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Labor with Zeal and Love in the Lord’s Harvest Field
In Words to Winners of Souls Horatius Bonar now directs us toward needed actions in light of our sins and failures: In the fifth and sixth centuries, Gildas and Salvian arose to alarm and arouse a careless church and a formal ministry. In the sixteenth, such was the task which devolved on the Reformers. In the Read more
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Revival in the Ministry
In Words to Winners of Souls Horatius Bonar now directs us toward needed actions in light of our sins and failures: “Take heed unto thyself,”—1 Timothy 4:16. It is easier to speak or write about revival than to set about it. There is so much rubbish to be swept out, so many self-raised hindrances to be Read more
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The Spirit Dishonored and Christ’s Mind Absent
Having considered the many and numerous failures in serving the Lord, in his Words to Winners of Souls Horatius Bonar identifies the thirteenth and fourteenth of 14 specific sins that we must confess, that of dishonoring the Spirit and being without the mind of Christ: We have not honored the Spirit of God. It may be that Read more
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We Have not Been Men of Prayer
Having considered the many and numerous failures in serving the Lord, in his Words to Winners of Souls Horatius Bonar identifies the twelfth of 14 specific sins that we must confess, that of being flippant, self-centered, and proud: We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered amongst us. The closet has been Read more
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We Have Not Preached as We Should Nor Honored God’s Word
Having considered the many and numerous failures in serving the Lord, in his Words to Winners of Souls Horatius Bonar identifies the tenth and eleventh of 14 specific sins that we must confess, that of note preaching as we should nor honoring God’s Word: We have not fully preached a free gospel. We have been afraid of Read more
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We Have Been Flippant, Self-Centered, and Proud
Having considered the many and numerous failures in serving the Lord, in his Words to Winners of Souls Horatius Bonar identifies the seventh, eighth, and ninth of 14 specific sins that we must confess, that of being flippant, self-centered, and proud: We have been wanting in solemnity. In reading the lives of Howe or Baxter, of Brainerd Read more
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