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Expositions of Holy Scripture: II Corinthians to First Timothy

Expositions of Holy Scripture: II Corinthians to First Timothy

Alexander MacLaren (1826–1910) was a Scottish Baptist minister famed for expository preaching. After early pastorates he settled at Union Chapel, Manchester, for forty-five years, and twice served as president of the Baptist Union. MacLaren prepared his sermons with a scholar's care and delivered them with a poet's touch; the many volumes of his Expositions of Holy Scripture — whole-Bible preaching in print — form his monument in our library.

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First published
1904
Category
Theology
Length
245k words · about 16 hours
Chapters
87
Modernized version
In the reader: the Original, the Modernized text in present-day English, or both side by side. On average, the Modernized text keeps about 92% of the original wording.

About this book

One volume of Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture, gathering his expository sermons on Second Corinthians through First Timothy. Known across the English-speaking world for his expository preaching, MacLaren treats each passage patiently, unfolding its meaning and applying it to ordinary Christian life. Readers working through this portion of Scripture will find them clear, searching, and warm.

Contents

  1. HOPE AND HOLINESS
  2. SORROW ACCORDING TO GOD
  3. GIVING AND ASKING
  4. RICH YET POOR
  5. WILLING AND NOT DOING
  6. ALL GRACE ABOUNDING
  7. GOD'S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT
  8. A MILITANT MESSAGE
  9. SIMPLICITY TOWARDS CHRIST
  10. STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS 🔒
  11. NOT YOURS BUT YOU 🔒
  12. FROM CENTRE TO CIRCUMFERENCE 🔒
  13. THE EVIL EYE AND THE CHARM 🔒
  14. LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE 🔒
  15. THE UNIVERSAL PRISON 🔒
  16. THE SON SENT 🔒
  17. WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN: CIRCUMCISION OR FAITH? 🔒
  18. 'WALK IN THE SPIRIT' 🔒
  19. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT 🔒
  20. BURDEN-BEARING 🔒
  21. DOING GOOD TO ALL 🔒
  22. THE OWNER'S BRAND 🔒
  23. LOVING GREETINGS 🔒
  24. A COMPREHENSIVE PRAYER 🔒
  25. A PRISONER'S TRIUMPH 🔒
  26. A STRAIT BETWIXT TWO 🔒
  27. CITIZENS OF HEAVEN 🔒
  28. A PLEA FOR UNITY 🔒
  29. THE DESCENT OF THE WORD 🔒
  30. THE ASCENT OF JESUS 🔒
  31. WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION 🔒
  32. COPIES OF JESUS 🔒
  33. A WILLING SACRIFICE 🔒
  34. PAUL AND TIMOTHY 🔒
  35. PAUL AND EPAPHRODITUS 🔒
  36. PREPARING TO END 🔒
  37. THE LOSS OF ALL 🔒
  38. THE GAIN OF CHRIST 🔒
  39. SAVING KNOWLEDGE 🔒
  40. LAID HOLD OF AND LAYING HOLD 🔒
  41. THE RACE AND THE GOAL 🔒
  42. THE SOUL'S PERFECTION 🔒
  43. THE RULE OF THE ROAD 🔒
  44. WARNINGS AND HOPES 🔒
  45. A TENDER EXHORTATION 🔒
  46. NAMES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE 🔒
  47. REJOICE EVERMORE 🔒
  48. HOW TO OBEY AN IMPOSSIBLE INJUNCTION 🔒
  49. THE WARRIOR PEACE 🔒
  50. THINK ON THESE THINGS 🔒
  51. HOW TO SAY 'THANK YOU' 🔒
  52. GIFTS GIVEN, SEED SOWN 🔒
  53. FAREWELL WORDS 🔒
  54. SAINTS, BELIEVERS, BRETHREN 🔒
  55. THE GOSPEL-HOPE 🔒
  56. 'ALL POWER' 🔒
  57. THANKFUL FOR INHERITANCE 🔒
  58. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR 🔒
  59. CHRISTIAN PROGRESS 🔒
  60. RISEN WITH CHRIST 🔒
  61. RISEN WITH CHRIST 🔒
  62. WITHOUT AND WITHIN 🔒
  63. FAITH, LOVE, HOPE, AND THEIR FRUITS 🔒
  64. GOD'S TRUMPET 🔒
  65. WALKING WORTHILY 🔒
  66. SMALL DUTIES AND THE GREAT HOPE 🔒
  67. SLEEPING THROUGH JESUS 🔒
  68. THE WORK AND ARMOUR OF THE CHILDREN OF THE DAY 🔒
  69. WAKING AND SLEEPING 🔒
  70. EDIFICATION 🔒
  71. CONTINUAL PRAYER AND ITS EFFECTS 🔒
  72. PAUL'S EARLIEST TEACHING 🔒
  73. CHRIST GLORIFIED IN GLORIFIED MEN 🔒
  74. WORTHY OF YOUR CALLING 🔒
  75. EVERLASTING CONSOLATION AND GOOD HOPE 🔒
  76. THE HEART'S HOME AND GUIDE 🔒
  77. THE LORD OF PEACE AND THE PEACE OF THE LORD 🔒
  78. THE END OF THE COMMANDMENT 🔒
  79. 'THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF THE HAPPY GOD' 🔒
  80. THE GOSPEL IN SMALL 🔒
  81. THE CHIEF OF SINNERS 🔒
  82. A TEST CASE 🔒
  83. THE GLORY OF THE KING 🔒
  84. WHERE AND HOW TO PRAY 🔒
  85. SPIRITUAL ATHLETICS 🔒
  86. ONE WITNESS, MANY CONFESSORS 🔒
  87. THE CONDUCT THAT SECURES THE REAL LIFE 🔒

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