Archive for November 2007
Be more afraid of your duties than of your sins
— Thomas Brooks Nov 29, 2007It was the saying of a precious saint that he was more afraid of his duties than of his sins; for his duties often made […]
A holistic gospel for a holistic mess
— Christopher Wright Nov 28, 2007Sin and evil constitute bad news in every area of life on this planet. The redemptive work of God through the cross of Christ is […]
Consider Christ
— Thomas Wilcox Nov 27, 2007Look more at justification than sanctification. In the highest commands consider Christ, not as an exacter to require, but as a debtor, an undertaker, to […]
The power of God
— Milton Vincent Nov 26, 2007Outside of heaven, the power of God in its highest density is found inside the gospel. This must be so, for the Bible twice describes […]
Sanctified affliction
— Octavius Winslow Nov 25, 2007Sanctified affliction teaches the soul its utter destitution. The believer often commences his spiritual journey with shallow and defective views of the perfect fitness and […]
Terror accomplishes no real obedience
— Horatius Bonar Nov 24, 2007Terror accomplishes no real obedience. Suspense brings forth no fruit unto holiness. No gloomy uncertainty as to God’s favor can subdue one lust, or correct […]
The cross saved; the cross saves
— J. I. Packer Nov 23, 2007It cannot be over-emphasized that we have not seen the full meaning of the cross till we have seen it as the center of the […]
He created the tree upon which he was to die
— Octavius Winslow Nov 22, 2007So completely was Jesus bent upon saving sinners by the sacrifice of Himself, He created the tree upon which He was to die, and nurtured […]
The silence of God
— Andrew Peterson Nov 21, 2007It’s enough to drive a man crazy; it’ll break a man’s faith It’s enough to make him wonder if he’s ever been sane When he’s […]
Christ our captain
— Samuel Rutherford Nov 20, 2007The floods may swell and roar, but our ark shall swim above the waters; it cannot sink, because a Saviour is in it.
Legalism contradicts his most glorious plot
— Ralph Erskine Nov 19, 2007It is a proud spirit, that will not let grace be exalted, but puts self, in the throne of Christ, and his righteousness. It is […]
The hope of future glory and the life of present grace
— John Owen Nov 18, 2007To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.
God is the fountain of love
— Jonathan Edwards Nov 17, 2007God is the fountain of love, as the sun is the fountain of light. And therefore the glorious presence of God in heaven fills heaven […]
The cries of calvary
— Charles Spurgeon Nov 16, 2007The more we dwell where the cries of Calvary can be heard the more noble our lives become. Nothing puts life into men like a […]
Resolve to be loved in Christ
— John Calvin Nov 15, 2007We are never at peace with God till we resolve to be loved in Jesus Christ.
Only the blood can wash out these spots
— Thomas Brooks Nov 14, 2007Those spots which a Christian finds in his own heart can only be washed out in the blood of the Lamb. ‘Oh,’ says such a poor […]
The width and depth of the gospel
— David Powlison Nov 13, 2007The gospel of Jesus Christ is as wide as human diversity and as deep as human complexity.
The cross is ‘crucial’
— Leon Morris Nov 12, 2007There are differences in the ways the New Testament writers present the facts, but there can be no doubt that for the New Testament writers […]
Married to Christ
— Thomas Boston Nov 11, 2007In the saints, who are truly married to Jesus Christ, O what hankering after the first husband, how great the remains of a legal spirit, […]
Fellowship with Christ
— Charles Spurgeon Nov 10, 2007Fellowship with Christ is so honorable that the sorest sorrow is a light price by which to procure it.
The beauty of Christ
— Jonathan Edwards Nov 9, 2007He is indeed possessed of infinite majesty, to inspire us with reverence an adoration; yet that majesty need not terrify us, for we behold it […]
Loved when enemies
— Henry Law Nov 8, 2007God loved us when we were dead in sins. There is no fact which seems to be so staggering to faith. Such action is so […]
I am his
— Thomas Brooks Nov 7, 2007I am His by purchase and I am His by conquest; I am His by donation and I am His by election; I am His […]
We live on him
— Horatius Bonar Nov 6, 2007His person is the great vessel of fullness, in which is contained all that is needed by the neediest of souls. It pleased the Father […]
Life and healing
— Horatius Bonar Nov 5, 2007His finished work, His accepted sacrifice, His precious blood, His completed expiation on ‘the accursed tree.’ On this work we live daily. It is a […]
Realistic and realized hope
— Edmund P. Clowney Nov 4, 2007In and through the risen Christ, Christian hope is both realistic and realized. Christian hope, then, is not allegiance to the possible in a random […]
He became a propitiation for us
— Martin Luther Nov 3, 2007The very fact that Christ suffered for us, and through His suffering became a propitiation for us, proves that we are (by nature) unrighteous, and […]
A righteousness which comes down from heaven
— Martin Luther Nov 2, 2007God certainly desires to save us not through our own righteousness, but through the righteousness and wisdom of someone else or by means of a […]
I believe in the Holy Spirit
— Martin Luther Nov 1, 2007I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Ghost […]
I believe in Jesus Christ
— Martin LutherI believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, […]
