The Pretensions Of The ESV

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• August 12—Morning Devotion
• A Great Woman
• Seeing God’s Glory
• Many Shall Come In My Name
• August 11—Morning Devotion
• Exaggerated Claims Concerning Andrew Fuller And False Information Regarding ‘High-Calvinists’
• Chapter 3: Proof Of The Second Of The Three Points In This Debate; Or, The Proof Of This Proposition, That To Propound The Grace-Offer In The External Means, Is No Means Of The Spirit’s Working An Internal Ability In Sinners To Close Savingly With The Offer; Neither Doth Or Will He Set In With Offers To Any Such End.
• August 10—Morning Devotion
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 10 August 2022
• 28 A Rest For The People Of God
• August 9—Morning Devotion
• 20 Bible Doctrine – What Does Lapsarianism Mean?
• Note 6: Future Punishment Not Augmented By Refusing Offered Grace.
• August 8—Morning Devotion
• 28 Bible Reading – The Book Of Psalms (42-72)
• 30 The Work Of Christ Is Particular And Effectual, Not Universal And Uncertain
• August 7—Morning Devotion
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 7 August 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 7 August 2022
• August 6—Morning Devotion
• August 5—Morning Devotion
• Forget Not All His Benefits
• Ten Marks Of Distinguishing Grace
• August 4—Morning Devotion
• Kiffin, Knollys and Keach: Rediscovering our English Baptist Heritage
• Chapter 2: A Disproof Of Offers, Or, The Proof Of The First Of The Three Crowning Points In This Debate; Viz., That Offers Of The Gospel, And Offers Of Salvation To Sinners, Are No Preaching Of The Gospel, Nor Preaching Salvation Unto Sinners.
• August 3—Morning Devotion
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 3 August 2022
• 27 The Foundation Of God Standeth Sure
• All That She Had
• August 2—Morning Devotion
• 29 Is Redemption Universal But Men Do Not Avail Themselves Of It?
• August 1—Morning Devotion
• 27 Bible Reading – The Book Of Psalms (1-41)
• Note 5: C. H. Spurgeon And James Wells
• July 31— Morning Devotion
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 31 July 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 31 July 2022
• July 30— Morning Devotion
• July 29— Morning Devotion
• A Tale Of Two Sinners
• For Whom Should We Pray?
• Greater Damnation
• July 28— Morning Devotion
• The Difference Between John Gill’s Free Declaration of the Gospel to Sinners and the Banner of Truth’s ‘Free Offer’
• Chapter 1: The Method Propounded, The Matter Stated, And Followed Into The Grand Plea For Offers, And These Briefly Examined And Defeated.
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 27 July 2022
• July 27—Morning Devotion
• July 26— Morning Devotion
• Evangelizing Or Proselyting?
• Note 4: Offered Grace Implies Creature Ability
• July 25—Morning Devotion
• 26 Bible Reading – The Book Of 2 Samuel
• 28 Did Christ Die For All Sin, Not Persons In Particular?
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 24 July 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 24 July 2022
• Tobias Crisp (1600-1643): Exalter Of Christ Alone
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 20 July 2022
• 27 Did Christ Die Intentionally For The Elect And Provisionally For The Rest?
• Note 3: Offers Of Salvation Lack Scriptural Authority
• The Gospel Standard Articles Of Faith
• Epistle To The Reader
• Not Far From The Kingdom
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 17 July 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 17 July 2022
• Is Hyper-Calvinism A False Gospel?
• Foreword To Ministers, By Joseph Hussey
• Letter To The Editor Of The Evangelical Times
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 13 July 2022
• 26 Christ’s Redemptive Work Mauled To Justify Universal Invitations
• Note 2: Offered Grace An Ancient Error
• When They Shall Rise
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 10 July 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 10 July 2022
• Six Hundred Hyper-Calvinist Baptist Churches
• Divine Sovereignty And Human Responsibility
• John Brine (1703-1765) And His Contemporaries As Seen By Modern Revisionists
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 6 July 2022
• Third Preface (1973)
• 25 Is It The Duty Of All Men To Be What Grace Makes A Christian?
