"CROSS-BEARING" By A.W. Pink

“When said Jesus unto His disciples, if any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me”    Matthew 16:24

“Then said Jesus unto His disciples, if any man will”—the word “will” here means “desire to” just as in that verse, “If any will live godly.” It signifies “determine to.” “If any man will or desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross (not a cross, but his cross) and follow me.” Then in Luke 14:27 Christ declared, “And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.” So it is not optional. The Christian life is far more than subscribing to a system of truth or adopting a code of conduct, or of submitting to religious ordinances. Preeminently the Christian life is a person; experience of fellowship with the Lord Jesus, and just in proportion as your life is lived in communion with Christ, to that extent are you living the Christian life, and to that extent only.

"I Have A Dream" By Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

"The Benefits of Preaching Lectio Continua" By Shane C. Montgomery

    I have preached for the past 29 weeks in a row on Paul's epistle to the Romans.  Beginning on Chapter One and Verse One, Verse Two, Verse Three and so on.  This morning was over Romans 9:14-18.  This is not the first book we have went through "Lectio Continua," prior to Romans we went through Ephesians and prior to that it was Galatians.  I have to say this is a very lengthy process and it demands a great majority of the ministers time in study, research and preparation.  More than this, a commitment of diligence is required along with a congregation who desires this type of continuous sermons.  The benefits of this style of preaching far outway the drawbacks, at least in my point of view.

"THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION OPENED AND APPLIED" By Walter Marshall

  

  Yesterday was the last chapter posting (14) for the book "Gospel Mystery of Sanctification" by Walter Marshall.  I said earlier there would be 15 postings, meaning of course the 14 chapters of the book, which I hope you found helpful, and this last posting that may or may not tie in with the book but I still wish to post it.  If you have read all 14 of these, thanks and be Holy!
Shane

Suggested Blog Post- "Prophet anonymous' Prophecies for 2011 part one"

http://themonkeyhousejournal.blogspot.com/2011/01/prophet-anonymous-prophecies-for-2011.html