Archive for September 2008
Union and communion
— Maurice Roberts Sep 29, 2008Our union with Christ, if we are truly “in him,” cannot be broken. But our communion with Christ will be dimmed and weakened if we […]
The miracle of all miracles
— J. Gresham Machen Sep 28, 2008It is a strange thing that when men talk about the love of God, they show by every word that they utter that they have […]
Wholly of grace
— John Newton Sep 27, 2008Salvation is wholly of grace, not only undeserved but undesired by us until God is pleased to awaken us to a sense of our need […]
The offensive, attractive cross
— Mark Driscoll Sep 26, 2008The curious paradox of the atoning death of a bloody Jesus rising above the plane of human history with a mocking crown of thorns is […]
Rest in the glorious fact that we are loved
— Redeemer Presbyterian Church Sep 25, 2008If we are to change we must be regularly preaching the gospel to ourselves and believing it. We must be continually showing ourselves, and those […]
The best of ambitions
— Robert Murray M'Cheyne Sep 24, 2008I am persuaded that I shall obtain the highest amount of present happiness, I shall do most for God’s glory and the good of man, […]
The cheque book of faith
— Charles Spurgeon Sep 23, 2008Do not give me ready money now; give a cheque book, and let me draw what I like. That is what God does with the […]
The aim of gospel ministry
— Ichabod S. Spencer Sep 22, 2008To cut off the sinner from all reliance upon himself, his merits and his powers; and throw him, naked and helpless, into the hands of […]
Focused on Christ and his cross
— Paul David Tripp Sep 21, 2008Focus on Christ will always result in focus on the cross. You cannot be Christ-centered without becoming cross-centered. The crucified Christ is to be the […]
God’s clean up operations are very strange
— John Piper Sep 20, 2008A deep spiritual walk with God does not usually happen immediately after conversion. When the Holy Spirit invades the enemy territory of our lives and […]
Our sufficient Savior
— Richard D. Phillips Sep 19, 2008Jesus Christ, God’s own Son, became like us to be a total Savior, sufficient for the whole range of our need. How hollow, then, ring […]
The blessing of Christ’s kingly office for us
— John Calvin Sep 18, 2008The happiness promised us in Christ does not consist in outward advantages—such as leading a joyous and peaceful life, having rich possessions, being safe from […]
A live coal in the sea
— William Langland Sep 17, 2008All the wickedness in this world that man might work or think Is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal in […]
Sovereignty under bonds
— Charles Spurgeon Sep 16, 2008On the throne of grace sovereignty has placed itself under bonds of love. I must speak with words choice and picked here, and I must […]
He loves you as you are
— Charles Spurgeon Sep 15, 2008There never was one who came to him with a broken heart, but he healed him. He never said to one, “You are too bad […]
Though we often fail, He did not
— Richard D. Phillips Sep 14, 2008Jesus has walked ahead of us to clear the way. He has blazed the trail of victory through perfect obedience for our salvation. Though we […]
While man alone owed it, only God could pay it
— Anselm of Canterbury Sep 13, 2008It could not have been done unless man paid what was owing to God for sin. But the debt was so great that while man […]
Be cheerful, Jesus Christ makes you whole
— John Bunyan Sep 12, 2008These troubles and distresses that you go through in these waters are no sign that God has forsaken you; but they are sent to test […]
How are you right with God?
— Sep 11, 2008Even though my conscience accuses me of having grievously sinned against all God’s commandments and of never having kept any of them, and even though […]
A dissatisfied Messiah
— Paul David Tripp Sep 10, 2008The One on whom we wait is a dissatisfied Messiah. He will not relent, he will not quit, he will not rest until ever promise […]
Prayer and providence
— Charles Spurgeon Sep 9, 2008Coming events cast their shadows before them, and when God is about to bless his people his coming favour casts the shadow of prayer over […]
The Holy Spirit’s intercession
— Charles Spurgeon Sep 8, 2008Within this narrow house of my body, this tenement of clay, if I be a true believer, there dwells the Holy Ghost, and when I […]
He feels for us and he saves us
— Sinclair Ferguson Sep 7, 2008As a tempted brother, he feels for us; as a sinless brother he can save us.
Life in the kingdom of God
— The Gospel Coalition Sep 6, 2008We believe that those who have been saved by the grace of God through union with Christ by faith and through regeneration by the Holy Spirit […]
Thinking about Ourselves
— Sep 5, 2008“Our thinking about who we are as Christians should not begin with what we can discover about ourselves by self-analysis. Rather, it begins with what […]
Go directly to Jesus
— Sep 4, 2008“I feel, when I have sinned, an immediate reluctance to go to Christ. I am ashamed to go. I feel as if it would do […]
The gift of a new nature
— Sep 3, 2008“Christ died, not that we might be able to form a holy nature in ourselves, but that we might receive one ready prepared and formed […]
God’s Fatherly Pity
— Sep 2, 2008“Though he knows your trials will work for your good, yet he pities you. Though he knows that there is sin in you, which, perhaps, […]
The Spirit of adoption
— Sep 1, 2008“Because of the self-sacrificial, self-donating work of God’s Son at the cross, God has given us none other than the Spirit of His Son, our […]
Gospel-Motivated Love
—“When my mind is fixed on the gospel, I have ample stimulation to show God’s love to other people. For I am always willing to […]

