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The Apostles’ Creed in Modern Worship

Examination of the Apostles' Creed: faith and confession, its role in public worship, scriptural basis, and its historical origins traced to early Church fathers.
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For Whom Christ Died

Sermon arguing from 1 Cor. 8:11: Paul’s caring for the ‘weak brother’ shows Christ died for each person. Practical, sacrificial care for others is both proof of and path to personal faith.
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A “Find”

Distinguishes the comforting "coming of the Lord" (the gathering of believers) from the fearful "day of the Lord" (judgment). Calls for watchfulness, sober living, and hopeful readiness.
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The House of God in the History of Redemption

Traces the 'House of God' from Bethel, the Tabernacle and Temple to Christ and the Church as God's dwelling; contends the Church and each believer are God's temple.
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The Transfigured Life

Explores the 'transfigured life': Christ as the ideal, the believer's obligation to be transformed (Rom.12:2), and the believer's growth into Christlikeness (2 Cor.3:18).
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The First Gospel

Exposition of Genesis 3:15 as the "first gospel," showing the enmity between Satan and the woman's seed, Christ's victory over sin and the devil, and the church's mission.
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Our First Lesson in the School of Christ

Union Seminary Review (1913): includes a biography of G. B. Strickler and an exposition of Genesis 1:1–2:3 stressing Scripture’s unity, divine authorship, teleological creation, and God’s sovereignty.
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An Ideal Seminary Course in the English Bible

A sermon on Nadab and Abihu (leviticus-10) denouncing the offering of 'strange fire', paired with an inaugural address proposing a three-part comprehensive English Bible course for seminarians.
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The Bible and the Home

Maintains the Bible is central to the home—founding marriage, parenthood, and household law—and urges families to enthrone Scripture as their sanctuary and chief means of Christian nurture.
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After Ninety Years

Memoir of Edwin W. Rice: Adirondack childhood, education, frontier missionary work, and fifty years in national Sunday-school leadership, reflecting on providence, service, and Christian education.
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At Ninety

Phi Beta Kappa essays urging a return to educational and moral values after war. Advocates simple living, faithful work, Sabbath rest, devotion to home, and hope in youth's opportunities.
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