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Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William (1813-1888)
[IT often happens that more causes than one are combined in the origin of the corruption in any one passage. In the following history of a blunder and of the fatal consequences that ensued upon it, only the first step was accidental.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 35: 1889 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"The light of the glorious Gospel of Christ." 2 Corinthians 4:4 SHINING in the center of the verse, like a pearl in its setting, you find these words. Literally and accurately translated,…
Expositor's Bible: The General Epistles of St. James and St. Jude by Plummer, Alfred
EFFECT ON PRAYER. "Whence come wars, and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures which war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume II. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 5 From the close of the General Conference of 1800, to the end of the year 1803 Having, in the preceding chapter, detailed the doings of the General Conference of 1800, we will return to the annual conferences,…
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume II. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 8 From the close of the General Conference of 1808,…
Sermons on Proverbs by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
The Hedge of Thorns and the Plain Way A sermon (No. 1948) delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, by C. H. Spurgeon. “The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.”—Proverbs 15:19.
Music in the History of the Western Church by Dickinson, Edward
[283] CHAPTER IX THE CULMINATION OF GERMAN PROTESTANT MUSIC: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH The name of Bach is the greatest in Protestant church music,—there are many who do not hesitate to say that it is the greatest in all the history of music, religious and secular.
Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah, Volume I by Ball, Charles James (1851-1924)
Jeremiah ii. 1-iii. 5. The first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menace of coming judgment.
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume I. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 1 From the beginning of 1785 to the end of 1786. The important transactions we have detailed in the preceding chapter were found, upon experiment, to exert a beneficial influence upon the interests of true religion.
Doctrinal Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
Chapter 3 Of The Decree Of Rejection, Of Some Angels, And Of Some Men. I make use of the word “rejection” in this article, partly because it is a scriptural phrase and ascribed to God, and partly because it is that act of God which gives the name of reprobate to any; and is the foundation of that character, “reprobate silver shall men call them,…