The Resurrection
April 1, 2018
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God Incarnate, the End of Fear
September 24, 2017What a wonderfully uplifting post by Sherry, of the “He Hath Said” blog. Be encouraged by the song “God Will Take Care of You” and by the “Prince of Preacher’s” sermon entitled “God Incarnate the End of Fear!”
You who are King of kings and Lord of lords, we worship You. Before Jehovah’s awful throne we bow with sacred joy.
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Justification by Faith
June 26, 2017
Few can explain things like the Prince of Preachers.
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The Father’s Will
September 21, 2016Sherry has put together a great combination here. Worship God through song and then listen to the Prince of Preachers preach. (I wish it was an actual recording of Mr. Spurgeon’s voice. A good reader will have to suffice.)
If you can’t make it to church, this is the next best thing!
You who are King of kings and Lord of lords, we worship You. Before Jehovah’s awful throne we bow with sacred joy.
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Render to Caesar
August 17, 2016
Unless you have been living a monastic existence (and maybe even then), you know that politics are in the air. This sermon was given almost five years ago. In it, Alistair Begg says this:
“…a combination of both politics and theology in order to silence Jesus Christ. In order to make sure that this story of someone dying for the sins of mankind is finally silenced once and for all.” (Just after the 6 minute mark)
I don’t think Pastor Begg is saying that all politics and theology are bad, only that they are good platforms whereby man can attempt to silence truth.
Pastor Begg’s message is partly about how Jesus answered those who continually pestered Him. Jesus asked,”Why put me to the test?”
At the end, important subjects are put in perspective.
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Is It Still Really That Important?
August 3, 2016
Village Bible Church
Hot Springs Village
Arkansas
February 25th, 2026 I see that someone has looked at this post and it is very unfortunate that the VBC website has either taken down all of Pastor Mark’s sermons or redone their site so that so many wonderful messages of Pastor Mark seem no longer available. If anyone has any idea of where I can find any of his sermons, which were at one time posted online, please let me know. Please ignore the link below. I am only keeping it up so that I can check it occasionally for Pastor Mark’s sermons.
The link above will take you to another good message by Pastor Mark Cain of Village Bible Church. Pastor Mark is a teacher/pastor and I am privileged to be able to get to hear him fairly often.
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Confession and Prayer and…”Selfism”
June 29, 2016
“13 Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.
19 My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, 20 let him know that [s]he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.”
-James 5
I want to thank Maria Bowen for putting this message up on a website devoted to a church we both attended years ago. Alistair Begg rightly divides God’s Word in this focus on prayer.
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IF YOU TARRY ‘TIL YOU’RE BETTER, YOU MAY NEVER COME AT ALL
February 15, 2015
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A CELESTIAL OCTAVE OF BENEDICTION
August 22, 2014And he opened His mouth and taught them, saying,…”
These are the words that introduce the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew 5. I ran across a wonderful description of these great words of our Lord and would like to share them with you.
“Now was opened the richest fountain of instruction which had ever flowed for the good of mankind. He who had aforetime opened the mouths of prophets now opened his own mouth. Speaking distinctly and earnestly, as all should do who have an important messaged to deliver, he went on to pronounce seven benedictions upon seven sorts of persons. These seven descriptions makeup a perfect character, and the seven blessings appended thereto when combined constitute perfect bliss. The whole seven rise one above another like the steps of a ladder of light, and the blessings appropriated to each grow out of the virtues described. At the close of the seven beatitudes of character comes and eighth and double benediction bestowed upon that persecuted condition which is the present result of holiness. The whole make up a celestial octave of benediction.”
-Charles Spurgeon in “Spurgeon’s Devotional Bible”
The text:
2 He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying,
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
I hope these words have encouraged you today.
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Wings of the Wind 
The Immutability of God
April 12, 2018A Sermon (No. 1) delivered on January 7th, 1855 by C. H. Spurgeon at New Park Street Chapel, Southwark.
“I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”—Malachi 3:6
It has been said by some one that “the proper study of mankind is man.” I will not oppose the idea, but I believe it is equally true that the proper study of God’s elect is God; the proper study of a Christian is the Godhead. The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father. There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all our thoughts are lost in its immensity; so deep, that our pride is drowned in its infinity. Other subjects we can compass and grapple with; in them we feel a kind of self-content, and go our way with the thought, “Behold I am wise.” But when we come to this master-science, finding that our plumb-line cannot sound its depth, and that our eagle eye cannot see its height, we turn away with the thought, that vain man would be wise, but he is like a wild ass’s colt; and with the solemn exclamation, “I am but of yesterday, and know nothing.” No subject of contemplation will tend more to humble the mind, than thoughts of God.
Click here to read the rest of Mr. Spurgeon’s sermon…
Source: The Spurgeon Archive
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