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Category: Expository

Falcons and Owls

Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008Tuesday, April 27, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“Some men never can do much for God in the way which they would prefer, for they were never cut out for the work. Owls will never rival falcons by daylight; but, then falcons would be lost in the enterprise of hunting barns at night for rats and mice . . . Friend, be true …

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A Text Grinder

Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008Monday, May 3, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“The man who grinds out theology at so much a yard has no power over men” (Charles Spurgeon, An All-Round Ministry, p.221).

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And There I Abide

Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008Wednesday, March 24, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“Brethren, because I cannot think, I hide behind a doctrine which God has thought out for me; and because I cannot invent a hypothesis, I rest my soul on a self-evident fact; and because I cannot even be consistent with myself, I get behind the plain teaching of the text, and there I abide” (Charles …

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Part of the Cost of Doing Business

Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2008Wednesday, March 24, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“A scandalous story from the father of lies may be forged against you, and you may be quite unable to defend yourself” (Charles Spurgeon, An All-Round Ministry, p. 217).

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Amos for Americans (Part Two)/Amos XII

Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008Thursday, March 25, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

INTRODUCTION: We have made the distinction between direct and indirect obedience. In the realms of indirect obedience, we noted the importance of starting close to home, and starting with the obvious. As God gives more grace, we may move out from the center. We will be able to see to do this because the beam …

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Grace Into Flags

Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008Thursday, March 25, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“I have not observed yet that anybody who has had grace to make into flags has won the more victories in consequence. I have required, so far as I am concerned, all my grace to make into a sword; I have wanted all my power for real fighting; but, as to making a single banner …

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Painted Fire

Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008Friday, March 26, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“His preaching is like a painted fire, no one is either cheered or alarmed by it” (Charles Spurgeon, An All-Round Ministry, p. 207).

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The Amazing Thing is That Men are Still Doing This

Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008Monday, March 29, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“When he falls upon his text, he interprets it, not at all desiring to know what the men of God who lived before him have said upon it, for they were of a darker age, and he lives in the nineteenth century, that world of wonders, that region of wisdom, that flower and glory of …

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Two Kinds of Weakness

Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“Faith is our battle-axe and weapon of war; woe to the warrior who forgets it. Therefore, brethren, let us separate between weakness and weakness, — the weakness which is the token of strength, and weakness in faith which is the indication of spiritual decay” (Charles Spurgeon, An All-Round Ministry, p. 202).

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Bring Us Fire

Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by Douglas Wilson

“A lukewarm sermon sickens every healthy mind . . . Fire has never yet learned moderation . . . A live coal from off the altar is our need . . . Everything gives way before fire . . . Like the priests at the altar, we can do nothing without fire . . . …

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