Archive for July 2009
No love but the love of Jesus
— Octavius Winslow Jul 30, 2009There existed no love but the love of Jesus equal to the work of salvation. Love less divine, less strong, less gentle, could never have […]
Christ has loved us
— Octavius Winslow Jul 29, 2009There is no other solution to the marvellous mysteries of His Incarnation and Sacrificial Death but this: Christ has loved us. There is not a circumstance […]
Faith in His love
— Octavius Winslow Jul 28, 2009You are not called to believe in your love to God, but in God’s love to you! Do not argue, ‘I cannot love God! I […]
Stand close to the cross of Jesus!
— Octavius Winslow Jul 27, 2009Once more heed the exhortation– stand close to the cross of Jesus! It is the most accessible and precious spot this side of heaven– the […]
His were the ocean depths of wrath
— Geoffrey T. Bull Jul 26, 2009For our transgressions was He wounded and for our sins He died. His were the ocean depths of wrath that stayed our plunge to the […]
The now but not yet of the kingdom
— Allen Mitsuo Wakabayashi Jul 25, 2009So we who live between the two comings of Jesus live in the ‘in-between’ times, when the kingdom is ‘now but not yet.’ It’s here […]
Faith in the furnace
— Geoffrey T. Bull Jul 24, 2009The Suffering-Servant, co-equal, though He be with God, endures the agony as man. He does not marshal legions from the sky. He rests in God […]
Gospel boldness
— Charles Spurgeon Jul 23, 2009When we preach Christ crucified, we have no reason to stammer, or stutter, or hesitate, or apologize; there is nothing in the gospel of which […]
The restoration of the entire cosmos
— Abraham Kuyper Jul 22, 2009The object of the work of redemption is not limited to the salvation of individual sinners, but extends itself to the redemption of the world, […]
The most hallowed spot
— Octavius Winslow Jul 21, 2009Persuaded, as we are, that the foot of the cross is the nearest spot to Heaven, that Heaven’s choicest blessings are found only there; that, […]
Expectation of relief
— John Owen Jul 20, 2009I shall freely say, this one thing of establishing the soul by faith in expectation of relief from Jesus Christ, on the account of his […]
He holds the keys to death and hades
— Geoffrey T. Bull Jul 19, 2009The descent of Christ could be no lower. He fathomed the fathomless, and met sin’s consequences at its last dark frontiers. He tasted death to […]
The most wonderful and astonishing of all truths
— John Piper Jul 18, 2009Be sure you see this most wonderful and astonishing of all truths: God took the record of all your sins that made you a debtor […]
God’s love displayed
— Billy Graham Jul 17, 2009God proved His love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’
Childlike Obedience
— John Calvin Jul 16, 2009God has declared in the gospel that whenever we come to him, we are to call upon him freely and openly as our Father, who […]
The bridge of grace will bear your weight, brother.
— Charles Spurgeon Jul 15, 2009The bridge of grace will bear your weight, brother. Thousands of big sinners have gone across that bridge, yea, tens of thousands have gone over […]
Away with your tools
— Charles Spurgeon Jul 14, 2009If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you […]
Christ more powerful
— John Calvin Jul 13, 2009Christ is much more powerful to save than Adam was to destroy.
Faith leads us to the King
— Octavius Winslow Jul 12, 2009Beware of making a Christ of your faith, precious as it is. If you are staying away from the Savior because your faith is weak, […]
Focus on Christ
— J. I. Packer Jul 11, 2009The holiest Christians are not those most concerned about holiness as such, but whose minds and hearts and goals and purposes and love and hope […]
Help yourself freely
— Charles Spurgeon Jul 10, 2009Jesus gives his bride full liberty to take all that He has to be their own; He loves them to help themselves freely to His […]
Imagine that your prayer is a poorly dressed beggar
— Paul Miller Jul 9, 2009Imagine that your prayer is a poorly dressed beggar reeking of alcohol and body odor, stumbling toward the palace of the great king. You have […]
The meaning of the atonement
— John Stott Jul 8, 2009The meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what God did when […]
The Love of Christ
— Faith Cook Jul 7, 2009The Love of Christ! Far, far beyond my finite mind, Past finding out to mortal man; Though searching still, I yet despair Its farthest bounds […]
The Father’s embrace
— C. John Miller Jul 7, 2009The Father in the gift of His Son has put Himself under eternal obligation to returning sons. Having satisfied the demands of His own holy […]
The Father’s Embrace
— Jul 6, 2009“The Father in the gift of His Son has put Himself under eternal obligation to returning sons. Having satisfied the demands of His own holy […]
The very highest worship of God
— Martin Luther Jul 4, 2009There is no other honor equal to the estimate of truthfulness and righteousness with which we honor him whom we trust. Could we ascribe to a […]
By grace for His glory
— John Piper Jul 4, 2009Everything good that God has made and that God sustains is ruined when it is not done in reliance on God’s grace and in pursuit […]
Perfection and judgement
— John Piper Jul 3, 2009The perfection we do not have, Jesus provided. The judgment we do not want, Jesus bore.
Who is occupying the throne today?
— John Stott Jul 2, 2009In our vision of ultimate reality, who is occupying the throne today? Are we authentic New Testament Christians, whose vision is filled with Christ crucified, […]
Gospel for the body
— H. C. G. Moule Jul 1, 2009Wonderful is this deep characteristic of the Scripture; it is Gospel for the body. In Christ, the body is seen to be something far different […]
Felix Culpa
— F. W. KrummacherHe has not only caused the sin of man to act as a foil for the display of the full radiance of His attributes, and […]
