Archive for July 2009

Jul 31, 2009

No love but the love of Jesus

There existed no love but the love of Jesus equal to the work of salvation. Love less divine, less strong, less gentle, could never have […]

— Octavius Winslow
Jul 30, 2009

Christ has loved us

There 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 […]

— Octavius Winslow
Jul 29, 2009

Faith in His love

You 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 […]

— Octavius Winslow
Jul 28, 2009

Stand close to the cross of Jesus!

Once more heed the exhortation– stand close to the cross of Jesus! It is the most accessible and precious spot this side of heaven– the […]

— Octavius Winslow
Jul 27, 2009

His were the ocean depths of wrath

For our transgressions was He wounded and for our sins He died. His were the ocean depths of wrath that stayed our plunge to the […]

— Geoffrey T. Bull
Jul 26, 2009

The now but not yet of the kingdom

So 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 […]

— Allen Mitsuo Wakabayashi
Jul 25, 2009

Faith in the furnace

The 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 […]

— Geoffrey T. Bull
Jul 24, 2009

Gospel boldness

When we preach Christ crucified, we have no reason to stammer, or stutter, or hesitate, or apologize; there is nothing in the gospel of which […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Jul 23, 2009

The restoration of the entire cosmos

The object of the work of redemption is not limited to the salvation of individual sinners, but extends itself to the redemption of the world, […]

— Abraham Kuyper
Jul 22, 2009

The most hallowed spot

Persuaded, 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, […]

— Octavius Winslow
Jul 21, 2009

Expectation of relief

I shall freely say, this one thing of establishing the soul by faith in expectation of relief from Jesus Christ, on the account of his […]

— John Owen
Jul 20, 2009

He holds the keys to death and hades

The 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 […]

— Geoffrey T. Bull
Jul 19, 2009

The most wonderful and astonishing of all truths

Be sure you see this most wonderful and astonishing of all truths: God took the record of all your sins that made you a debtor […]

— John Piper
Jul 18, 2009

God’s love displayed

God proved His love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’

— Billy Graham
Jul 17, 2009

Childlike Obedience

God has declared in the gospel that whenever we come to him, we are to call upon him freely and openly as our Father, who […]

— John Calvin
Jul 16, 2009

The bridge of grace will bear your weight, brother.

The bridge of grace will bear your weight, brother. Thousands of big sinners have gone across that bridge, yea, tens of thousands have gone over […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Jul 15, 2009

Away with your tools

If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Jul 14, 2009

Christ more powerful

Christ is much more powerful to save than Adam was to destroy.

— John Calvin
Jul 13, 2009

Faith leads us to the King

Beware of making a Christ of your faith, precious as it is. If you are staying away from the Savior because your faith is weak, […]

— Octavius Winslow
Jul 12, 2009

Focus on Christ

The holiest Christians are not those most concerned about holiness as such, but whose minds and hearts and goals and purposes and love and hope […]

— J. I. Packer
Jul 11, 2009

Help yourself freely

Jesus gives his bride full liberty to take all that He has to be their own; He loves them to help themselves freely to His […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Jul 10, 2009

Imagine that your prayer is a poorly dressed beggar

Imagine that your prayer is a poorly dressed beggar reeking of alcohol and body odor, stumbling toward the palace of the great king. You have […]

— Paul Miller
Jul 9, 2009

The meaning of the atonement

The meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what God did when […]

— John Stott
Jul 8, 2009

The Love of Christ

The Love of Christ! Far, far beyond my finite mind, Past finding out to mortal man; Though searching still, I yet despair Its farthest bounds […]

— Faith Cook
Jul 7, 2009

The Father’s embrace

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 […]

— C. John Miller
Jul 7, 2009

The Father’s Embrace

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 […]

Jul 6, 2009

The very highest worship of God

There 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 […]

— Martin Luther
Jul 4, 2009

By grace for His glory

Everything 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 […]

— John Piper
Jul 4, 2009

Perfection and judgement

The perfection we do not have, Jesus provided. The judgment we do not want, Jesus bore.

— John Piper
Jul 3, 2009

Who is occupying the throne today?

In our vision of ultimate reality, who is occupying the throne today? Are we authentic New Testament Christians, whose vision is filled with Christ crucified, […]

— John Stott
Jul 2, 2009

Gospel for the body

Wonderful is this deep characteristic of the Scripture; it is Gospel for the body. In Christ, the body is seen to be something far different […]

— H. C. G. Moule
Jul 1, 2009

Felix Culpa

He has not only caused the sin of man to act as a foil for the display of the full radiance of His attributes, and […]

— F. W. Krummacher