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"Lectures on SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY" NEW FORMATTING 1851 English edition The only source for these lectures came from the printed 1851 English edition of SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY by Charles Finney. This is 100% Finney with no deletions or additions. This version has been out of print for over 100 years. This version is the pure standard. All other versions of SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY are taken from this version. -book New Window	Charles G. Finney	1851	"More than 20 years ago, shortly after Katie and I were married, we Providentially stumbled across the writings of Charles G. Finney. First, the Revival Lectures, then his Autobiography. But, the crowning jewel to Mr. Finney's writings is the Systematic Theology. With great zeal and trepidation we tackled the puzzles of Mr. Finney's tight reasoning. At times, it left us completely embarrassed and unable to come to grips with his statements; but, we were finally rewarded with greater understanding than we thought possible. Only those willing to pay the price for a greater understanding of the mind of God and His ways, will attempt to read this. Be warned. The price of understanding is willingness to put into practice whatever God teaches you. "If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself" (John 7:17). Of human writings, I cannot think of a book that has had more profound of an effect upon Katie and I than Finney's Systematic Theology." -Tom Stewart WhatSaithTheScripture.com
"Lectures to Professing Christians" - book New Window	Charles G. Finney	(1792-1875)	"Two things are indispensable to evangelical or saving faith. The first is intellectual conviction of the truth of a thing. And here I do not mean merely the abstract truth of it, but in its bearing on you. The truth, in its relation to you, or its bearing on your conduct, must be received intellectually. And then true faith includes a corresponding state of heart. This always enters into the essence of true faith. When a man's understanding is convinced, and he admits the truth in its relation to himself, then there must be a hearty approbation of it in its bearing or relation to himself. Both these states of mind are indispensable to true faith. Intellectual conviction of the truth is not saving faith. But intellectual conviction, when accompanied with a corresponding state of the affections, is saving faith. Hence it follows that where there is true saving faith, there is always corresponding conduct. The conduct always follows the real faith. Just as certain as the will controls the conduct, men will act as they believe."
"Legal and Gospel Experience" -study New Window	Charles G. Finney	(1792-1875)	From "The Oberlin Evangelist" -- New Window Sermons and Lectures 1839 Lecture XIX I. Inquire what we are to understand by the horrible pit of miry clay. II. Show what is implied in waiting patiently for the Lord. III. Show what is implied in being brought up out of the horrible pit of miry clay. IV. What is implied in having his goings established. V. Notice the consequences of this experience."
Lest We Forget A WStS Prologue to J.A. Wylie's "The History of Protestantism" -study New Window	Tom and Katie Stewart	6-4-99	"Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men" (1 Corinthians 7:23). Martyrs have added their testimony to the foundation laid by our LORD. "If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward" (1Corinthians 3:14). They have given us an heritage unto the LORD, a lineage of faith. They have given us their testimonies of a Love that the flames could not burn out. For example, "These homilies [religious writings-- testimonies] were golden cups, filled with living waters, and when the people of England pressed them to their parched lips, it well became them to remember whose were the hands that had replenished these vessels from the Divine fountains. The authors of the homilies—Cranmer, Ridley, Latimer—though dead, were yet speaking. They had perished at the stake, but now they were preaching by a thousand tongues to the people of England. Tyrants had done to them as they listed; but, risen from the dead, these martyrs were marching before the nation in its glorious exit from its house of bondage" (excerpted from "The History of Protestantism", ---New Window Volume 3, Book 23, Chapter 15). The word "protestant" is a reactionary word. It objects to the errors of the Church of Rome. "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" (2Corinthians 6:14). In 1755, Samuel Johnson's dictionary defined a Protestant as "one of those who adhere to them, who, at the beginning of the reformation, protested against the errours of the church of Rome." Error-- in the name of Christ-- is to be separated from and reproved. "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them" (Ephesians 5:11). To passively abide in the darkness of Roman Catholicism is to take sides against the LORD Jesus Christ... "It is that ignorance which paralyses the arm of the Church of Christ, and makes the glorious word "Protestant" senseless, almost a dead and ridiculous word. For who does really protest against Rome today? where are those who sound the trumpet of alarm?" (excerpted from "Fifty Years in the Church of Rome" ---New Window by Charles Chiniquy).
