J wilbur chapman sermons on prayer

J. It has to do with the sickness and death of Lazarus, and his resurrection from the dead. If we would grow unto his likeness we must be where he can let shine upon us the light of his countenance. 1 Peter 2:15, "For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men."

All of these things are God's will for us.

This is a day when the minister is under sharpest fire. He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. It was a decree of the emperor. It is said that Whitefield used to say "Oh!" in such a fashion that his hearers were convicted of sin and some of them would cry out for mercy.

The young man felt he could never pinpoint a date for his conversion, but did make public his acknowledgement of Christ at age seventeen. If out of it all we come to a better likeness of Christ, with more of a passion for preaching, more of a love for souls, more of a desire to see lost ones turn to the Saviour, then the fires will not have been in vain, and.

Unquestionably the secret of Spurgeon's power was found just here. Up to this time He has not always been greeted with a royal salute. Finally, I want my minister to act on the belief that Christ's gospel is the surest cure of all social and political evils, and that his best method of promoting temperance, social morality, and good citizenship, is to bring men into the Church.

As an illustration of the sharpness of the criticism it may be well to note the words spoken by a professor of law, in an Eastern university, in an address before a ministers' conference:

"The waning power of the pulpit is one of the most lamentable signs of the times. The Lord be with you all." Peace is most difficult to define.

In 1876 Chapman joined the Richmond Presbyterian Church and later that year left to attend Oberlin College. I have no apology for speaking on solemn themes, for we are living in a day when many people seem to be turning to light and trifling things. If one has hazy or mystical ideas of Christ then from the very nature of the case prayer is impossible.

Second: We must believe his word.

Wilbur Chapman
1859-1918

      John Wilbur Chapman was born in Richmond, Indiana, on June 17, 1859. Pulpit deliverances of our day often lack every element of real oratory; they are largely dreary monologues and complacent soliloquy. Thank God for the "anything" in the text!

It may be stated truly that God's promises to Israel are especially concerning temporal blessing and that his promises to the church have particular reference to spiritual possessions; and they both, the history of Israel and the history of the church, prove that God will give to us temporally as well as spiritually.

We have been too much self-centered and too closely wedded to the world. It is God's privilege to preserve us, it is our privilege to persevere; and if we study the words "preserve" and "persevere" we shall find that they are composed of almost the same letters with only a slightly different arrangement. Who can forget the use Thackeray made in "Esmond" of one of its healing phrases?