Archive for July 2010
Because Christ lived and lives
— Glenn Tinder Jul 30, 2010Because Christ lived and lives, hope is not only reasonable but morally imperative.
The strange individualizing power of faith
— J. Gresham Machen Jul 29, 2010Acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ, as He is offered to us in the gospel of His redeeming work, is saving faith. Despairing of any […]
He has anchored himself to us by the message of the Cross
— J. Gresham Machen Jul 29, 2010We ought never to set present communion with Christ, as so many are doing, in opposition to the gospel; we ought never to say that […]
Law-keeping
— Paul David Tripp Jul 27, 2010Christ 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.
What must be believed
— C. S. Lewis Jul 26, 2010Christ was killed for us. His death has washed out our sins and disabled death itself. That is what has to be believed.
The victim was the victor
— John Stott Jul 25, 2010What looks like (and indeed was) the defeat of Goodness by evil is also, and more certainly, the defeat of evil by Goodness. Overcome there, […]
Resurrection and mission
— James. S. Stewart Jul 24, 2010In every age, the man who has seen the risen Christ is the man with a mission; his true home is a missionary community; and […]
The secret of gospel change
— Tim Chester Jul 23, 2010The secret of gospel change is being convinced that Jesus is the good life and the fountain of all joy. Any alternative we might choose […]
All that the heart can wish
— J. Gresham Machen Jul 22, 2010In the gospel there is included all that the heart of man can wish.
A fact that demands an explanation
— J. Gresham Machen Jul 21, 2010The atonement wrought by Christ can never be a bare fact. The bare fact is simply the death of a Jew upon a cross in […]
The church’s privilege
— Owen Strachen and Doug Sweeney Jul 20, 2010In 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 […]
We receive and we give
— Paul David Tripp Jul 19, 2010It takes grace to give grace, takes hope to give hope, takes love to give love. I can give these to you because Christ gave […]
God’s plan from the beginning
— Tim Chester Jul 18, 2010Making 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 […]
The highest privilege
— Owen Strachen and Doug Sweeney Jul 17, 2010The people of God who form the church in all its rich diversity share the highest privilege known to mankind, that of participating in the […]
The light of His countenance
— R. C. Sproul Jul 16, 2010God turned His back on His Son so that the light of His countenance will fall on us.
So shall the saints go forth of their graves
— Thomas Boston Jul 15, 2010As a bride adorned for her husband, goes forth of her bedchamber unto the marriage, so shall the saints go forth of their graves, unto […]
Nothing like no-condemnation
— Jul 14, 2010“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 […]
God’s love makes us good
— Jul 13, 2010“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 […]
God’s relentless love
— Jul 12, 2010“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, […]
For us and to us
— Mike Bullmore Jul 11, 2010Jesus gave Himself for us in His death that He might give Himself to us in His life.
The essence of holiness
— Tim Chester Jul 10, 2010You will cleanse no sin from your life that you have not first recognized as being pardoned through the cross. This is because holiness starts […]
The first born of the slain
— John Mark McMillan Jul 9, 2010On Friday a thief On Sunday a King Laid down in grief But awoke with keys Of Hell on that day The first born of […]
But you shall rise again
— Thomas Boston Jul 7, 2010You must indeed, O believer, grapple with death, and shall get the first fall – but you shall rise again, and come off victorious at […]
When God became favorable towards us
— D.A. Carson Jul 6, 2010The cross is the place, the event, the sacrifice, by which God becomes favorable or propitious towards us poor sinners.
What grace does to us
— Paul David Tripp Jul 5, 2010Grace dismantles your confidence in you, while it gives you more hope and courage than you have ever had.
God going into action
— James S. Stewart Jul 4, 2010None of our poor human explanations of life’s dark mystery can heal the hurt of baffled and tormented souls. Nothing can suffice but this — […]
He atoned for your sins on the cross
— R. C. Sproul Jul 3, 2010One of the sweetest statements from the lips of Jesus is this: ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from […]
Identity and change
— Tim Chester Jul 2, 2010We 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 […]
The holiness we need awaits us in Christ
— Herman Bavinck Jul 1, 2010Christ 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 […]
No awful beyond
— J. Gresham MachenIn Christ all things are ours. There is now for us no awful Beyond of mystery and fear. We cannot, indeed, explain the world, but […]

