CCXVII. The Power of the Resurrection.
PHIL. iii. 10. "That I may know the power of His resurrection." THE power of His resurrection may signify the power which effected it, or the power of the fact…
CCXVI. False and True Grounds of Trust.
PHIL. iii. 7, 8. "But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of…
CCXV. The Things of Christ.
PHIL. ii. 21. "For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's." THE first thought that strikes one is the alarming possi- bility that a man's own…
CCXIV. Obedient unto Death.
PHIL, ii. 8. "And became obedient unto death" THERE lies a distinction, entirely borne out in the original, in that word "became." It is not Christ was obedient unto death,…
CCXIII. Paul’s hesitation between Life and Death.
PHIL. i. 21-25. "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet…
CCXII. Love Abounding in Knowledge.
PHIL. i. 9. "And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge." THE apostle does not say, "I pray that your knowledge may abound…
CCXI. Paul’s Confidence.
PHIL. i. 6. "Being confi- dent of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." I.…
CCX. Final Perseverance.
PHIL. i. 6. "Being con- fident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." OUR…
What God says about Abortion
An excellent article at Stand To Reason goes in-depth on Exodus 21:22. In short, God's law treats the unborn child with equal rights of any human. "And if men struggle…
CCIX. Prayer.
EPH. vi. 18. "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints." WE have seen the apostle piling…