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The Name of Jesus -study New Window	Katie Stewart		That We Might Know Him and Be Like Him. Scripture that displays the power and comfort of His matchless Name.
"The Necessity of Prayer" - book New Window	Edward McKendree Bounds	(1835-1913)	"Is faith growing or declining as the years go by? Does faith stand strong and four square, these days, as iniquity abounds and the love of many grows cold? Does faith maintain its hold, as religion tends to become a mere formality and worldliness increasingly prevails? The enquiry of our Lord, may, with great appropriateness, be ours. 'When the Son of Man cometh,' He asks, 'shall He find faith on the earth?' We believe that He will, and it is ours, in this our day, to see to it that the lamp of faith is trimmed and burning, lest He come who shall come, and that right early." -E.M.Bounds
"The New Life" Words of God for Young Disciples of Christ - book New Window	Andrew Murray	(1828-1917)	It is easy to profess Christ, but a real Christian lives Christ. Andrew Murray vividly depicts how we should then live in Christ. Though Murray's "The New Life" is primarily intended for the New Believer, it is also encouragement for those who have borne the heat of the day. Read Brother Murray's words, but be sure to read the supporting Scripture, for they justify why Andrew Murray said it in the first place.
"The Oberlin Evangelist" Sermons and Lectures (1839-1862) New Window	Charles G. Finney	(1792-1875)	While Mr. Finney was masterful at presenting the intricacies of a "Systematic Theology" for the comprehensive study of the seminary student, the sermons and lectures from "The Oberlin Evangelist" were written for the lay person, as stated in Mr. Finney's own words, "I will try to write as if I had you all before me in one great congregation, as if I beheld your countenances and were addressing you 'face to face.'" -from "Professor Finney's Letter of January 1, 1839".
The Penitent --Christian poetry New Window	Anne Bronte	(1820-1849)	I mourn with thee, and yet rejoice That thou shouldst sorrow so; With angel choirs I join my voice To bless the sinners woe...
"The Pilgrim's Progress" Illustrated - book New Window	John Bunyan	(1628-1688)	Complete with Parts 1 and 2 Both Parts 1 and 2 are annotated with the full text of Bunyan's Scripture references. John Bunyan's dream, written from a prison cell, has become the most famous allegory in English literature. Written almost three hundred fifty years ago, this book has been read in prim parlors, in sophisticated drawing rooms, in royal households, in religion classes, in schoolrooms, in family worship- and still it is read by all those who, too, would be a pilgrim.
The Plot to Murder Mr. Lincoln - book extract New Window	Pastor Charles Chiniquy	(1809-1899)	"My dear President, I must repeat to you here what I said when at Urbana in 1856. My fear is that you will fall under the blows of a Jesuit assassin if you do not pay more attention than you have done, till now, to protect yourself... "You are not the first to warn me against the dangers of assassination. My ambassadors in Italy, France, and England, as well as Professor Morse, have many times warned me against the plots of the murderers which they have detected in those different countries. But I see no other safeguard against those murderers but to be always ready to die, as Christ advises it."
The Possibilities of Prayer - book New Window	E. M. Bounds	(1835-1913)	"HOW vast are the possibilities of prayer! How wide is its reach! What great things are accomplished by this divinely appointed means of grace! It lays its hand on Almighty God and moves Him to do what He would not otherwise do if prayer was not offered. It brings things to pass which would never otherwise occur. The story of prayer is the story of great achievements. Prayer is a wonderful power placed by Almighty God in the hands of His saints, which may be used to accomplish great purposes and to achieve unusual results. Prayer reaches to everything, takes in all things great and small which are promised by God to the children of men. The only limits to prayer are the promises of God and His ability to fulfill those promises. 'Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it.'"
