An Anniversary Sermon at Lexington
Pastor Henry Cumings (1739-1823) was a Congregationalist pastor in Billerica, Massachusetts for his entire ministry. After graduating from Harvard in 1760, he later was honored with a doctorate by Harvard…
David Hall
Divine Judgments upon Tyrants
What is God’s view on certain political matters or events? That is a question often asked . . . and often mocked. Centuries earlier, however, preachers and their audiences were…
The Essential Rights and Liberties of Protestants
The great grandson of several New England families (John Cotton’s among them), Elisha Williams (1694–1755) graduated from Harvard in 1711. After a brief career of teaching and tutoring in 1722…
The Relation of Christianity to Civil Government in the United States
The Rev. Jasper Adams was an Episcopal Minister and President of the College of Charleston when he preached this 1833 message to the Diocese of South Carolina at St. Michael’s…
Divine Providence Towards America
Originally a lawyer (and cousin of an early President), the clergyman James Madison (1749-1812) had high academic potential (even teaching philosophy and math at the College of William and Mary)…
Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers
Colonial thinkers Samuel Adams and Rev. Jonathan Mayhew argued against the innate goodness of man with implicit reference to King George III: “Ambition and lust for power,” they claimed, “are…
The Heart and the World
Read Matthew 6:19-34 The heart is undeniably the controlling faculty in our life. In biblical theology the heart—not the mind, nor the body—is depicted as control central of the human…
Deceiving Yourself about Your Real Ambition?
Read Matthew 6:19-24 These verses from Jesus’ Sermon are about a subject that haunts us all with its relevancy: The subject of Ambition. From the oldest to the youngest, we…
Can You be a Jihad Disciple?
Matthew 6:9-15 This great model prayer concludes by linking divine forgiveness and human forgiveness under the rubric of prayer. Even a first-time reader can observe Jesus teaching that those who…
Concrete Praying
Read Matthew 6:11-15 Let’s look at the last three Petitions of Jesus’ prayer guide. Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread. Our “daily bread” is the portion of bread needed…
Prayer 102
Read Matthew 6:9-13 There is no more vital subject for Jesus followers than prayer. Jesus provides instruction on giving and fasting (cf. Mt. 6: 2-4, 16-18), but he elaborates more…
A Pattern for Prayer by the Master of Prayer
Classically and I think helpfully, this prayer is divided into two main parts. First comes the address and then six main petitions. Initially, there are God-ward petitions, followed by petitions…