Resource Articles

From The Assembly’s Shorter Catechism Explained, by Way of Question and Answer, by James Fisher and other Ministers of the Gospel. Westminster Shorter Catechism Questions 57-62 on the Fourth Commandment, with expository questions.

Questions and answers on what godly sorrow is, what it is not, what true repentance involves, and what is the hope of the godly sorrower. “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death” (2 Corinthians 7:10).

Questions and answers on what the fear of God is, what it is not, what it works in us, how it should affect our daily life, and what God’s blessing is upon those who fear him. “Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in His commandments” (Psalm 112:1). “The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy” (Psalm 147:11).

The full “Evangelical Commentary” notes from John Brown’s Self-Interpreting Bible, at the Gospel of John chapter 15. John Brown (1722-1787) was a presbyterian minister in Haddington, Scotland, and Professor of Divinity for his denomination, the Burgher branch of the First Secession Church of Scotland.

The rich young ruler was not seeking salvation—he didn’t think he needed to be saved from his sins. So, Christ directed him back to the law, the covenant of life, to learn its lessons.

Chapter 10 (a sermon) from P.B. Power’s book, The ‘I WILLS’ of the Psalms, first published in 1858. Born in Ireland in 1822, Power became a Church of England minister. He is chiefly remembered for another book of his, The ‘I WILLS’ of Christ.

A sermon preached at the opening service for the new chapel of the Dissenters in Pickering, Yorkshire, UK in 1789. Full title: The Redeemer in the Midst of Those Who Are Assembled in His Name.

Former Pastor of the Evangelical Free Church, Leyton, UK.

A consideration of the teaching commonly called ‘Calvinism’, otherwise known as ‘the doctrines of grace’ or ‘Reformed Theology.” This was an old booklet of the Sovereign Grace Union, date unknown. (Second edition.) Used here with permission from the SGU.

The authentic Christian life, which we seek to live with the enabling that God provides, is one that is increasingly yielded, not to the service of sin, but to the service of God in righteousness.