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The Limits of Man’s Reason

Proverbs 3:5       Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  THOMAS BROOKS (1608-1680): Carnal reason is an enemy to faith: it is ever crossing and contradicting it…No man can understand spiritual mysteries … Continue reading

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What is a Christian?

Acts 26:28      Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.  MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): What is a Christian? This is an important question, is it not? There are so many false notions current today as … Continue reading

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Spiritual Sailing Part 9: Plugging the Water Leaks

Mark 4:38       Master, Carest thou not that we perish?  WILLIAM GURNALL (1617-1679): Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith! Matthew 8:26. You see the leak at which the water came in to sink their spirits: they had … Continue reading

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Spiritual Sailing Part 7: A Sure Anchor in the Storm

Isaiah 54:11       O thou afflicted, tossed with a tempest, and not comforted.  J. C. PHILPOT (1802-1869): The Lord here compares His suffering Church to a ship at sea, under bare poles, labouring in a heavy storm, driven out of … Continue reading

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Spiritual Sailing Part 5: Storms at Sea

Jonah 1:4        The Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was likely to be broken.  WILLIAM GURNALL (1617-1679): When at any time thou art … Continue reading

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