The Power of Persevering Prayer -study New Window	Andrew Murray	(1828-1917)	"Of all the mysteries of the prayer world the need of persevering prayer is one of the greatest. That the Lord, who is so loving and longing to bless, should have to be asked, time after time, sometimes year after year, before the answer comes, we cannot easily understand. It is also one of the greatest practical difficulties in the exercise of believing prayer. When, after persevering pleading, our prayer remains unanswered, it is often easiest for our lazy flesh, and it has all the appearance of pious submission, to think that we must now cease praying, because God may have His secret reason for withholding His answer to our request.It is by faith alone that the difficulty is overcome."
"The Promises" -study New Window	Charles G. Finney	(1792-1875)	From "The Oberlin Evangelist" -- New Window Sermons and Lectures 1839 Lecture XI &XII I. I shall preface what I have to say upon this subject with several preliminary remarks, with regard to the promises of the Scripture. II. Show the design of the promises. III. Show that they are adequate to that for which they are designed. IV. Show why they are not fulfilled in us."
The Prophecies and Visions given to Dumitru Duduman concerning America, and the short time that is left - prophecy New Window Also- Text Only ---- New Window	Dumitru Duduman		Also included: Revealed In Time: The Last Revelations ---New Window Three Final Prophecies given to Dumitru Duduman just weeks before his death, to be released only at the appointed times. Number 1: "Tell my people, that their worship toward Me must not be out of fear, but out of love. Of what use will it be to them if I would tell them when the final hour will strike? What they must do is worship wholeheartedly. I have already sent them a guide. They have My Word. In my Word it has already been revealed that I will come as a thief in the night. Tell them that concern over tomorrow should not be found in them. They must be faithful, and fight the good fight. Love me as I have loved them, living in love. Behold destruction is fast approaching, but I will not hesitate to protect for my chosen. Those that sow mercy, shall receive mercy from Me. Tell my people not to worry about the seasons, but to meditate on how they will stand before Me. Urge them to prepare for that day when I will show My power. Look!..." Number 2: "It took me a while to find what he was looking at. It was a small bear who seemed half dead lying on the ground. As I continued to watch this bear, it began to breathe deeper. With every passing minute it seemed to revive itself, and, as I watched, it continued to become angrier. It than began It then began to grow. Soon it was larger than the forest floor and as it grew larger it continued to become angrier." The Third and Last Prophecy Number 3: "The lawless one has been prepared, and he is ready to reveal himself. He awaits his release. He will come with a lying tongue and deceiving words. I will protect My own, and I will deliver them even out of the clutches of the enemy..."
The Reading of Psalm 23 -story New Window	Anonymous	2-5-2001	"With a soft voice, the young man began to recite the words of the psalm. When he was finished, there was no applause. There was no standing ovation as on other nights. All that could be heard was the sound of weeping. The audience had been so moved by the young man's recitation that every eye was full of tears."
The Relations of Christ to the Believer with Scripture Additions by Tom Stewart FROM THE 1851 EDITION OF LECTURES ON SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY. A SPECIAL ANNOTATED VERSION OF LECTURES 62-67: "SANCTIFICATION" & "THE RELATIONS OF CHRIST TO THE BELIEVER" including "Understanding Charles G. Finney's Entire Sanctification" Or, "An Introduction to Finney's 'The Relations of Christ to the Believer'" by Tom Stewart -study New Window	Charles G. Finney	(1792-1875)	"No one can too fully understand, or too deeply feel, the necessity of taking home the Bible with all it contains, as a message sent from Heaven to him; nor can too earnestly desire or seek the promised Spirit to teach him the true spiritual import of all its contents. He must have the Bible made a personal revelation of God to his own soul. It must become his own book. He must know Christ for himself. He must know him in his different relations. He must know him in his blessed and infinite fulness, or he cannot abide in him, and unless he abide in Christ, he can bring forth none of the fruits of holiness. 'Except a man abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered.' [John 15:6]. ['Sanctify them through Thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth' (John 17:17)]... The foregoing are some of the relations which Christ sustains to us as to our salvation. I could have enlarged greatly, as you perceive, upon each of these, and easily have swelled this part of our course of study to a large volume. I have only touched upon these sixty-one relations, as specimens of the manner in which he is presented for our acceptance in the Bible, and by the Holy Spirit. ['And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen' (John 21:25).]" -CHARLES G. FINNEY.
