Alexander Maclaren: 62 books

It is a great mistake to treat Paul's writings, and especially this Epistle, as mere theology. They are the transcript of his life's experience. As has been well said, the gospel of Paul is an interpretation of the significance of the life and work of Jesus based upon the revelation to him of Jesus as...

We are accustomed to confine the word to persons who tower above their brethren in holiness and manifest godliness and devoutness. The New Testament never does anything like that. Some people fancy that nobody can be a saint unless he wears a special uniform of certain conventional sanctities. The New...

**This ebook version of The Biblical Illustrator - Pastoral Commentary on Romans contains nearly 3800 pages of commentary! What if Charles Spurgeon helped you prepare next Sunday’s sermon? Or what if you could talk over your preaching with Joseph Parker, Richard Baxter, Henry Ward...

**This ebook version of The Biblical Illustrator - Pastoral Commentary on Hosea contains nearly 900 pages of commentary! What if Charles Spurgeon helped you prepare next Sunday’s sermon? Or what if you could talk over your preaching with Joseph Parker, Richard Baxter, Henry Ward Beecher...

ELIJAH COME AGAIN 'There was, in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord...

WHAT 'THE GOSPEL' IS The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ.—Mark i. 1 My purpose now is to point out some of the various connections in which the New Testament uses that familiar phrase, 'the gospel,' and briefly to gather some of the important thoughts which these suggest. Possibly the process...

CONTENTS ELIJAH COME AGAIN (Luke i. 5-17) TRUE GREATNESS (Luke i. 15) THE MAGNIFICAT (Luke i. 46-55) ZACHARIAS'S HYMN (Luke i. 67-80) THE DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH (Luke i. 78,79) SHEPHERDS AND ANGELS (Luke ii. 8-20) WAS, IS, IS TO COME (Luke ii. 16; Luke xxiv. 51; Acts i. 11) SIMEON'S SWAN-SONG (Luke...

VOLUME I: PSALMS I to XLIX CONTENTS BLESSEDNESS AND PRAISE (Psalm i. 1, 2; cl. 6) A STAIRCASE OF THREE STEPS (Psalm v. 11, 12) ONE SAYING FROM THREE MEN (Psalm x. 6; xvi. 8; xxx. 6) MAN'S TRUE TREASURE IN GOD (Psalm xvi. 5, 6) GOD WITH US, AND WE WITH GOD (Psalm xvi. 8, 11) THE TWO AWAKINGS (Psalm...

CONTENTS THE GREAT SUIT: JEHOVAH versus JUDAH (Isaiah i. 1-9; 16-20) THE STUPIDITY OF GODLESSNESS (Isaiah i. 3) WHAT SIN DOES TO MEN (Isaiah i. 30-31) THE PERPETUAL PILLAR OF CLOUD AND FIRE (Isaiah iv. 5) A PROPHET'S WOES (Isaiah v. 8-30) VISION AND SERVICE (Isaiah vi. 1-13) THE EMPTY THRONE FILLED...

The resurrection is doubtless one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith. Without it we are left with a Jesus who was merely a great teacher, ahead of his time, yet far from divine. With it, however, we have undeniable proof of His divinity and a rock-solid hope for the future. The...

**This ebook version of The Biblical Illustrator - Pastoral Commentary on Jonah contains over 200 pages of commentary! What if Charles Spurgeon helped you prepare next Sunday’s sermon? Or what if you could talk over your preaching with Joseph Parker, Richard Baxter, Henry Ward Beecher...

THE ACTS Chaps. I to XII VERSE 17. CONTENTS THE ASCENSION (Acts i. 1-14) THE THEME OF ACTS (Acts i. 1, 2; xxviii. 30, 31) THE FORTY DAYS (Acts i. 3) THE UNKNOWN TO-MORROW (Acts i. 7) THE APOSTOLIC WITNESSES (Acts i. 21, 22) THE ABIDING GIFT AND ITS TRANSITORY ACCOMPANIMENTS (Acts ii. 1-13) THE FOURFOLD...