Life --Christian poetry New Window	Charlotte Bronte	(1816-1855)	Life, believe, is not a dream So dark as sages say; Oft a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day...
Life and Works of Charles H. Spurgeon --biography New Window	Henry Davenport Northrop	1890	A biography of C. H. Spurgeon "Embellished with Numerous Fine Illustrations... THIS volume contains a graphic account of the Life and Labors of Rev. C. H. Spurgeon. It portrays the brilliant career of the most celebrated preacher of modern times, his matchless eloquence, his tender pathos, his ready wit, and his wonderful mastery over the human heart. It is an interesting narrative of Mr. Spurgeon's life, and is enriched with the choicest of his sermons and lectures, and with a large collection of extracts from his most famous writings." -taken from "Life and Works of Charles H. Spurgeon"
"Like A Thief In The Night" - prophecy New Window	Bob Neumann @ Bob's Home Page ---- New Window	March 1999	"COME INTO MY REST. COME INTO THE PLACE I HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU... I AM THE REWARDER OF ALL WHO SEEK ME... I AM THE RECOMPENSE... SO SHALL YOU MY BELOVED BE ONE WITH ME. FOR YOU ARE BONE OF MY BONE AND FLESH OF MY FLESH... ESTEEMED FROM AMOUNG ALL THE DAUGHTERS OF THE EARTH... THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN AWAIT YOUR COMING... FEAR NOT MY BELOVED. I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU. I HAVE NOT FORSAKEN YOU. IN MY FATHER'S TIME IT IS ALL COMPLETE. NOW QUICKLY PREPARE YOURSELF AND WATCH FOR ME. I COME WHEN THE WORLD LEAST EXPECTS. I COME FOR MY BELOVED WHEN NO ONE LOOKS. I COME AS I PROMISED... LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT... REJOICE IN MY LOVE FOR YOU DAUGHTER OF ZION. LISTEN TO MY SONG IN THE NIGHT. I WILL DRY YOUR TEARS AND FILL YOUR HEART WITH LAUGHTER. BE STILL MY BELOVED, BE STILL AND WAIT. WATCH FOR ME."
Lincoln's Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day - study New Window	Abraham Lincoln	March 30, 1863	"We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us! It behooves us then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness." --Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation- study New Window	Abraham Lincoln	October 3, 1863	A thankful President who knew Who to thank.
Listen to the Bible- study New Window	Tom Stewart	April 22, 2005	Find encouragement for how you can use your computer and the Internet to mine the blessings in store for those, who listen to the Bible.
"Little Children, Come Unto Me" Collection in Compressed Text Only - study New Window	Various		A collection of Biblical studies, poems, and a dream of Heaven. Help and encouragement for parents of young children. "Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me" by Katie Stewart "Infants Paradise"- a prophetic dream given to Marietta Davis "Who Is Marietta Davis?" by Tom Stewart "Heaven's Parents"- a poem by Judith Bronte "I Hear the Angels Weep"- a poem by Calvin Hart "Suffer the Children"- a poem by Katie Stewart "Promises for Our Children in the LORD"- compiled by Katie Stewart
L.O.C. - devotional New Window	Judith Bronte @ Acacia Vignettes ---- New Window	12-27-99	"God chose Israel from among the nations, thus the name, 'The Chosen People'. Just as God chose Israel, so the groom in our make-believe wedding chose his future wife. Our couple must pledge to obey, love, and keep themselves for each other, forsaking all others. In the covenant Moses presented to Israel, God has already chosen them. Now, they must choose Him. They must Love, Obey, and Cleave to the Lord their God, and forsake their false gods and idols. I call this L.O.C., or, Love, Obey, and Cleave. All these ingredients are necessary for any marriage to work, whether it is in the literal sense, or in the spiritual sense."
Looking Unto Jesus Or, Why God's Faithfulness Encourages Us to Keep Expecting the Bridegroom -study New Window	Tom Stewart	6-15-98	sub-headings: Again, What About No Man Knows the Day or Hour? But, What About the Prophecies of These Modern Prophets? Then, What About the Signs and Wonders?
Love in the LORD - promises New Window	Katie Stewart	5-11-98	Song 2:4 "He brought me to the Banqueting House, and His banner over me was love." 36