"The Rest of Faith- No. 1" -study New Window	Charles G. Finney	(1792-1875)	From "The Oberlin Evangelist" -- New Window Sermons and Lectures 1839 Lecture XVI I. Inquire of whom the Apostle is speaking in this text, and into what it is said they could not enter. II. Why they could not enter in. III. Show that temporal Canaan was typical of the rest of faith. IV. What is implied in this rest. V. How we may seem to come short of it. VI. How we may take possession of it." "What is here but an ocean of consolation to a mind that has faith? Now what wait ye for. Anchor right down upon these promises. They can give you instant rest. Nothing but faith is wanting to put you in possession of it. And nothing else than faith can do you any good. There is no need of going around, or waiting to come at this rest by degrees. It is to be entered upon at once. The land may be possessed now in the twinkling of an eye." --Finney
"The Rest of Faith- No. 2" -study New Window	Charles G. Finney	(1792-1875)	From "The Oberlin Evangelist" -- New Window Sermons and Lectures 1839 Lecture XVII I. That faith instantly introduces the soul into a state of rest. II. That unbelief renders the rest of the soul impossible."
"The Restraining Influence of the Holy Spirit" -study New Window	Tom Stewart	01-03-05	"Even if you feel comfortable with but few charitable organizations-- and of course, do not ever contribute contrary to your conscience or sensibilities-- obvious benefit will be gained by those who will receive donated canned goods, articles of clothing, money, etc., when you obey the Scriptural directive: 'Do good and to communicate [Greek, koinonia, share] forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased' (Hebrews 13:16)."
The Secret Garden of Dana Erickson - story New Window	Judith Bronte @ Acacia Vignettes ---- New Window		The story of a young woman coming to terms with her retarded, older sister. I have an older sister named Dana. She's seven years older than I, and has the mental capacity of a three year old. When she was 2 months old, she stopped breathing for six minutes. The doctors were able to bring her back to life. They called it a miracle. However, when she grew older it was apparent there was brain damage. That small period of time when there was no oxygen to her brain, would change Dana's life forever. And mine. When I was small, Dana was a wonderful playmate for me. But when I started to grow up, she began to lose me. I played with her every day, but she could sense the changes in me. I sometimes think Dana knows more than she lets on. I liken it to a secret garden locked inside her mind. She lives there every day, and when I see her, she's looking through a keyhole. I struggle to see the whole Dana, but all I can see is her eyes. I know she wants to come out and meet me, but the gate is locked.
The Secrets of the LORD Belong to the Righteous -study New Window	Katie Stewart	7-18-2002	"The Secret Things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the Words of this Law" (Deuteronomy 29:29). "Every time the Word of God gives up a Secret to a child of God, it is a transaction that is purposed by God to last 'for ever'. And the great reason God wants to give away His Secrets to His children is so that they 'may do all the Words of this Law' (Deuteronomy 29:29). If God's 'little children' (1John 3:7) were like the 'more noble' people of the Book of Acts, they would have 'received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily' (Acts 17:11), 'lay[ing] up for [themselves] Treasures in Heaven' (Matthew 6:20). In so doing, the foundation for Holy Living which 'no man [can] lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ' (1Corinthians 3:11), would be established for them and for their 'children for ever' (Deuteronomy 29:29), because they 'search[ed] the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have Eternal Life: and they are they which testify of [Jesus Christ]' (John 5:39)."
The Seventh Trumpet and the Second Rapture -study New Window	Tom Stewart	2-17-98	The Last Trump and the Pre-Wrath Rapture.
