Archive for December 2007

Dec 31, 2007

No other way to compete

There is simply no other way to compete with the forebodings of my conscience, the condemnings of my heart, and the lies of the world […]

— Milton Vincent
Dec 30, 2007

A more complete satisfaction

Was it difficult to save sinners, and yet maintain the rights of the divine government, and the honour of the law? See how this difficulty […]

— Samuel Davies
Dec 29, 2007

In order to take Adam’s place

Another requirement of our reconciliation with God was this: that man, who by his disobedience had become lost, should by way of remedy counter it […]

— John Calvin
Dec 28, 2007

The likeness redrawn

You know what happens when a portrait that has been painted on a panel becomes obliterated through external stains. The artist does not throw away […]

— Athanasius
Dec 27, 2007

God and man in one person

Jesus is God and man in one person: man that he may feel our woes, God that he may help us out of them.

— Charles Spurgeon
Dec 26, 2007

Maker made man

Man’s Maker was made man that the Bread might be hungry, the Fountain thirst, the Light sleep, the Way be tired from the journey; that […]

Dec 25, 2007

Infinite, and an infant

I do believe that the very angels have never wondered but once and that has been incessantly ever since they first beheld it. They never […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Dec 24, 2007

Of Christ the mediator

The Son of God, the second person in the Holy Trinity, being very and eternal God, the brightness of the Father’s glory, of one substance […]

Dec 23, 2007

The daily benefits of the gospel

God did not give us His gospel just so we could embrace it and be converted. Actually, He offers it to us every day as […]

— Milton Vincent
Dec 22, 2007

The gospel of the kingdom

The kingdom of God is the new and final age that began with the coming of Jesus. His kingdom is not part of the present […]

— Neil H. Williams
Dec 21, 2007

Christ, not feelings

Do you want to know supreme joy, do you want to experience a happiness that eludes description? There is only one thing to do, really […]

— Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Dec 20, 2007

On the fulness of Jesus i live this day

God is my God and Father. He is perfectly reconciled to me, and my conscience is at peace with him, through faith in his beloved […]

— William Romaine
Dec 19, 2007

Invited into glory

God’s grace invites you to be part of something that is far greater than your boldest and most expansive dream. His grace cuts a hole […]

— Paul David Tripp
Dec 18, 2007

Finding God in the wilderness

Jesus Christ went into the ultimate wilderness and lost God so that when you and I go into our little wildernesses we can find God.

— Tim Keller
Dec 17, 2007

The gospel’s greatest gift

From the first sin in the garden of Eden to the final judgment of the great white throne, human beings will continue to embrace the […]

— John Piper
Dec 16, 2007

A cross with Christ’s own presence blest

A cross with Christ’s own presence blest Deserves another name, For when He comes — arms full of joy – He sets the heart aflame. […]

— Faith Cook
Dec 15, 2007

Sorting and comparing

All trouble comes from not right sorting and comparing things: seeking that on earth which is only to be had in heaven, and seeking that […]

— Thomas Manton
Dec 14, 2007

One lord

One Lord. (Ephesians 4:5) The Lord Jesus is the one Head, as He is the one Foundation, of the Church. All believers are chosen in […]

— Octavius Winslow
Dec 13, 2007

Childlike obedience

God has declared in the gospel that whenever we come to him, we are to call upon him freely and openly as our Father, who […]

— John Calvin
Dec 12, 2007

War with yourself

Honest war with yourself comes paired with incomprehensible gifts. The peace of God passes all understanding, at the cost of all your fears! The love […]

— David Powlison
Dec 11, 2007

Psalm 34:22

The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. “Faith is the mark of the […]

Dec 10, 2007

We must get to the cross, and dwell there

Every plant must have both soil and root. Without both of these there can be no life, no growth, no fruit. The root is ‘peace […]

— Horatius Bonar
Dec 9, 2007

Christ has a gate far beyond all our thinking

Christ has a gate far beyond all our thinking – Hidden the key, and the lock no man knows; Free as the wind in His […]

— Faith Cook
Dec 8, 2007

The melting, conquering, transforming power of the dear cross of Christ

Oh, the power, the melting, conquering, transforming power of the dear Cross of Christ. My brothers, we have but to constantly tell ourselves the matchless […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Dec 7, 2007

I am not what I once was

Though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say […]

— John Newton
Dec 6, 2007

The bridge of grace will bear your weight, brother

The bridge of grace will bear your weight, brother. Thousands of big sinners have gone across that bridge, yea, tens of thousands have gone over […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Dec 5, 2007

The gospel vs religion and irreligion

Christians come to see that both their sins and their best deeds have all really been ways of avoiding Jesus as savior. They come to […]

— Tim Keller
Dec 4, 2007

Secure

You are as secure in Christ as Christ is righteous and God is just.

— John Piper
Dec 3, 2007

Crucified with Christ

No sin can be crucified either in heart or life, unless it be first pardoned in conscience; because there will be want of faith to […]

— William Romaine
Dec 2, 2007

A love beyond all love

Knowing the cure tells you a lot about the gravity of the disease. In the cross we see what was needed to cure the wound […]

— Michael D. Williams
Dec 1, 2007

The paradox is amazing

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full […]

— John Stott