Archive for November 2007

Nov 30, 2007

Be more afraid of your duties than of your sins

It was the saying of a precious saint that he was more afraid of his duties than of his sins; for his duties often made […]

— Thomas Brooks
Nov 29, 2007

A holistic gospel for a holistic mess

Sin and evil constitute bad news in every area of life on this planet. The redemptive work of God through the cross of Christ is […]

— Christopher Wright
Nov 28, 2007

Consider Christ

Look more at justification than sanctification. In the highest commands consider Christ, not as an exacter to require, but as a debtor, an undertaker, to […]

— Thomas Wilcox
Nov 27, 2007

The power of God

Outside of heaven, the power of God in its highest density is found inside the gospel. This must be so, for the Bible twice describes […]

— Milton Vincent
Nov 26, 2007

Sanctified affliction

Sanctified affliction teaches the soul its utter destitution. The believer often commences his spiritual journey with shallow and defective views of the perfect fitness and […]

— Octavius Winslow
Nov 25, 2007

Terror accomplishes no real obedience

Terror 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 […]

— Horatius Bonar
Nov 24, 2007

The cross saved; the cross saves

It 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 […]

— J. I. Packer
Nov 23, 2007

He created the tree upon which he was to die

So completely was Jesus bent upon saving sinners by the sacrifice of Himself, He created the tree upon which He was to die, and nurtured […]

— Octavius Winslow
Nov 22, 2007

The silence of God

It’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 […]

— Andrew Peterson
Nov 21, 2007

Christ our captain

The floods may swell and roar, but our ark shall swim above the waters; it cannot sink, because a Saviour is in it.

— Samuel Rutherford
Nov 20, 2007

Legalism contradicts his most glorious plot

It is a proud spirit, that will not let grace be exalted, but puts self, in the throne of Christ, and his righteousness. It is […]

— Ralph Erskine
Nov 19, 2007

The hope of future glory and the life of present grace

To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.

— John Owen
Nov 18, 2007

God is the fountain of love

God is the fountain of love, as the sun is the fountain of light. And therefore the glorious presence of God in heaven fills heaven […]

— Jonathan Edwards
Nov 17, 2007

The cries of calvary

The more we dwell where the cries of Calvary can be heard the more noble our lives become. Nothing puts life into men like a […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Nov 16, 2007

Resolve to be loved in Christ

We are never at peace with God till we resolve to be loved in Jesus Christ.

— John Calvin
Nov 15, 2007

Only the blood can wash out these spots

Those 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 […]

— Thomas Brooks
Nov 14, 2007

The width and depth of the gospel

The gospel of Jesus Christ is as wide as human diversity and as deep as human complexity.

— David Powlison
Nov 13, 2007

The cross is ‘crucial’

There are differences in the ways the New Testament writers present the facts, but there can be no doubt that for the New Testament writers […]

— Leon Morris
Nov 12, 2007

Married to Christ

In the saints, who are truly married to Jesus Christ, O what hankering after the first husband, how great the remains of a legal spirit, […]

— Thomas Boston
Nov 11, 2007

Fellowship with Christ

Fellowship with Christ is so honorable that the sorest sorrow is a light price by which to procure it.

— Charles Spurgeon
Nov 10, 2007

The beauty of Christ

He is indeed possessed of infinite majesty, to inspire us with reverence an adoration; yet that majesty need not terrify us, for we behold it […]

— Jonathan Edwards
Nov 9, 2007

Loved when enemies

God loved us when we were dead in sins. There is no fact which seems to be so staggering to faith. Such action is so […]

— Henry Law
Nov 8, 2007

I am his

I am His by purchase and I am His by conquest; I am His by donation and I am His by election; I am His […]

— Thomas Brooks
Nov 7, 2007

We live on him

His person is the great vessel of fullness, in which is contained all that is needed by the neediest of souls. It pleased the Father […]

— Horatius Bonar
Nov 6, 2007

Life and healing

His finished work, His accepted sacrifice, His precious blood, His completed expiation on ‘the accursed tree.’ On this work we live daily. It is a […]

— Horatius Bonar
Nov 5, 2007

Realistic and realized hope

In and through the risen Christ, Christian hope is both realistic and realized. Christian hope, then, is not allegiance to the possible in a random […]

— Edmund P. Clowney
Nov 4, 2007

He became a propitiation for us

The very fact that Christ suffered for us, and through His suffering became a propitiation for us, proves that we are (by nature) unrighteous, and […]

— Martin Luther
Nov 3, 2007

A righteousness which comes down from heaven

God certainly desires to save us not through our own righteousness, but through the righteousness and wisdom of someone else or by means of a […]

— Martin Luther
Nov 2, 2007

I believe in the Holy Spirit

I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Ghost […]

— Martin Luther
Nov 1, 2007

I believe in Jesus Christ

I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, […]

— Martin Luther