The Seventy Weeks of Daniel Or, The Wisdom of God in All of the Seventy Weeks -study New Window	Tom Stewart	10-30-98	Daniel's Seventieth Week (Daniel 9:27)-- known also as the Tribulation Week-- is the present focus of prophetic interest, because it still remains to be fulfilled. However, The Ancient of Days (7:9) has wisely outlined a much broader program of Seventy Weeks-- from 445 BC to 2005 AD-- that includes Christ's Atonement on Calvary, the Church's evangelization of the world, the judgment of the world, and the establishment of the Millennial Kingdom of the LORD Jesus Christ on Earth. The following is an exposition of Daniel 9:24, and is intended to emphasize some foundational aspects of "things to come" (John 16:13). All discussion and appreciation of the "things which must shortly come to pass" (Revelation 1:1) must first grapple with this revelation by the Angel Gabriel to the prophet Daniel, the "greatly beloved" (Daniel 9:23). When the Redeemed of the LORD arrive at their Heavenly destination, much of their rejoicing will be centered upon how wise God was in planning the events of Daniel's Seventy Weeks.
The Significance of Charles G. Finney's Disinterested Benevolence Or, God Loves All, But Only the Lovingly Obedient Go to Heaven -study New Window	Tom Stewart	5-31-2000	"Love is the fulfilling of the Law" (Romans 13:10). "The great opportunity of properly understanding the love of God, which Charles Grandison Finney faithfully expounded to the Church with the terms 'disinterested benevolence' and the 'love of complacency', is that individual Christians may enter into the covenant blessings of the New Testament by knowledgeably embracing the Spirit of God, Who will work 'in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure' (Philippians 2:13). 'That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the Promise of the Spirit through faith' (Galatians 3:14). Instead of waiting for the Hereafter to see the Promises of God fulfilled, we can and ought to embrace them now. 'As for Me, this is My Covenant with them, saith the LORD; My Spirit that is upon thee, and My Words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever' (Isaiah 59:21). We ought to resist the impulse of misdirected teachings that make the giving of the Holy Spirit only a past event to an Institutional Church, but that the very purpose of the gift of the Holy Spirit, is that the God of love will 'abide with [us] for ever' (John 14:16). More important than the happiness that we immediately receive from the Spirit's presence, or even the anticipation of future Rapture and Heavenly joyfulness, we will have the present fulfillment of the Entire Sanctification or Complete Obedience promised through Jeremiah. 'But this shall be the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be My people' (Jeremiah 31:33). And, we, the Church of Jesus Christ, will presently justify the God Who created us 'in His own image' (Genesis 1:27) as moral agents, and the Saviour Who redeemed us 'by His own blood' (Hebrews 9:12), that we should actually and presently 'live unto righteousness' (1Peter 2:24). 'That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world' (Philippians 2:15)."
