Q: Who has truly pondered the weight of sin? A: The one who has truly pondered the weight of the cross.

The Christian life is built upon the foundation of (1) facing who you really are and (2) trusting who Christ truly is. Everything you do […]

The gospel shows us that our spiritual problem lies not only in failing to obey God, but also in relying on our obedience to make […]

We know that all that is possible or conceivable of what is good and fair and blessed shall one day be real and visible. Out […]

A priest presents God to us; he also presents us to God. He brings together the divine and the human. Priests do not protect God’s […]

All is of God; the only thing of my very own which I contribute to my redemption is the sin from which I need to […]

It is not faith that saves, but faith in Jesus Christ… It is not, strictly speaking, even faith in Christ that saves, but Christ that […]

To grow in your passion for what Jesus has done, increase your understanding of what He has done. Never be content with your grasp of the […]

Terror accomplishes no real obedience Suspense brings forth no fruit unto holiness. No gloomy uncertainty as to God’s favour can subdue one lust, or correct […]

We could not take one step in the pursuit of holiness if God in His grace had not first delivered us from the dominion of […]

When the soul is emptied by faith, and is lost, it is faith that first spies out Christ, as that all-sufficient satisfaction received by God […]

Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy. The news that the rejected and crucified Jesus is alive is something that cannot possibly be […]

We thus see that union with Christ has its source in the election of God the Father before the foundation of the world and its […]

I suppose many do not understand themselves, when they say they want assurance; for what better assurance would you have than the word of God? […]

Run, John, run. The law commands But gives neither feet nor hands. Better news the gospel brings; It bids us fly and gives us wings.

Only as we see our story enfolded in the larger story of redemption will we begin to live God-honoring lives. Lasting change begins when our […]

An unbreakable bond or unity exists between Christ and Christians in the experience of resurrection. This bond has two components — one that has already […]

The Lord willingly and freely reveals himself in his Christ. For in Christ, he offers all happiness in place of our misery, all wealth in […]

Put simply, the Christian story unravels unless God brings the entire course of human history under His visible and perfect judgment, unless God’s justice is […]

It is our heaven to lay many weights and burdens upon Christ. Let him find much employment for his calling with you; for he is […]

Poor folks must either borrow or beg the rich, and the only thing that commendeth sinners to Christ is extreme necessity and want. Christ’s love […]

This is what happens when we become Christians. Christ assumes our liabilities and graciously gives us his assets.

Only love for Christ has the power to incapacitate the sturdy love for self that is the bane of every sinner, and only the grace […]

Transcendent living is Christ-centered living. Living for Christ is the only way you will ever be liberated from your bondage to the overwhelming tendency to […]

To use the magnificent words of B.B. Warfield, ‘Jesus dies on the cross, but not of the cross.’ The cross was the means by which […]

We may not hold a doctrine, or seek an experience, except in Christ. Many are willing to seek power in order to perform miracles, draw […]

Thus knowledge of Christ’s death for us as our sin-bearing substitute requires us to see ourselves as dead, risen, and alive forevermore in him. We […]

Ungrudgingly he took our nature upon himself to impart to us what was his, and to become both Son of God and Son of man […]

The one thing that the poor strengthless sinner has to fix his mind upon, and firmly retain, as his one ground of hope, is the […]

When Christ is my hope, he becomes the one thing in which I have confidence. I act on his wisdom and bank on his grace. […]