Archive for July 2010

Jul 31, 2010

Because Christ lived and lives

Because Christ lived and lives, hope is not only reasonable but morally imperative.

— Glenn Tinder
Jul 30, 2010

The strange individualizing power of faith

Acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ, as He is offered to us in the gospel of His redeeming work, is saving faith. Despairing of any […]

— J. Gresham Machen
Jul 29, 2010

He has anchored himself to us by the message of the Cross

We ought never to set present communion with Christ, as so many are doing, in opposition to the gospel; we ought never to say that […]

— J. Gresham Machen
Jul 29, 2010

Law-keeping

Christ fulfilled the law’s requirement, not so you would be a law breaker, but one who celebrates the grace that enables you to keep it.

— Paul David Tripp
Jul 27, 2010

What must be believed

Christ was killed for us. His death has washed out our sins and disabled death itself. That is what has to be believed.

— C. S. Lewis
Jul 26, 2010

The victim was the victor

What looks like (and indeed was) the defeat of Goodness by evil is also, and more certainly, the defeat of evil by Goodness. Overcome there, […]

— John Stott
Jul 25, 2010

Resurrection and mission

In every age, the man who has seen the risen Christ is the man with a mission; his true home is a missionary community; and […]

— James. S. Stewart
Jul 24, 2010

The secret of gospel change

The secret of gospel change is being convinced that Jesus is the good life and the fountain of all joy. Any alternative we might choose […]

— Tim Chester
Jul 23, 2010

All that the heart can wish

In the gospel there is included all that the heart of man can wish.

— J. Gresham Machen
Jul 22, 2010

A fact that demands an explanation

The atonement wrought by Christ can never be a bare fact. The bare fact is simply the death of a Jew upon a cross in […]

— J. Gresham Machen
Jul 21, 2010

The church’s privilege

In every generation, it is the church’s privilege to taste the Lord’s goodness and love; in all seasons, it is the church’s mission to celebrate […]

— Owen Strachen and Doug Sweeney
Jul 20, 2010

We receive and we give

It takes grace to give grace, takes hope to give hope, takes love to give love. I can give these to you because Christ gave […]

— Paul David Tripp
Jul 19, 2010

God’s plan from the beginning

Making us like Jesus was God’s plan from the beginning. God ‘predestined’ or planned for us to be like his Son (Romans 8:29). Before God […]

— Tim Chester
Jul 18, 2010

The highest privilege

The people of God who form the church in all its rich diversity share the highest privilege known to mankind, that of participating in the […]

— Owen Strachen and Doug Sweeney
Jul 17, 2010

The light of His countenance

God turned His back on His Son so that the light of His countenance will fall on us.

— R. C. Sproul
Jul 16, 2010

So shall the saints go forth of their graves

As a bride adorned for her husband, goes forth of her bedchamber unto the marriage, so shall the saints go forth of their graves, unto […]

— Thomas Boston
Jul 15, 2010

Nothing like no-condemnation

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 Now. Not five years from now when you are a better […]

Jul 14, 2010

God’s love makes us good

Christians don’t think God will love us because we’re good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” — C.S. Lewis, Daily Quote […]

Jul 13, 2010

God’s relentless love

God’s love is relentless in its determination that we be cured of our sins, at whatever the cost to us or to Him.” — C.S. Lewis, […]

Jul 12, 2010

For us and to us

Jesus gave Himself for us in His death that He might give Himself to us in His life.

— Mike Bullmore
Jul 11, 2010

The essence of holiness

You will cleanse no sin from your life that you have not first recognized as being pardoned through the cross. This is because holiness starts […]

— Tim Chester
Jul 10, 2010

The first born of the slain

On Friday a thief On Sunday a King Laid down in grief But awoke with keys Of Hell on that day The first born of […]

— John Mark McMillan
Jul 9, 2010

But you shall rise again

You must indeed, O believer, grapple with death, and shall get the first fall – but you shall rise again, and come off victorious at […]

— Thomas Boston
Jul 7, 2010

When God became favorable towards us

The cross is the place, the event, the sacrifice, by which God becomes favorable or propitious towards us poor sinners.

— D.A. Carson
Jul 6, 2010

What grace does to us

Grace dismantles your confidence in you, while it gives you more hope and courage than you have ever had.

— Paul David Tripp
Jul 5, 2010

God going into action

None of our poor human explanations of life’s dark mystery can heal the hurt of baffled and tormented souls. Nothing can suffice but this — […]

— James S. Stewart
Jul 4, 2010

He atoned for your sins on the cross

One of the sweetest statements from the lips of Jesus is this: ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from […]

— R. C. Sproul
Jul 3, 2010

Identity and change

We don’t change so we can prove ourselves to God. We’re accepted by God so we can change. God gives us a new identity, and […]

— Tim Chester
Jul 2, 2010

The holiness we need awaits us in Christ

Christ is our holiness in the same sense in which he is our righteousness. He is a complete and all-sufficient Savior. He does not accomplish […]

— Herman Bavinck
Jul 1, 2010

No awful beyond

In Christ all things are ours. There is now for us no awful Beyond of mystery and fear. We cannot, indeed, explain the world, but […]

— J. Gresham Machen