Archive for November 2009
What Binds Us Together
— D. A. Carson Nov 29, 2009What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common jobs, or anything else of that sort. […]
Better News the Gospel Brings
— John Bunyan Nov 28, 2009To run and work the law commands, Yet gives me neither feet nor hands; But better news the gospel brings: It bids me fly and […]
The Faith that is Never Alone
— Richard B. Gaffin Nov 27, 2009The faith by which sinners are justified, as it unites them to Christ and so secures for them all the benefits of salvation that are […]
This is perfect righteousness
— Edward Fisher Nov 26, 2009This is perfect righteousness, to hear nothing, to know nothing, to do nothing of the law of works; but only to know and believe that […]
An imperfect preview
— Michael Horton Nov 25, 2009The gospel creates the kind of community that is even now an imperfect preview of the kingdom’s marriage feast that awaits us. The church originates, […]
He that believes
— Thomas Brooks Nov 24, 2009He that believes in the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved, be his sins never so many. But he that does not believe in the […]
The only thing that makes you differ
— Octavius Winslow Nov 23, 2009Christian! the only thing that makes you differ from the vilest being that pollutes the earth, or from the darkest fiend that gnaws his chains […]
Mission and the Overflow of Grace
— Bob Thune and Will Walker Nov 22, 2009Grasping the external propulsion of God’s grace is crucial to our understanding of mission. It means that mission is not a duty (something we ‘should do’) […]
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands
— Paul David Tripp Nov 21, 2009The good news of the kingdom is not freedom from hardship, suffering, and loss. It is the news of a Redeemer who has come to […]
Fill your affections with the cross of Christ
— John Owen Nov 20, 2009When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable thing. The baits […]
Sin and the resolve of God
— Cornelius Plantinga Nov 19, 2009To speak of sin by itself, to speak of it apart from the realities of creation and grace, is to forget the resolve of God. […]
The gospel in three words
— J. I. Packer Nov 18, 2009Were I asked to focus the New Testament message in three words, my proposal would be adoption through propitiation, and I do not expect ever […]
Go and tell Jesus
— Octavius Winslow Nov 17, 2009There is nothing that you may not in the confidence of love, and in the simplicity of faith, tell Jesus—no temporal need—no spiritual sorrow. “Casting […]
We get the grace, He gets the glory
— Charles Spurgeon Nov 16, 2009One thing is past all question; we shall bring our Lord most glory if we get from Him much grace.
Only and always for Christ’s sake
— B. B. Warfield Nov 15, 2009There is nothing in us or done by us, at any stage of our earthly development, because of which we are acceptable to God. We […]
Every Moment of Every Day
— Elyse Fitzpatrick and Dennis Johnson Nov 14, 2009It’s no wonder that self-help books top the charts in Christian publishing and that counseling offices are overwhelmed. Our pride and our neglect of the […]
Our vileness and Christ’s merits
— Thomas Wilcox Nov 13, 2009Whoever is afraid to see sin’s utmost vileness, and to confess the desperate wickedness of his own heart, suspects the merits of Christ.
How to fire the arrows of prayer
— Thomas Watson Nov 12, 2009When the arrow of a saint’s prayer is put into the bow of Christ’s intercession it pierces the throne of grace.
The living guide to Jesus
— Ruth Bryan Nov 10, 2009The Holy Spirit is the living guide to Jesus. It is He who says, with power, ‘Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin […]
Rising from the dust
— Charles Spurgeon Nov 9, 2009When a believer has fallen into a low, sad state of feeling, he often tries to lift himself out of it by chastening himself with […]
Our only hope and fear
— Geoffrey T. Bull Nov 8, 2009The tares of ruin grow and ripen. The sand runs low within the glass. Our days are numbered. ‘Repent or perish,’ says the Christ. The […]
The Office, the Bloodshed, and the Life
— Richard Baxter Nov 7, 2009Consider well of the office, the bloodshed, and the holy life of Christ — His office is to expiate sin, and to destroy it. His […]
The Gospel and Christian Experience
— Tim Chester and Steve Timmis Nov 6, 2009Spiritual experience that does not arise from God’s word is not Christian experience.… Not all that passes for Christian experience is genuine. An authentic experience […]
A love that rises and never sets
— Thomas Watson Nov 5, 2009If once God’s electing love rises upon the soul, it never sets.
We glorify God by working out our own salvation
— Thomas Watson Nov 4, 2009We glorify God by working out our own salvation. God has twisted together his glory and our good. What an encouragement is this to the […]
Mercy triumphs over Judgement
— Kevin Hartnett Nov 3, 2009Mercy triumphs over Judgment’ Mankind’s sentence now appealed; From the holy God offended, Righteousness has been revealed! Glory to the Justifier! Praise His great and […]
O magnify the Lamb
— Kevin Hartnett Nov 2, 2009O magnify the Lamb Who bravely paid the price, And walked the path alone To brutal sacrifice. His work commands the praise Of all whose […]
Ready for the Altar
— Geoffrey T. Bull Nov 1, 2009It was with thanks He broke the bread, though sold with silver. The Son of Man is glorified, He says, and God is glorified in […]
The Necessity and Reality of Christ
— Austin PhelpsWe never feel Christ to be a reality until we feel him to be a necessity.

