| › Chapter 1 - The Acts - The Book of "The Acts of the Apostles" is rather the book of the acts of St. Peter and St. Paul, the Apostle of the circumcision, and the Apostle of t ...read |
| › Chapter 2 - Paul's Ministry, Part 1 - Pledges of Israel's Restoration.
But he was to go no further, for Peter is to appear to be the Lord's prisoner, rather than Herod's. He sleeps betwee ...read |
| › Chapter 3 - Paul's Ministry, Part 2 - The Son Revealed in Saints.
"It pleased God to reveal His Son in me," says he. This is the ground of the Church's special dignity, and the Gospel w ...read |
| › Chapter 4 - Paul's Ministry, Part 3 - Christ, the Head of the Church.
When the Lord ascended, on His way up, He was a conqueror in triumph, leading captivity captive. But when He reache ...read |
| › Chapter 5 - Paul's Ministry, Part 4 - Paul, a Representative Man.
But I would now hasten to a close, having extended my paper further than I would have chosen, and take a few short noti ...read |
| › Chapter 6 - Paul's General Epistles - In the Acts we read the labours of an Evangelist in the Epistles, the instructions of a Teacher, addressed to those who have already been brought in b ...read |
| › Chapter 7 - Romans - At the very opening of this Epistle we are told that what God seeks of the sinner is "the obedience of faith." We might religiously judge that love an ...read |
| › Chapter 8 - 1 Corinthians - The saints at Corinth, though richly endowed with knowledge, and though the gifts of the Spirit were exercised abundantly among them, had become "carn ...read |
| › Chapter 9 - 2 Corinthians - In the midst of the fears and warnings of the Spirit concerning the Churches, we may observe that He is alarmed for them on several and different grou ...read |
| › Chapter 10 - Galatians - I believe that we might shortly describe this Epistle as thus--the "Scriptures" by the ministry of Paul now, as once by the voice of Sarah, casting th ...read |
| › Chapter 11 - Ephesians - The mystery of the Church is specially disclosed in the Epistle to the Ephesians. It is there spoken of under two titles, which are exclusively its ow ...read |
| › Chapter 12 - Philippians - The Epistle to the Philippians partakes very much of a pastoral character. The link between the Church at Philippi and the apostle was close and tende ...read |
| › Chapter 13 - Colossians - The saints at Colosse had begun well, and their progress had been good, but they were in danger of being led aside by the entrance of Judaizing doctri ...read |
| › Chapter 14 - 1 and 2 Thessalonians - The apostle's first entrance to Thessalonica is recorded in Acts 17, where, as the result of his Gospel ministry, a people are found gathered as a Chu ...read |
| › Chapter 15 - The Pastoral Epistles - The Epistles to Timothy and Titus, while written to individual servants of Christ, have a special value to us of these times, in setting forth the cha ...read |
| › Chapter 16 - Hebrews - In this Epistle, the Spirit opens the heavens and shows us Christ ascended and seated on the right hand of the throne of God. It is the great witness ...read |