The Spirit of Slavery Or, The Oppression of Slavery Is Not Worse Than the Selfishness of Sin The Oppression of Slavery (Part 1) and The Selfishness of Sin (Part 2) "Where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty" (2Corinthians 3:17) -study New Window	Tom Stewart	8-18-2000 and 5-1-02	The Oppression of Slavery (Part 1) -- New Window "On February 12th 1793, Congress passed the first fugitive slave law, which required all states, even those that prohibited slavery, to forcibly return escaped slaves to their original owners in the South. That law stated that 'no person held to service of labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such labor or service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.' The Northern states' disregard for this law so infuriated the South, that they instigated Congress to pass a second fugitive slave law (1850), which called for the return of escaped slaves 'on pain of heavy penalty'. This promoted the growth of the Underground Railroad, which was a network of free blacks and abolitionist sympathizers that aided fugitives in escaping to freedom through the North and into Canada. Oberlin College became a station on that Underground Railroad; and, many of Oberlin's graduates maintained schools in Canada for children of fugitive slaves. 'Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works' (James 2:18)... Lincoln succinctly stated his convictions about the evils of slavery, in his last inaugural address on March 4th 1865, where he made direct reference to the ninth verse of the 19th Psalm: 'Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's 520 years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn by the lash shall be paid by another drawn by the sword, as we said 3,000 years ago, so still it must be said: The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.' ...The slavery that was abolished in America in 1865, was an abomination and violation of all the good that is embodied in Christianity; and, the devastations of the American Civil War were both God's judgment upon America, as well as the opportunity for the people to cleanse themselves from the oppression of slavery. 'Thus shall they cleanse the land' (Ezekiel 39:16)." The Selfishness of Sin (Part 2) -- New Window "Whenever any economic, political, social, or religious system exerts total control of one person by another chiefly for the purpose of economic exploitation-- or, for any myriad of evil purposes that the mind recoils to discuss-- then that is Modern Slavery. As reluctant as any civilized nation is to admit to sanctioning slavery, on February 19th 2002, CNN reported: 'The United Nations is launching a global campaign as part of a stark warning about the 'epidemic growth' in human trafficking... Human trafficking is the fastest-growing business of organised crime with an estimated 700,000 people trafficked every year for sexual exploitation and forced labour. Europol estimates the industry is now worth several billion pounds a year' (excerpted from the article, 'U.N. warns of human traffic boom.') 'The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun' (Ecclesiastes 1:9)... The problem with humanity is the selfishness of sin, for all selfishness is sin, i.e., doing 'evil with both hands earnestly' (Micah 7:3); and, the love of God and the love of our neighbour as ourself that flows from a heart 'born of the Spirit' (John 3:6), is the solution to selfishness. 'Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification' (Romans 15:2). The very fact that the trafficking of humans continues today-- and, will continue until the Second Coming of the LORD Jesus Christ-- indicates that selfishness will not be eradicated from humanity without Divine Intervention."
The Story of Ruth As told by the Holy Bible and "Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested Into English Verse" -devotional New Window A gift from: Acacia: John Bunyan ---New Window Online Library Poetry, Sermons, and Allegories	by John Bunyan	(1628-1688)	"This lovely story of a lovely woman, following, like a calm after a storm, the turbulent scenes of Judges, is a delightful and charming picture of domestic life in a time of anarchy and trouble. A thousand years earlier, Abraham had been called of God to found a Nation for the purpose of one day bringing a Saviour to mankind. In this book of Ruth we have the founding of the Family within that Nation in which the Saviour would come. Ruth was the great grandmother of king David." - from Halley's Bible Handbook
The Subtle Trap Or, Taking Your Eyes Off Jesus -study New Window	Tom Stewart	10-13-98	"Ye that seek the LORD: look unto the Rock whence ye are hewn" (Isaiah 51:1).
"The Ten Commandments" - book New Window	Dwight L. Moody	(1837-1899)	"I can imagine someone saying, 'I won't be weighed by that law. I don't believe in it.' Now men may cavil as much as they like about other parts of the Bible, but I have never met an honest man that found fault with the Ten Commandments. Infidels may mock the Lawgiver and reject Him who has delivered us from the curse of the law, but they can't help admitting that the commandments are right."
The True Course --Christian poetry New Window	Anonymous		My heading set, my course laid...
"The True Vine" - book New Window	Andrew Murray	(1828-1917)	"I have felt drawn to try to write what young Christians might easily apprehend, as a help to them to take up that position in which the Christian life must be a success. It is as if there is not one of the principal temptations and failures of the Christian life that is not met here. The nearness, the all-sufficiency, the faithfulness of the Lord Jesus, the naturalness, the fruitfulness of a life of faith, are so revealed, that it is as if one could with confidence say, Let the parable enter into the heart, and all will be right. May the blessed Lord give the blessing. May He teach us to study the mystery of the Vine in the spirit of worship, waiting for God's own teaching."80