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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Though infinitely better able to do without prayer than we are, yet [Christ] prayed much more than we do.
C.H. Spurgeon

Some are childishly anxious to know their friend's opinion of them, and if it contain the smallest element of dissent or censure, they regard him as an enemy forthwith. Surely we are not popes, and do not wish our hearers to regard us as infallible! We have known men become quite enraged at a perfectly fair and reasonable remark, and regard an honest friend as an opponent who delighted to find fault; this misrepresentation on the one side has soon produced heat on the other, and strife ensued. How much better is gentle forbearance! You must be able to bear criticism, or you are not fit to be at the head of a congregation; and you must let the critic go without reckoning him among your deadly foes, or you will prove yourself a mere weakling.
C.H. Spurgeon

Month: May 1998

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series on the atonement – 3

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series series on the atonement

We covered yesterday completely the first of God’s four problems that He faced in reconciling the God-Man relationship. That was the governmental problem, the problem of balancing justice and mercy. How do you uphold the law, show your hatred for…

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series on the atonement – 2

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series series on the atonement

We mentioned this morning that it was difficult if not impossible to appreciate God’s magnificent solution to the problem of the broken God-Man relationship until we had first acquired a good understanding of the problems that He faced. Sometimes I…

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series on the atonement

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series series on the atonement

I think some of you have already gone through this series on the atonement before so it will be repeat for you. And so we’ll find out from the very outset how well you remembered what you heard the first…

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Revival Fire–Letter XVI

This entry is part 16 of 16 in the series Revival Fire

Revival Fire–Letter XVI LETTER XVI THE FOLLY OF ATTEMPTING TO SUSTAIN TRUE RELIGION WITHOUT REVIVALS Another subject on which I wish to address my brethren is, a tendency which I perceive to exist in the public mind towards a conclusion…

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Revival Fire–Letter XV

This entry is part 15 of 16 in the series Revival Fire

Revival Fire–Letter XV LETTER XV THE PERNICIOUS ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH ON THE REFORMS OF THE AGE Another subject upon which I wish to address my brethren has respect to an error which I fear, is greatly interfering with the…

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Revival Fire–Letter XIV

This entry is part 14 of 16 in the series Revival Fire

Revival Fire–Letter XIV LETTER XIV HINDRANCES TO REVIVALS In noticing the hindrances to revivals of religion, I must not forget to urge more definitely and strongly than I have hitherto done, the great want of sympathy with Christ in the…

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Revival Fire–Letter XIII

This entry is part 13 of 16 in the series Revival Fire

Revival Fire–Letter XIII LETTER XIII OBJECTIONS TO PROTRACTED MEETINGS [It is not the thought of this chapter, that the work of soul-saving should be put into a secondary place, and attempted only when there is nothing else to do. Rather,…

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Revival Fire–Letter XII

This entry is part 12 of 16 in the series Revival Fire

Revival Fire–Letter XII LETTER XII HINDRANCES TO A REVIVAL SPIRIT Another thing that is working an immense evil at present is, the growing sectarianism of the Church. It seems to me that the leading denominations, that have heretofore been most…

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Revival Fire–Letter XI

This entry is part 11 of 16 in the series Revival Fire

Revival Fire–Letter XI LETTER XI THE IMPOLICY OF SPASMODIC EFFORTS Before I proceed further on the subject of my last letter, I wish to call the attention of the brethren to an evil which seems to me to have greatly…

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Revival Fire–Letter X

This entry is part 10 of 16 in the series Revival Fire

Revival Fire–Letter X LETTER X CAUSES OF THE DECLINE OF REVIVALS Another cause of the decline of revivals, in my estimation, is, that a right course has not been pursued with the Churches. In some instances they have been urged…