Category Archives: Earnestness
“The gate of salvation” by John Calvin
“If God should promise salvation simply, it is a great matter. But it is a far greater matter when He promises the same salvation amidst manifold dungeons of death. He says: ‘Even while all things shall be out of order … Continue reading
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“Was Jonathan Edwards an eloquent preacher?” by Sereno Dwight
“If you mean by eloquence, what is usually intended by it in our cities, he had no pretensions to it. He had no studied varieties of voice, and no strong emphasis. He scarcely gestured or even moved, and he made … Continue reading
“The man who can weep over sinners” by Charles H. Spurgeon
“We are all of us ambassadors for Christ, and we are told that, as ambassadors, we are to beseech men as though God besought them by us. How I do love to see a tearful preacher! How I love to … Continue reading
“An eager enthusiasm in the cause of God” by Charles H. Spurgeon
“If I were asked – What in a Christian minister is the most essential quality for securing success in winning souls for Christ? I should reply, ‘earnestness’: and if I were asked a second or a third time, I should … Continue reading
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“Impress of eternity” by John Angell James
“Will anyone deny that we want an earnest ministry to break in some degree the spell, and leave the soul at liberty for the affairs of the kingdom which is not of this world? When politics have come upon the … Continue reading
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“We must not only direct but impel our hearers” by John Angell James
“But though a careful analysis of the text should form the basis of all our sermons, there must be something more than mere exegesis, however clear, correct, and instructive. We have to do not only with a dark intellect that … Continue reading
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