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New Jim Kerwin Material

NEW! Pastor Jim continues exploring Matthew chapter 3 and the “The John the Baptist Experience” by focusing on the New Testament’s consistent theme of true and deep repentance. Listen to Matthew, Week 8: The “John the Baptist Experience,” Part 3. Posted on 27 Dec.

New Percy Gutteridge Material

New Material by Isaiah Reid

NEW! Moving from a melancholy “Christmas present” to happier memories of “Christmases past,” Isaiah Reid shares his emotions and remembrances. Pull up a chair by the yule fire while he shares about X-mas-tide. Posted on 7 Dec.

New in Powerful Poetry

NEW! HAPPY NEW YEAR! As with the inspired Psalms of David, sometimes God uses the heart and pen of a poet to speak His blessings over us. May such be the case for you as you read Frances Ridley Havergal’s New Year’s Wishes. Posted on 28 Dec.

Bible Teaching by Jim Kerwin

Brief Background on Jim and Denise Kerwin
The Rejected Blessing
“And Joseph Was Brought Down...”
A Book Unsealed
Who Was the Angel of the LORD?
That Uncomfortable Word—Conviction!
Getting In or Letting In? Have We Got the Gospel Backwards?
That Treasure Trove of Truth: “Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing”
We Will Reap, IF…
The Hearing God Series:
- Part 1: God's Plan, Our Privilege
- Part 2: Why Many Christians Can't Hear God
Evangelical Myths Series:
- “Simon, Do You Love Me?”—The Myth of “Agapao” and “Phileo”
Books authored or edited by Jim Kerwin
- The Rejected Blessing: An Untold Story of the Early Days of the Pentecostal Movement (foreword by Dr. Vinson Synan)
- Boyhood Memories and Lessons by Rev. Isaiah Reid (autobiographical accounts of Reid’s Covenanter childhood compiled, edited, and annotated by Jim Kerwin)
- Sunnyside Papers: Inspirational Sketches from God’s “Book of Nature” by Rev. Isaiah Reid (a collection of some of Reid’s beloved and best nature pieces and devotional material; compiled, edited, and annotated by Jim and Denise Kerwin)
Audio files of messages by Jim Kerwin:
- Forgiveness Is Conditional
- Importunity—Being a Pain in the Neck
- The Disciple Jesus Loves
- The “Rejected Blessing“ Interviews on WAVA-AM (three audio messages)
- The Seven Words from the Cross
- Bible Study in First John
- Bible Study in the Gospel of Matthew
Short Background Articles:

Jim Kerwin Material in Process and Planning

Upcoming Audio Files
- 1 John Bible Study—Session 6 (January 2009)
- 1 John Bible Study—Session 7 (February 2009)
- 1 John Bible Study—Session 8 (March 2009)
- Matthew Bible Study—Week 9 (January 2009)
A Watered Garden (2009)
Accepted in the Beloved (2009)
Evangelical Myths Series:
- The Gates of Hell (2009)
The Hearing God Series:
- Part 3: God’s Prescription for a Noisy Generation—Quiet! (2009)
- Part 4: How to Get Quiet and Listen (2009)
- Part 5: How to Avoid “Going Off the Deep End” (2009)

Bible Teaching by Percy Gutteridge

Short Biography of Pastor Percy Gutteridge
Book: Faith Is Substance
The Black Hole
The Gospel of the Glory
The Holy Spirit as Former and Latter Rain (article)
Audio files of messages preached by Percy Gutteridge:
- The Gospel of the Glory
- The Impotent Man
- As A Little Child
- The Father of Lights
- The Temptations of Christ
- Why Revival Tarries
- Victory in the Kingdom
- Prayer, God’s Gift
- The Holy Spirit Series:
  - The Seven-Fold Nature of the Holy Spirit
  - The Supernatural Character of New Testament Christianity
  - The Double Portion of Elisha
  - The Emblems of the Holy Spirit Sub-series:
- The God in Creation and Providence Series:

