Archive for March 2009
Renewing every dimension of life with the gospel
— Tim Keller Mar 30, 2009The Christian life is a process of renewing every dimension of our lives — spiritual, psychological, corporate, social — by living out the ramifications of […]
Blood-sprinkled words
— Charles Spurgeon Mar 29, 2009If the mark of his blood is upon any word, thou needest never doubt it. If he has died, how canst thou perish? If he […]
The cheque book of faith
— Charles Spurgeon Mar 28, 2009Do not give me ready money now; give a cheque book, and let me draw what I like. That is what God does with the […]
Be not dismayed by soul-trouble
— Charles Spurgeon Mar 27, 2009The lesson of wisdom is, be not dismayed by soul-trouble. Count it no strange thing, but a part of ordinary experience. Should the power of […]
All tears of godly sorrow drop from the eye of faith
— Thomas Brooks Mar 26, 2009All tears of godly sorrow drop from the eye of faith. Godly sorrow rises and falls—as faith rises and falls. The more a man is able […]
Only one has satisfied justice
— John Murray Mar 25, 2009There was only one, and there will not need to be another, who bore the full weight of the divine judgment upon sin and bore […]
Unhurried meditation on gospel truths
— Maurice Roberts Mar 24, 2009It is the unhurried meditation on gospel truths and the exposing of our minds to these truths that yields the fruit of sanctified character.
Never beyond the reach or need of the gospel
— Jerry Bridges Mar 23, 2009Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace, nor are your best days ever so good that you […]
Perfect confession
— Robert Murray M'cheyne Mar 22, 2009I ought to confess the sins of my confessions — their imperfections, sinful aims, self-righteous tendency, etc — and to look to Christ as having […]
Obedience flows out of union with Christ
— Michael Horton Mar 21, 2009Doing what Jesus did is different from bearing the fruit of Christ’s righteous life. In fact, the most important things that Jesus did cannot be […]
Our greatest need
— D. A. Carson Mar 20, 2009If God had perceived that our greatest need was economic, he would have sent an economist. If he had perceived that our greatest need was […]
Payment God cannot twice demand
— Augustus Toplady Mar 19, 2009Payment God cannot twice demand— First at my bleeding Surety’s hand, And then again at mine.
Christ is exactly suited to our need
— John Murray Mar 18, 2009What Christ is as Savior perfectly dovetails our deepest and most ultimate need. This is just saying that Christ’s sufficiency as Savior meets the desperateness […]
Hearts more deeply gripped
— Tim Keller Mar 17, 2009At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The […]
Grace makes the sinner willing
— Maurice Roberts Mar 16, 2009God saves no man to his harm. And God saves none against his will. Grace makes the sinner willing. It is a secret exercise of […]
The great privilege of hearing the gospel
— Charles Spurgeon Mar 15, 2009The hearing of the gospel involves the hearer in responsibility. It is a great privilege to hear the gospel. You may smile and think there […]
Never lose heart
— Charles Spurgeon Mar 14, 2009Never lose heart in the power of the gospel. Do not believe that there exists any man, much less any race of men, for whom […]
The tree command
— Tim Keller Mar 13, 2009What God wants is not just behavioral compliance but loving service. The tree-command [in the garden] means: ‘Please do this commandment just because of who […]
Christ, the clue to history
— Lesslie Newbigin Mar 12, 2009The true meaning of the human story has been disclosed. Because it is the truth, it must be shared universally. It cannot be private opinion. […]
Rely on the Holy Spirit, not your own strength
— John Murray Mar 11, 2009It is imperative that we realize our complete dependence upon the Holy Spirit. We must not rely upon our own strength of resolution or purpose. […]
The underlying cause of conversion
— C. J. Mahaney Mar 10, 2009The Christian who misunderstands or misinterprets the underlying cause of his or her conversion can be vulnerable to legalism, pride, self-reliance, ingratitude, condemnation, and lack of assurance. But when we […]
All of Grace
— Jerry Bridges Mar 9, 2009We could not take one step in the pursuit of holiness if God in His grace had not first delivered us from the dominion of […]
We love because He loved us first
— John Owen Mar 8, 2009Never did creature turn his affections towards God, if the heart of God were not first set upon Him.
Look on Him by faith
— John Owen Mar 7, 2009Let us look on Him by faith, as one that hath had thoughts of kindness towards us from everlasting. It is misapprehension of God that […]
His love never changes
— John Owen Mar 6, 2009Though we change every day, yet his love changeth not. Could any kind of provocation turn it away, it had long since ceased.
We are accepted!
— St. Ambrose Mar 5, 2009Do not rely on your own efforts, but on the grace of Christ. ‘You are,’ says the apostle, ‘saved by grace.’ Therefore it is not […]
We long not for death but for resurrection
— John Murray Mar 4, 2009However glorious is the transformation of the people of God at death and however much they may be disposed to say with the apostle that […]
Whose righteousness establishes your identity?
— Tim Keller Mar 3, 2009If the truth of being justified by Christ alone (not by our works) is lost, then all Christian truths are lost. For there is no […]
Probing questions about our view of Christ
— Michael Horton Mar 1, 2009Does Christ come merely to improve our existence in Adam or to end it, sweeping us into his new creation? Is Christianity all about spiritual […]
Think about His grace
— Tim Keller Mar 1, 2009You’ve got to think of His grace until you can’t help be like Him.
Irresistible grace
— Charles SpurgeonWe declare on scriptural authority that the human will is so desperately set on mischief, so depraved, so inclined to everything that is evil, and […]
