Charles Spurgeon- The True & Steadfast Church

(from “Christ Precious To Believers“) “Those who declare that the ancient valor of the church is departed, know not what they say.  The professing church may have lost some of its masculine vigor; the professors of this day may be but effeminate dwarfs, the offspring of glorious fathers; but the true church, the elect out…

Charles R. Erdman- On The Order of Resurrection

(from The First Epistle of Paul To The Corinthians: An Exposition) “Christ is declared to be “the firstfruits of them that are asleep” (1 Cor. 15: 20).  The first ripened grain, or the first sheaf presented to God at the passover, was a pledge and a sample of the coming harvest.  So the risen Christ…