Percy Gutteridge Material in Process and Planning

Article: From the proposed Gutteridge Centennial Book, covering some of Pastor Percy Gutteridge’s teaching on the Holy Spirit, we anticipate posting the article entitled The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Burning. (January 2009)
Book: The Re-release of Pastor Gutteridge’s book Faith Is Substance, with profits (if any) going to one of pastor’s favorite orphanage charities. (2009)
The Emblems of the Holy Spirit Series transcribed into articles (beginning Winter 2008-2009)
The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ: an eleven-part overview of the Book of Revelation (begins late 2009)

Bible Teaching by Thomas Cook

Bible Teaching by John Wesley

Book: A Plain Account of Christian Perfection:

Bible Teaching by Isaiah Reid

Books by Isaiah Reid

Boyhood Memories and Lessons (autobiographical accounts of Reid’s Covenanter childhood, compiled, edited, and annotated by Jim Kerwin)
Sunnyside Papers: Inspirational Sketches from God’s “Book of Nature” (a collection of some of Reid’s beloved and best nature pieces and devotional material; compiled, edited, and annotated by Jim and Denise Kerwin)

Bible Teaching Articles by Isaiah Reid

Online Books by Isaiah Reid

Soul-Help Papers
- Introduction: Prefatory Note
- Chapter 1: Tarshish Ships: Permission, or Approval of God?
- Chapter 2: Our St. Bernard’s Passes or Open Doors
- Chapter 3: God’s Way or My Way?
- Chapter 4: Concerning Taking All As From God
- Chapter 5: We Make and Carry the Light We See By
- Chapter 6: “As Thy Day”
- Chapter 7: Character, Decree, Destiny
- Chapter 8: The Danger of Standing Still
- Chapter 17: Spoiled Pastures

Historical Articles by Isaiah Reid

The Founding of the Iowa Holiness Association

Isaiah Reid Material in Process and Planning

Chapters from the book Soul-Help Papers (2008-2009):
- 9: Departing Ravens and Drying Brooks (16 January 2009)
- 10: Out of the Good into the Better (February 2009)
- 11: Affliction and Growth (March 2009)
- 12: Discouraged States (April 2009)
- 13: As to Vision (May 2009)

Powerful Poetry,
an introduction
to Classical Christian verse

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B

Behold the Saviour of Mankind by Samuel Wesley
Blessed Lord, In Thee Is Refuge by Herbert Booth
Blest Are the Humble Souls that See by Isaac Watts
Blest Are the Humble Souls that See by Isaac Watts. (This is a presentation of the hymn that parallels Watts’ verses with the text of Matthew 5:2-12.)
Blest Spirit! from the Eternal Sire by John Wesley
Burial of Moses (also known by its first line, By Nebo's Lonely Mountain) by Cecil Frances Alexander

C

Christmas Day by Reginald Heber
Church of God, Beloved and Chosen by Frances Ridley Havergal
Come, All Ye Chosen Saints of God by Joseph Hart
Come, Holy Ghost, All Quickening Fire [version 1] by Charles and John Wesley
Come, Holy Ghost, All Quickening Fire [version 2] by Charles and John Wesley
Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare by John Newton
Come, O My God, The Promise Seal by Charles Wesley
Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown by Charles Wesley (also known as Wrestling Jacob)
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing by Robert Robinson
Come, Ye that Love the Lord by Isaac Watts and Robert Lowry (also known as We’re Marching to Zion)
Consecration Hymn by Chaplain Charles C. McCabe

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Faith of Our Fathers by Frederick W. Faber
Far Away the Noise of Strife by C. Austin Miles
Father, I Dare Believe by Charles Wesley
Father of Jesus Christ My Lord by Charles Wesley
Fed Upon the Finest of the Wheat by Frederick A. Graves (also known by its first line, Hungry, Lord, for Thy Word of Truth)
Fourth Sunday in Advent by Reginald Heber