• The Things That Are God’s
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 3 July 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 3 July 2022
• 24 No Apostolic Example For Duty Faith Preaching
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 29 June 2022
• John Brine (1703-1765) And His Contemporaries As Seen By Modern Revisionists
• Marvellous In Our Eyes
• Second Preface (Date Unkown)
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 26 June 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 26 June 2022
• Principles Of Divine Life
• 23 Did Paul Take Opportunities To Preach Duty Faith?
• The Free Offer: Biblical and Reformed, By David Silversides (Marpet Press, 2005)
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 22 June 2022
• Note 1: The Nature Of The Gospel
• 25 Bible Reading – Book Of 1 Samuel
• First Preface (1792)
• By What Authority?
• Title Page
• Worship Service –Evening Worship, 19 June 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 19 June 2022
• A Working Community
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 15 June 2022
• Dried Up From The Roots
• 24 Bible Reading – A Preview Of The Last Thirty Books Of The Old Testament
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 12 June 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 12 June 2022
• Finishing Our Course With Joy
• John Gill And The Charge Of Hyper-Calvinism
• The Harvest Is Great, But The Laborers Are Few
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 8 June 2022
• 22 Did Peter, Philip And Stephen Take Opportunities To Preach Duty Faith?
• The Desire Of The Righteous
• A New-Year’s Gift For The Seed-Royal
• 23 Bible Reading – A Review Of The First Nine Books Of The Old Testament
• Jesus Looked Round About Upon All Things
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 5 June 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 5 June 2022
• The Cause Of True Religion
• Daniel’s Prayer
• 8 To Show That This Man Shall Be Blessed In His Deed
• Satisfied
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 1 June 2022
• Maurice Roberts And The Free Offer Hoax
• 21 Did The Lord Take Opportunities To Preach Duty Faith And Universal Invitations?
• The Colt Whereon Never Man Sat
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 29 May 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 29 May 2022
• John Gill and His Successors
• 20 Universal Invitations Contradict The Doctrine Of Regeneration
• A New Life
• 7 To Speak A Little On The Work That Is Done
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 25 May 2022
• The Keys Of Hell And Death
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 22 May 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 22 May 2022
• “Easy” Misses The Point
• Ruth’s Vow Of Consecration
• 19 Universal Invitations Misapply The Addresses Of The Word Of God
• Should It Be So?
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 18 May 2022
• Christ’s Work As Saviour Within The Covenant Of Grace
• 6 To Make A Few Remarks Upon Continuing In This Perfect Law Of Liberty
• Have Mercy On Me
• The Goat Yard Declaration of Faith (1729)
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 15 May 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 15 May 2022
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 11 May 2022
• The Free, Eternal, Sovereign And Unalterable Love Of God
• A Ransom For Many
• 19 Bible Doctrine – How Does Paul’s Analogy Of A Potter And The Clay Fit Within The Context Of Romans 9 As A Whole?
• Precious Death
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 8 May 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 8 May 2022
• Counterfeit Religion
• Manna
• John Gill and the Cause of God and Truth
• 5 What Is Intended By Looking Into The Perfect Law Of Liberty
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 4 May 2022
• 18 Are The Self-Conflicting Doctrines Of The Duty Faith System To Be Held In Tension?
• As Your Days, So Shall Your Strength Be
• The Hidden Manna, The White Stone And The New Name
• Jesus Went Before Them
• 18 Bible Doctrine – How Does Paul’s Teaching In Romans 9 Align With God The Father’s Role In Salvation?
• Gospel Light Or Gospel-Lite?
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 1 May 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 1 May 2022
• A Right To Enteral Glory
• 4 Why This Law Is Called A Perfect Law Of Liberty
• Is Anything Too Hard For The Lord?
• Reformation Today and Justification from Eternity
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 27 April 2022
• 17 Universal Invitations Conflict Hopelessly With The Particular Provisions Of Grace
• The Lord Thinks About Me
• 17 Bible Doctrine – How Does Paul’s Teaching In Romans 9 Fit Within The Letter To The Romans As A Whole?
• Who Then Can Be Saved?
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 24 April 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 24 April 2022
• The Pearl Of Great Price
• When God Visits His People
• Those Living In Glass Houses Don’t Throw Stones
• The Ministry of Septimus Sears (1819-1877)
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 20 April 2022
• 16 The Universal Invitations Of The Duty Faith System
• The Covenant God Of Israel
• In His Arms
• 3 Why This Law Is Called The Law Of Liberty
• The Heart Of The Gospel
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 17 April 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 17 April 2022
• When You And Your Wife Think Alike
• 15 A Doctrine Opposed To God’s Free Grace
• God Will Provide
• Feeling I Have No Grace Or Religion
• Whose Righteousness Saves Us?
