopeThere is a holy hope, a truly Christian hope, which the Scripture reckons among the graces of the Spirit. And I think I should never desire or seek any other hope but such a one; for I believe no other hope has any holy or good tendency. Therefore this hope, this grace of hope only, can properly be called a duty.But...

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The Bonds of Legalism

We are in the same passage today as we were last time. But today, rather than doing a full exposition of the passage, we’re going to focus on one aspect of it. We’re going to focus on the bonds of legalism. And make no mistake about it, legalism is bondage.The manuscript of this sermon from John 5:1-16 is available here. You can listen online...

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No Man

This weekend, in an effort to have some relaxing “family fun-time”, we all sat down to watch a movie together. As we sifted through the Dish Network pay-per-view options, we landed on Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey. I vaguely remembered favorable reviews I had read somewhere—probably Christianity Today. I will attribute the missed mark to my...

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Tuesday Mornings with Augustine

1 Chronicles 29:5Living SacrificesThis is true sacrifice: every work that unites us in holy fellowship to God performed for His supreme good. For He alone can bless us in the end. Therefore, even our merciful acts aren’t sacrifices if they aren’t done for God’s sake. For sacrifice is a Divine thing even though we make or offer it. Those who...

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Remember the Day

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Martyrs Monday

Psalm 27:1The unwritten code of the police was clear: If you catch the Khmu or other tribesmen converting to Christianity, arrest them. If you catch anyone evangelizing the tribesmen, kill him.After “Lu” had been shackled at the hands and feet and shamefully marched through the village, the Communist police threw him in a pit. “We will let...

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Spurgeon Saturday

Psalm 138:8Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a divine confidence. He did not say, “I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me—my faith is so steady that it will not stagger—my love is so warm that it will never grow cold—my resolution is so firm that nothing can move it; no, his dependence was...

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Truth Unfiltered

With Memorial Day approaching, it is only fitting to reflect on those who have protected us from terrorist attacks since 9/11. If you have not seen Dick Cheney’s response to President Obama’s speech this week, you need to. Spend the next 30 minutes watching his speech, unfiltered by the news media and without commentary. Form your own educated opinion and honor those who have protected you.National security is far too important...

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Friday with the Fathers

1 Timothy 3:16Friendship—OrigenThe God of all things and of His holy angels was made known beforehand through the prophets. As a result, all the Jewish people hung in expectation of His coming. After Jesus’ arrival, however, they fell into a keen dispute with each other. A large number acknowledged Christ and believed Him to be the object...

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Coffee With Calvin

Matthew 25:21The Gift of PerseveranceAs to perseverance, it would undoubtedly have been regarded as the gratuitous gift of God had not the very destructive error prevailed: that it is bestowed in proportion to human merit, according to the reception which each individual gives to the first grace. This having given rise to the idea that it...

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Edwards Wednesday

1 Peter 5:7As the Bird CaresThere are many things between the young birds in a nest and a dam, resembling what is between Christ and his saints. The bird shelters them; so Christ shelters his saints, as a bird does her young under her wings. They are brought forth by the dam; so the saints are Christ’s children. They are hatched by the broodings...

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Dealing With Discouragement

Have you ever been discouraged? Are you discouraged now? You don’t have to be. As we examine our passage today, we will discover the causes of discouragement. But more than that, we will find the cure.The manuscript of this sermon from Nehemiah 4:7-15 is available here. You can listen online or download the .mp3 audio file or podcast from...

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Tuesday Mornings with Augustine

1 John 3:18-20God’s OmnipotenceIf “we assure our hearts,” we must do so “before Him.” Because “if our heart thinks ill of us” or accuses us that we aren’t doing something with the right attitude, “greater is God than our heart, and knoweth all things.” You may hide your heart from people, but try to hide it from God! How can you hide it from...

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Poolside Views

Does God still perform miracles? Of course He does. But what is the purpose of the miracles He performs? Is it to cause people to believe in Him? The sad fact is that most people who witness the miracles of God still refuse to believe—just like the people in today’s passage.The manuscript of this sermon from John 5:1-15 is available here....

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Martyrs Monday

Luke 12:15“In Peru, Christians don’t expect to get something for serving Jesus,” said Pastor Zapata. “They expect to give something.” Outside the quiet mountain village, Pastor Zapata showed his guests a row of handmade white crosses, each representing a Christian killed by Communist insurgents.Lying in front of Pastor Zapata inside the small...

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Spurgeon Saturday

1 Timothy 6:17Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw his hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a sun ever-shining; he is manna always falling round the camp; he is a rock in the desert, ever sending out streams of life from his smitten...

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Friday with the Fathers

James 2:26Bear Witness—ChrysostomEveryone looks at what we do and not what we say. Scripture says, “Thou shalt be a witness unto all men,” not just to friendly people, but also to unbelievers. For witnesses aren’t meant to persuade those who already know, but those who don’t know. Let us be trustworthy witnesses.How can we be trustworthy?...

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Coffee With Calvin

2 Samuel 7:28A Bold SpiritOur prayers depend on no merit of our own, but all their worth and hope of success are founded and depend on the promises of God, so that they need no other support and require not to look up and down on this hand and on that. It must therefore be fixed in our minds that though we equal not the glorified sanctity...

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Basics Audio!

Audio of the Basics 09 Conference is available here. Enj...

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Edwards Wednesday

Luke 22:44Hence we may learn how dreadful Christ’s last sufferings were. We learn it from the dreadful effect which the bare foresight of them had upon him in his agony. His last sufferings were so dreadful, that the view which Christ had of them before overwhelmed him and amazed him, as it is said he began to be sore amazed.The very sight...

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Scenes from Basics 09

The good folks at Parkside Church have posted pictures of the Basics 09 Conference on their website here. It has thusfar been a wonderfully edifying conference and I am looking forward to the final sessions in the morning....

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Engaging in Unacceptable Behavior

Starting in October of last year, the Home Office of the United Kingdom has maintained a list of 22 people who are banned from entering the country. The BBC has released a list of 16 of them.There are some interesting things to note about the list. First is the way the report chose to describe four militant Muslim clerics. No longer are they...

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Basics Wisdom

I'm not a great notetaker, but Kevin Howerton, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church is. Kevin and I are at the Basics 09 conference and he copied down some great quotes from John Lennox, Alistair Begg and John Piper. Here they are with Kevin's comments at the end:"Every sermon, every Bible study, every talk you have -- should portray God in...

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Tuesday Mornings with Augustine

1 John 4:12Seeing the FatherGod is invisible. He can’t be seen with eyes but with the heart. If we want to see the sun, we should purge the physical eye. In the same way, if we want to see God, we must purify the eye that we see God with. Where is this eye? Listen to the Gospel of Matthew: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see...

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