G

Get The Flame! (Anonymous; from the Azusa Street Revival)
Gethsemane by Joseph Hart
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken by John Newton
Glory to God and Praise and Love by Charles Wesley (a hymn more popularly known today as O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing)
God in Heaven Hath a Treasure by Emma Frances Bevan
God Moves in a Mysterious Way by William Cowper
God of All Power, and Truth, and Grace by Charles Wesley

H

Hallelujah! What a Savior! by Philip P. Bliss
Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing by Charles Wesley
Help, Lord, the Busy Foe by Charles Wesley
Holy As Thou, O Lord, Is None by Charles Wesley
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! by Reginald Heber
Hosanna to the Living Lord! by Reginald Heber
How Happy Is the Pilgrim's Lot! by Charles and John Wesley
How I Praise Thee, Precious Saviour by Mary E. Maxwell
How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds by John Newton
Hungry, Lord, for Thy Word of Truth by Frederick A. Graves (also known by its title, Fed Upon the Finest of the Wheat)
Hymn to Be Sung on the Anniversary of One's Birth by Charles Wesley (a hymn more popularly known today as O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing)

I

I Am Coming to the Cross by William McDonald
I Am Thine, O Lord by Fanny J. Crosby
I Believe Jesus Saves by Francis Bottome
I Gave My Life for Thee by Frances Ridley Havergal
I Know Not Why God's Wondrous Grace (better known by its chorus as I Know Whom I Have Believed) by Daniel Webster Whittle
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord! by Timothy Dwight
I Want a Principle Within by Charles Wesley
I Worship Thee, Sweet Will of God by Frederick W. Faber
I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath by Isaac Watts
I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath by Isaac Watts. (This is a presentation of the hymn that parallels Watts’ verses with the text of Psalm 146.)
I've Reached the Land of Corn and Wine by Edgar Page Stites
Infinite, Unexhausted Love! by Charles Wesley
It Passeth Knowledge, That Dear Love of Thine by Mary Shekelford

J

Jesu, Come, My Hope of Glory by Charles Wesley
Jesu, Thou Strength of All That Turn by Charles Wesley
Jesu, Thy Blood and Righteousness by Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf (Count) von Zinzendorf (translated by John Wesley)
Jesus Hath Died that I Might Live by Charles Wesley
Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting by Jean Sophia Pigott
Jesus Shall Reign by Isaac Watts
Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me by Paul Gerhardt, translated by John Wesley
Joy in the Holy Ghost by John Mason
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee by Henry J. van Dyke

K

King Solomon and the Ants by John Greenleaf Whittier

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M

“Man of Sorrows,” What a Name! by Philip P. Bliss
Marching to Zion by Isaac Watts and Robert Lowry
Master, Speak! Thy Servant Heareth (also known as Master, Say On!) by Frances Ridley Havergal
My Body, Soul, and Spirit by Chaplain Charles C. McCabe
My Goal Is God Himself by Frederick Brook
My God, How Wonderful Thou Art! by Frederick W. Faber
My Soul and I by John Greenleaf Whittier
My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord by John Mason

