Archive for January 2008
Thy righteousness is in heaven
— John Bunyan Jan 30, 2008One day as I was passing into the field, this sentence fell upon my soul: ‘Thy righteousness is in heaven.’ And with the eyes of […]
To all doubters
— Charles Spurgeon Jan 29, 2008Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other! (Isaiah 45:22 But thou […]
Coming to Jesus again and again
— Charles Spurgeon Jan 28, 2008Oh! sweet language of the precious blood of Jesus! If you have come to that blood once, you will come to it constantly. If thou […]
Jesus and the knowledge of God
— John Piper Jan 27, 2008The greatest thing that can be said of Jesus’ knowledge is that he knows God perfectly. He knows God perfectly, because he is God. We […]
God is for you
— C. J. Mahaney Jan 26, 2008If you need proof that God is for you, look no further than the Cross. I cannot imagine what pain the Father must have experienced […]
Our grateful acknowledgment
— Octavius Winslow Jan 25, 2008‘He hath done all things well.’ Yes, from first to last, from our cradle to our grave, from the earliest pang of sin’s conviction to […]
It is the cross that gives God his credibility
— John Stott Jan 24, 2008It is the cross that gives God his credibility. The only God I believe in is the one Nietzsche (the nineteenth-century German philosopher) ridiculed as […]
The undeniable evidence of humility
— Thomas Brooks Jan 23, 2008Remember this—all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking his […]
Look away from yourself
— J. W. Alexander Jan 22, 2008‘Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.’ Look away from yourself. Cease to probe that rankling, ulcerous, incorrigible heart. Look simply […]
Hope is evidence that he is for you
— Charles Spurgeon Jan 21, 2008Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. (Psalm 119:49) “The argument is that God, having given grace to hope […]
Stray affections
— Faith Cook Jan 20, 2008This careless laughing world is not a home That throws its smiles on you; So mount by faith to realms on high Your Father’s house […]
Pleading our cause
— Graeme Goldsworthy Jan 19, 2008Jesus’ intercession is his identification and involvement with the will of the Father. If we started with Jesus as the ultimate word of God to […]
The cross and criticism
— Alfred Poirier Jan 18, 2008In light of God’s judgment and justification of the sinner in the cross of Christ, we can begin to discover how to deal with any […]
God will never fail
— John Calvin Jan 17, 2008Faith does not certainly promise itself either length of years or honor or riches in this life, since the Lord willed that none of these […]
I drain this cup for you
— C. J. Mahaney Jan 16, 2008As we watch Jesus pray in agony in Gethsemane, He has every right to turn His tearful eyes toward you and me and shout, ‘This […]
A voice of the most beseeching tenderness
— Thomas Chalmers Jan 15, 2008Now that the storm of the Almighty’s wrath has been discharged upon him who bore the burden of the world’s atonement, he has turned his […]
Abiding in Jesus’ love
— John Piper Jan 14, 2008Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look at our circumstances — perhaps […]
All the righteousness God can require
— Donald Macleod Jan 13, 2008The whole initiative in reconciliation rests with God. It is an expression of His love: ‘God was reconciling the world to himself.’ But God’s love […]
Thy sins were crucified with him
— William Romaine Jan 12, 2008“True spiritual mortification does not consist in sin not being in thee, nor in its being put upon the cross daily, nor yet in its […]
Faith acting upon Christ in heaven
— Thomas Manton Jan 11, 2008Saving faith, which takes hold of Christ for pardon and strength, and daily flies to him for both, is the root which must be cherished, […]
He knows me
— J. I. Packer Jan 10, 2008What matters supremely is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it–the fact that he […]
Conscience quieted by a completed work
— Francis Schaeffer Jan 9, 2008If we have sinned, it is wonderful consciously to say, ‘Thank you for a completed work,’ after we have brought that specific sin under the […]
The rags of man’s own righteousness
— Ralph Erskine Jan 8, 2008Legal obedience hath the evil of blasphemy in it. It reproaches the righteousness of Christ, as if it were not sufficient, as if his atonement […]
Growing in Christ
— John Owen Jan 7, 2008If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to […]
Prayer, Jesus and the eternal discourse of God
— Graeme Goldsworthy Jan 6, 2008Jesus is not only the Word of God who has come in the flesh, but as the true image of God he speaks the truly […]
Arm yourself with a knowledge of the gospel
— William Gurnall Jan 5, 2008A saint without a good knowledge of the gospel is as vulnerable as an army without ammunition.
Is God’s glory in Christ the foundation of your gladness?
— John Piper Jan 4, 2008The acid test of biblical God-centeredness — and faithfulness to the gospel — is this: Do you feel more loved because God makes much of […]
We cannot think too highly of Christ
— John Newton Jan 3, 2008I am well satisfied it will not be a burden to me at the hour of death, nor be laid to my charge at the […]
Christ is my worth
— Don Matzat Jan 2, 2008The profound manner in which God has made us right with Himself makes the secular alternative look pitifully inadequate by comparison. The feelings of guilt, […]
Abiding in Christ
— Sinclair Ferguson Jan 1, 2008In a nutshell, abiding in Christ means allowing His Word to fill our minds, direct our wills, and transform our affections. In other words, our […]
Of first importance
— C. J. MahaneyIf there’s anything in life that we should be passionate about, it’s the gospel. And I don’t mean passionate about sharing it with others. I […]