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2 DECEMBER (PREACHED CHRISTMAS EVENING 1769) Lost ‘For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.’ Luke 19:10SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Matthew 1:18–21 The return of this day has by long custom been observed as a commemoration of the coming of Christ in the flesh. But how is itContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

December 1st The law and the gospel For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. James 2:10. The moral law does not consider us as weak human beings at all, it takes no account of our heredity and infirmities, it demands that we be absolutelyContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 1 “There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of God.” (Heb. 4:9.) The rest includes victory, “And the Lord gave them rest round about;… the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.” (Joshua 21:44.) “He will beautify the meek with victory.” (Psalm 149:4.) (Rotherham, margin.) AN eminent Christian worker tells of hisContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

1 DECEMBER (PREACHED CHRISTMAS EVENING 1769) The coming of Christ ‘The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.’ Luke 19:10SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Matthew 9:9–13 Attentive observers of divine providence may often remark that very great events often arise from small and unthought-of occasions. What an important moment, whenContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

November 30th By the grace of God I am what I am His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain. 1 Cor. 15:10. The way we continually talk about our own inability is an insult to the Creator. The deploring of our own incompetence is a slander against God for having overlookedContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”