The Silence of GodThe author gives a thoroughly scriptural answer to the issue of God's silence for nearly 2,000 years. Also available in Spanish! |
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... never came . The God they trusted might surely have turned the hearts , or restrained the hands , of their brutal murderers . Is it possible to imagine cir- cumstances that would more fitly claim the help of Him whom they worshipped as ...
... never came . The God they trusted might surely have turned the hearts , or restrained the hands , of their brutal murderers . Is it possible to imagine cir- cumstances that would more fitly claim the help of Him whom they worshipped as ...
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... never ceases till all capacity for suffering is quenched by the hand of Death ! If human skill could give relief the attending physician would be dismissed as heart- less or incompetent . Is God , then , incompetent or heartless ? To ...
... never ceases till all capacity for suffering is quenched by the hand of Death ! If human skill could give relief the attending physician would be dismissed as heart- less or incompetent . Is God , then , incompetent or heartless ? To ...
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... never witnessed a public manifestation of His presence or His power . " Doth God know ? " At first the thought comes up as an impatient yet not irreverent appeal . But presently the words are formed upon the lip to imply a challenge and ...
... never witnessed a public manifestation of His presence or His power . " Doth God know ? " At first the thought comes up as an impatient yet not irreverent appeal . But presently the words are formed upon the lip to imply a challenge and ...
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... never spoke , and scattering on every hand the proofs of His Divine character and mission . But the sphere of the display was confined to the narrowest limits — the towns and villages of a district scarcely larger than an English county ...
... never spoke , and scattering on every hand the proofs of His Divine character and mission . But the sphere of the display was confined to the narrowest limits — the towns and villages of a district scarcely larger than an English county ...
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... never speaks to His people now ! The Divine history of the favoured race for thousands of years teems with miracles by which God gave proof of His power with men , and yet we are confronted by the astounding fact that from the days of ...
... never speaks to His people now ! The Divine history of the favoured race for thousands of years teems with miracles by which God gave proof of His power with men , and yet we are confronted by the astounding fact that from the days of ...
Contents
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EVIDENTIAL VALUE OF MIRACLES | 33 |
A NEW DISPENSATION | 48 |
CHRISTIANITY DISTINGUISHED | 61 |
ANOTHER GREAT TRUTH | 71 |
ATTACKS REBUFFED | 84 |
APPENDICES | 169 |
Note 2 page 45 | 171 |
Note 3 page 56 | 172 |
Note 4 page 87 | 177 |
Note 5 page 109 | 180 |
Note 6 page 118 | 182 |
Note 7 page 123 | 186 |
Note 8 page 131 | 189 |
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE | 96 |
MYSTERY NOW MANIFESTED | 106 |
SATANS INFLUENCE | 117 |
GRACE AND JUDGMENT | 132 |
THE REIGN OF GRACE | 146 |
Note 9 page 144 | 200 |
Note 10 page 153 | 203 |
Note 11 page 160 | 208 |
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH | 216 |
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Page 15 - And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
Page 42 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 5 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 190 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened, Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 179 - And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
Page 154 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 102 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him ; and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Page 75 - Repent ye therefore and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord...
Page 82 - But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.