Not Everyone Thinks Free Salvation is Good News by Michael J. Penfold Surprisingly, the realisation that personal salvation through Jesus Christ is totally free, doesn’t come as genuinely ‘good news’ to most people. Take the world’s atheists and secularists, for […]
How Noah Webster, of Dictionary Fame, Was Converted by Noah Webster Noah Webster (1758-1843), the notable American lexicographer and textbook pioneer, remains famous to the present day in connection with the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. In 1843, George and Charles Merriam bought the rights to Noah Webster’s 1828 […]
Can You Die Happy? by James Morison (1816-1893) James Morison, in the final couple of pages his book The Extent of the Atonement, relates a number of gripping death-bed experiences of Bible scholars and theologians. The poignant words of these remarkable […]
The Conversion of W.W. Fereday In his own words William Woldridge Fereday was born in England in 1863, was saved at 16 and almost immediately started to preach. He spent the whole of his life in the study and exposition […]
What Kind of Mask Are You Wearing? by Michael J. Penfold Once a fringe activity of a cautious minority, mask wearing became a global government-enforced phenomenon during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, the truth is, mask wearing, has been a favourite […]
Someone isn’t ready to be saved if they’re unwilling to admit this. by Michael J. Penfold How can you tell if someone is near to salvation? Suppose someone is willing to say, “I believe hell is a real place where […]
Dare You Scorn the Gospel? by Gregory T Bedell (1793-1834) “To scorn, is to despise religion, to scoff at, to ridicule, to reject, to neglect it. He who will not repent, is a scorner. He who is not willing to […]
An Illustration to Help Doubters of Salvation by Clement Read Vaughan (1827-1911) The age of traditional letter writing has almost gone. It was common in a former era, after the death of a great man or woman, to publish their […]
If You Do Not Know Exactly The Time, Do You Know There Was a Time? by George Whitefield (1714-1770) “Give me leave to ask you, in the presence of God, whether you know the time, and if you do not […]
Have You Ever Been Brought Low Before God? by John Ritchie (1853-1930) Such is the first step in true conversion to God. There must be a “breaking down” before there can be a “raising up”. This is the unequivocal testimony […]
What is Repentance? by Michael J. Penfold Referenced over 100 times in Scripture, repentance is undoubtedly a topic of vital biblical importance. God commands all men everywhere to repent,1 and the Lord Jesus declared there is no salvation without repentance.2 […]
How Do You Know You Are Saved? by Michael J. Penfold Ask people who claim to be saved how they know they are saved, and you’ll receive a wide variety of answers. Some say “I just know”. If that’s your […]
Stop Telling People to Ask the Lord to Save Them by Michael J. Penfold An American author wrote a book a while ago called “Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart”. Allow me to make a slightly different plea: stop telling people to […]
My Child Wants To Be Saved. What Should I Do? by Michael J. Penfold For parents who value the salvation of their children above and beyond everything else, there’s nothing more pleasing than to hear a child say, “Daddy/Mummy, I […]
Light for Anxious Souls by George Cutting George Cutting (1834-1934) was a faithful English evangelist and author, well known for writing the booklet Safety, Certainty and Enjoyment. His other lesser known work – but equally effective – is Light for […]
Around the Wicket Gate by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) If you are struggling to be saved, C.H. Spurgeon’s Around the Wicket Gate is for you. Awakening If we are sensible, we shall pray that our anxiety about our souls may never come […]
Safety, Certainty and Enjoyment by George Cutting (1834-1934) This booklet has been a blessing to thousands of people over many years. It deals with how a person can know for sure that they are saved and on their way to […]
God’s Way of Salvation by Alexander Marshall This article by Alexander Marshall (1846-1928) has been a blessing to thousands of people over many years. In booklet form it has been published in more than 20 languages with over four million […]
Do or Done – which? by Michael J. Penfold An examination of the world’s religions quickly reveals one stand-out fact. Whether Hinduism with its rituals, Islam with its pilgrimages, Roman Catholicism with its sacraments or evangelicalism with its “sinner’s prayer”, […]
How to find peace with God by Michael J. Penfold How to obtain it? How to maintain it? Meditation, drugs, religion, yoga, romance? Endless options, mixed success. But there’s another kind of peace that you need. Objective rather than subjective; […]
You Can Know The Truth by Michael J. Penfold It’s impossible to deny the existence of truth without at the same time affirming it. How come? Well, think about it: to say “truth does not exist” is to make a […]
The two ways – which one are you on? by Michael J. Penfold You are travelling in one of two ways. Your own way, or God’s way. The way of lawlessness or the way of righteousness. The Bible says, “All […]
Is the Contemporary Gospel Another Gospel? by Michael J. Penfold Central to every genuine spiritual revival, has always been the public preaching of the gospel. Directly through this particular means1 the Holy Spirit has been pleased to awaken multitudes to a […]
The Alpha Course Examined by Michael J. Penfold The hugely popular Alpha Course, written by ex-Barrister turned Anglican Curate Nicky Gumbel, styles itself as a friendly, fun and non-threatening ‘practical introduction to the Christian faith’. Summarised in Gumbel’s best-selling book Questions of Life, Alpha involves […]
Have You Been Truly Converted? by Michael J. Penfold To stress the imperative need of individual conversion, the Lord Jesus said: “Verily [assuredly] I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not [Lit: […]
Three kinds of faith by Michael J. Penfold The Lord Jesus constantly drew attention to the fact that it is quite possible to look, sound and act like a ‘Christian’ without ever actually being one. He spoke of two trees that looked […]
The Last 21 Days of the Convict Daniel Mann by Paul J. Loizeaux Paul J. Loizeaux (1841-1916) was a Bible teacher and evangelist, and founder of the Loizeaux Brothers Publishing House in New York. In 1870, while preaching in Kingston, […]
The Most Important Question Came Too Late by Murray McCandless On December 20th 1995, an American Airlines Boeing 757 took a regular scheduled flight (AA965) from Miami, Florida, to Cali, Columbia (photo above), carrying passengers mainly returning for the Christmas […]