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O

O Beulah Land by Edgar Page Stites
O for a Closer Walk with God by William Cowper
O For A Heart To Praise My God by Charles Wesley
O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing by Charles Wesley, or, as known by its original title, Hymn to Be Sung on the Anniversary of One's Conversion
O Glorious Hope of Perfect Love by Charles Wesley
O God, Our Help in Ages Past by Isaac Watts
O God, What Offering Shall I Give by Joachim Lange and translated by John Wesley
O How the Thought of God Attracts by Frederick W. Faber
O Jesus, Make Thyself to Me by Charlotte Elliott
O Jesus, The Rest by Charles Wesley
O Joyful Sound of Gospel Grace! by Charles Wesley
O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art! by Charles Wesley
O Perfect Love by Dorothy Gurney
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded by Bernard of Clairvaux and Paul Gerhardt (translated by James W. Alexander)
O Saviour, Precious Saviour by Frances Ridley Havergal
O Soul, Are You Weary and Troubled? otherwise known as Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus by Helen Lemmel
O the Bitter Shame and Sorrow by Theordore Monod
O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus! by Samuel Trevor Francis
O Thou Who Camest From Above by Charles Wesley
O Worship the King! by Robert Grant
O Zion, Haste! by Mary Ann Thomson
Of Him Who Did Salvation Bring by Bernard of Clairvaux
Oh for Freedom, for Freedom in Worshipping God by Frederick W. Faber
Oh Saviour, Is Thy Promise Fled? by Reginald Heber
Oh Saviour, Whom This Happy Morn by Reginald Heber
On Our Way Rejoicing! by Frances Ridley Havergal

P

Prisoners of Hope, Arise by Charles Wesley

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Saviour, Like A Shepherd Lead Us by Dorothy Thrupp
Saviour from Sin, I Want to Prove by Charles and John Wesley
Second Sunday in Advent by Reginald Heber
Send the Fire! by William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
Since the Son Hath Made Me Free by Charles and John Wesley
Sinners, Obey the Gospel-Word! by Charles Wesley
Sound the Battle Cry! by William Sherwin
Speak, Lord, in the Stillness by E. May Grimes
Spirit of Faith, Come Down by Charles Wesley
Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart by George Croly
Sunday by Frederick W. Faber
Sweeping Through the Gates of the New Jerusalem by Tullius Clinton O'Kane

T

Take My Life And Let It Be by Frances Ridley Havergal
Take Time To Be Holy by William D. Longstaff
Talk With Us, Lord by Charles Wesley
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand by Henry Alford
The Babes in Christ Should Nothing Know by Charles Wesley
The Brewing of Soma by John Greenleaf Whittier
The Church’s One Foundation by Samuel J. Stone
The Galilean Fishers Toil by Christopher Wordsworth
The God of Abraham Praise by Thomas Olivers
The Lord Will Come! by Reginald Heber
The Mystic’s Christmas by John Greenleaf Whittier
The World Is Grown Old by Reginald Heber
There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood by William Cowper
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy by Frederick W. Faber
They Who Know the Saviour by Mrs. C. H. Morris
Third Sunday in Advent by Reginald Heber
This Is My Father's World! by Maltbie Babcock
This Same Jesus by Frances Ridley Havergal
Thou Christ of Burning, Cleansing Flame by William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
Thou Hidden Love Of God by Gerhard Tersteegen and translated by John Wesley
Thou Lamb of God by Christian Friedrich Richter and translated by John Wesley
Thou Whose Name Is Called Jesus by Jean Sophia Pigott
Through All the Changing Scenes by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady
Time Speeds Away by Vicesemus Knox
’Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies by Charles Wesley
To the Haven of Thy Breast by Charles and John Wesley
Truehearted, Wholehearted, Faithful and Loyal by Frances Ridley Havergal
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus otherwise known as O Soul, Are You Weary and Troubled? by Helen Lemmel

W

Walk in the Light by Bernard Barton
What Am I, O Thou Glorious God by Charles Wesley
When All Thy Mercies, O My God by Joseph Addison
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross by Isaac Watts
When Spring Unlocks the Flowers by Reginald Heber
When the Great Sun Sinks to His Rest by Maltbie Babcock
Where Is My God, My Joy, My Hope? by Charles Wesley
While the Fire of God Is Falling (Anonymous)
Who Is On The Lord’s Side? by Frances Ridley Havergal
Wise Men Seeking Jesus by James T. East
With Gladness We Worship by George Rawson
Workman of God by Frederick W. Faber
Wrestling Jacob by Charles Wesley (also known as Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown)

Y

Ye Ransomed Sinners, Hear by Charles Wesley

Ye Servants of God by Charles and John Wesley

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