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We meet occasionally with people like the man who, when he was comparatively poor, gave his guinea, but when he grew rich, he only gave a shilling. His explanation was that when he had a shilling purse, he had a guinea heart; but when he had a guinea purse, he found that he had only a shilling heart.…

If I send a petition to a man’s door, and then having earnestly asked, or pretended to ask earnestly, I am utterly careless about the answer, I have not treated the man respectfully. If that person should send me a letter in return to my request, and I should not even take the trouble to open it, how…

Take pure and unadulterated milk, and let it stand, and you will soon get cream. Faith is the milk, and full assurance is the cream upon it. When faith has stood long enough, you may see the rich cream of holy confidence on the top of it. Spurgeon, C. (2014). Spurgeon Commentary: 1 John. (E. Ritzema,…

A friend comes to you and he says, “Do you know such and such a person?” You say first, “I know there is such a person”—that is instruction. Being further asked, “But do you know him?” you answer, “Well, I know that he was a fine tall man, a soldier in the infantry, and that he went to the Crimea.” That…

You may sometimes have seen a notice put up on certain estates in the country, “Mantraps and spring guns set here.” If so, did you ever go around to the front door of the mansion and say, “Will you tell me where the mantraps are, and whereabouts the spring guns are set?” If you had asked that question,…

You begin to read a will, but you do not find it interesting. It is full of words and terms that you do not take the trouble to understand because they have no relation to yourself. But if you should, in reading that will, come upon a clause in which an estate is left to you, the nature of the whole…

Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan were 28-year-olds who were attempting to ride their bikes around the world. They told their friends they wanted to meet new people and see new places. The couple had a strong belief in the goodness of human nature. On a blog Austin wrote that “Evil is a make-believe concept.”…

A newspaper editor was instructing a new reporter in some of the important details of his job. "Never state as a fact anything you are not absolutely sure about," said the editor. "To avoid putting the paper in the position of stating something which it may not be able to prove, you should always use…

John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…