Self-denial (Free Grace Broadcaster - Puritan Collection #218)
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The Free Grace Broadcaster is a digest of Christ-centered sermons and articles from prior centuries. Each issue focuses on a different theme. The FGB is useful for personal study, discipleship, family worship, and sermon preparation.
Wilhelmus  Brakel (1635-1711): "Self-denial Defined" €“ one cannot truly under-stand a life of self-denial unless that crucial concept is biblically defined.
J. C. Ryle (1816-1900): "What It Costs to Be a Christian" €“ one cannot fully enter into a life of self-denial unless he or she counts the cost of following Christ.
A. W. Pink (1886-1952): "Cross-bearing" €“ the Christian life consists of denying self and taking up the cross; however, many misunderstand what the €œcross€ is in a believer€s daily life.
Richard Baxter (1615-1691): "Selfishness and Self-denial" €“ a detailed study of how human beings became selfish and how sanctification and self-denial are the only cure for this destructive condition of man.
Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892): "Learning Self-denial from Christ" €“ the only way a sinful human being can learn self-denial is by knowing Christ, studying His extraordinary sacrifice, and walking with Him.
John Calvin (1509-1564): "Christ€s Cross and Ours" €“ everything about Christ€s life was to promote the great glory of God; the believer€s life should be committed to the same pursuit.
Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892): "Family or Christ?" €“ Jesus said that unless we hate father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters and ourselves, we cannot be His disciple: how are believers to understand and apply this?
Thomas Manton (1620-1677): "Reasons for Self-denial" €“ a list of biblical reasons to help the believer count the cost and conform his life to Christ€s holy example.
George Whitefield (1714-1770): "Motives to Self-denial" €“ a thoughtful exhortation to meditate on Christ€s life, to think upon the lives of godly Christians, to consider hell, and to meditate on heaven.