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 13 April 2022
• 2 What Law Is Intended
• The Hardness Of Your Heart
• 22 Bible Reading – The Book Of Ruth
• Faces In The Congregation
• What Is Hyper-Calvinism?
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 10 April 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 10 April 2022
• Job’s Faith In The Resurrection
• 1 What Law Is Not Here Intended
• Four Failures
• Phil Johnson On Christ Being Made Sin Only Figuratively
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 6 April 2022
• Spirtual Thiefs And Liers
• Hell Fire
• 14 Duty Faith Puts Salvation In Man’s Own Hands
• 21 Bible Reading – The Book Of Judges
• Sovereign Grace Is The Gospel
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 3 April 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 3 April 2022
• “Joy” In The Acts Of The Apostles
• Evidence Of True Faith
• 13 Duty Faith Speaks In The Terms Of The Mosaic Covenant
• 4 The Four Equestrian Seals
• Introduction
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 30 March 2022
• Because You Belong To Christ
• 16 Bible Doctrine – Can You Expand On The Analogy Of A Potter And The Clay?
• William Carey: Using God’s Means to Convert the People of India (Part 2)
• 20 Bible Reading – The Book Of Joshua
• Only A Handful? Look Again.
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 27 March 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 27 March 2022
• Often Do I Seriously Doubt Whether I Was Ever Converted At All
• The Precious Things Of Heaven
• 12 Examples Of Confusion In Duty Faith Pronouncements
• Ministry Blessed
• Heavenly Gifts To Victorious Saints
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 23 March 2022
• Afraid To Ask
• William Carey: Using God’s Means to Convert the People of India (Part 1)
• The Learned And Great Find The Doctrines Of Grace Great Foolishness
• 19 Bible Reading – The Book Of Deuteronomy
• What Is The Real Gospel?
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 20 March 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 20 March 2022
• The Offense Of The Gospel
• 11 Duty Faith Puffs Up Man In Self Righteousness
• To An Aspirant For The Ministry
• Building In Troublous Times
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 16 March 2022
• Help Thou Mine Unbelief
• Irresistible Grace
• 18 Bible Reading – The Book Of Numbers
• Enjoy The Righteousness Of Christ
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 13 March 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 13 March 2022
• An Everlasting Task For Arminians
• 3 The Sealed Book
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 9 March 2022
• The Transfiguration Of Christ
• John Collet Ryland (1723-1792) And The Restructuring Of Baptist History
• Seeking God’s Will
• Why So Particular?
• The Glory Of God Received And Reflected
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 6 March 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 6 March 2022
• True Benevolence
• 15 Bible Doctrine – What Is The Framework Of Sovereign Grace?
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 2 March 2022
• When Jesus Asks A Question
• Antinomianism And The Righteousness Of The Law
• 17 Bible Reading – The Book Of Leviticus
• For Me To Live Is Christ
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 27 February 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 27 February 2022
• Salvation By Grace
• 10 Duty Faith Fights Against God’s Gospel
• 2 The Crystal Sea And The Four Living Creatures
• A Frowning Providence, Smiling Face
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 23 February 2022
• “Get Thee Behind Me, Satan”
• Cotton Mather Vindicated: A New Look at the Salem Witch Trials
• Odd Sayings
• 16 Bible Reading – The Book Of Exodus
• The Great Divide
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 20 February 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 20 February 2022
• The Burnt Offering
• A Sharp Letter To An Unbeliever
• 14 Bible Doctrine – How Did Timothy Formulate His Framework Of Doctrine?
