The follies of the schoolmen should be a warning to all those who would mingle metaphysical speculations or prophetical theories with the simple doctrines of the Bible. There was among those learned men such a rage for Aristotle, that his ethics were frequently read to the […]
The apostle denies that any have rightly learned Christ, who have not been taught that they must put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and put on Christ (Eph 4:20ff). Their knowledge of Christ, then, is proved to be a […]
“When the thread of the gospel is too fine spun, it will not clothe a naked soul.” Nice distinctions and technical phrases may hide the fulness of the word of God, and the simple truth may be treated in such a philosophical manner that its strength […]
That death is certain and unavoidable, near at hand and will quickly come, I suppose you take for granted. You are dying verily, my friends, you are dying men, and women; the time is coming, and how quickly will it be here? When you must breathe […]