• A Path Of Tribulation
• The One Minute Gospel Proclamation
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 16 February 2022
• “Thou Art The Christ”
• William Cowper and Home-Schooling
• The Fear Of Death
• 15 Bible Reading – The Book Of Job
• Comfort Ye My People
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 13 February 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 13 February 2022
• Here We Stand
• The Malady And The Remedy
• The Dark Cellar
• Part 1 – (4) Deuteronomy 8:2
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 9 February 2022
• Men As Trees, Walking
• Johann Gerhard Oncken: Germany’s Baptist Pioneer
• 1 The Throne Of God And Its Accomplishments
• Contents
• Twenty-Four Lectures On The Book Of Revelation
• 14 Bible Reading – The Book Of Genesis
• The Breastplate
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 6 February 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 6 February 2022
• The Pastor To His Flock
• Man Is Worst Than A Machine
• Usefulness In The Ministry
• Worship Service –Wednesday, 2 February 2022
• “I Will Give Thee Rest”
• The “Almost” Christian
• Making Sense Of The Covenants: Duty-Faith And The Free-Offer (Study 3)
• Duty-Faith Denounced
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 30 January 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 30 January 2022
• The Two Deeps
• Worship Service –Thursday, 27 January 2022
• There Is The Sign
• 13 Bible Doctrine – Have I Diagramed My Framework Of Doctrine?
• Two Distinct Natures
• Worship Service –Tuesday, 25 January 2022
• The Zeal Of The LORD
• 13 Bible Reading – Are There Any Final Instructions Before I Begin Reading The Books Of The Bible?
• No More Sea (2/2)
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 23 January 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 23 January 2022
• A Last Epistle
• Worship Service –Thursday, 20 January 2022
• Feeling And Sight
• 12 Bible Doctrine – Have Calvinists Diagramed Their Framework Of Doctrine?
• Overfamiliarity With The Gospel
• Worship Service –Tuesday, 18 January 2022
• Beware Of The Leaven
• 12 Bible Reading – How Do I Use The Chronological Charts Of Bible Books?
• Some Good Thing Toward The Lord
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 16 January 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 16 January 2022
• Salvation From The Curse
• 80. Epipodius And Alexander
• Worship Service –Thursday, 13 January 2022
• Questions About The Law
• 11 Bible Doctrine – Have Arminians Diagramed Their Framework Of Doctrine?
• Strangers And Pilgrims
• Worship Service –Tuesday, 11 January 2022
• They Did Eat And Were Filled
• Bible Reading – Navigational Tools
• 11 Bible Reading – Are There Any Navigational Tools That May Guide Me On My Journey Through The Bible?
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 9 January 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 9 January 2022
• To Mr. Tiptaft
• Worship Service –Thursday, 6 January 2022
• What A Wonder!
• 10 Bible Doctrine – Do The Strict And Particular Baptists Have A Framework Of Doctrine?
• 9 Implications Of Faith Unto Salvation Being The Natural Man’s Duty
• Worship Service –Tuesday, 4 January 2022
• He Hath Done All Things Well
• 10 Bible Reading – How Were The Saints Of The Old Testament Saved?
• Christ, The Propitiation For Our Sins
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 2 January 2022
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 2 January 2022
• The Pool Of Bethesda
• Worship Service –Thursday, 30 December 2021
• Reason Baffled
• 9 Bible Doctrine – Who Are The Strict And Particular Baptists?
• Unvarnished Language
• Worship Service –Tuesday, 28 December 2021
• The Dogs Under The Table
• 9 Bible Reading – To What Do The Labels “Old Testament” And “New Testament” Refer?
• The Conqueror’s Inheritance
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 26 December 2021
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 26 December 2021
• Worship Service –Saturday, 25 December 2021
• Selah
• Worship Service –Thursday, 23 December 2021
• God’s College
• 8 Bible Doctrine – What Are The Strict And Particular Baptists?
• Part 1 – (3) Deuteronomy 5:29
• Worship Service –Tuesday, 21 December 2021
• The Evil Within
• 8 Bible Reading – How Does The Mosaic Covenant Fit Into The Leading Message Of The Bible?
• The Nature Of True Holiness Explained
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 19 December 2021
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 19 December 2021
• A Feeling Religion, Not A Mere Brain Religion
• Worship Service –Thursday, 16 December 2021
• Strong Faith
• 7 Bible Doctrine – What Is Hyper-Calvinism?
• An Array Of Godly Counsel
• Worship Service –Tuesday, 14 December 2021
• Lip-Service Religion
• 7 Bible Reading – How Does The Mosaic Covenant Differ From The Covenants Of Works And Grace?
• Mount Moriah
• Worship Service –Sunday Evening, 12 December 2021
• Worship Service –Sunday Morning, 12 December 2021
• True Wisdom