Archive for December 2011

Dec 28, 2011

Our case is settled

Christ bore our sin. And he stripped Satan of the one weapon that he had that could damn us: namely, the valid accusation of our […]

— John Piper
Dec 27, 2011

The terrible wonder of God’s love

Oh, that we might worship the terrible wonder of the love of God! It is not sentimental. It is not simple. For our sake God […]

— John Piper
Dec 25, 2011

His birth and our new birth

The incarnation of the Son of God is necessary because the life we have through the new birth is life in union with the incarnate […]

— John Piper
Dec 24, 2011

Let us ever bear in mind

Let us ever bear in mind that our blessed Saviour humbled and abased Himself, yielding even to the contemptuous death on the cross, for the […]

— Martin Luther
Dec 23, 2011

A kingly heart

I heard a good man say he should be content to win a corner behind the door. I shall not be. The Lord says we shall inherit […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Dec 22, 2011

If we regularly beheld the glory of Christ

If we regularly beheld the glory of Christ our Christian walk with God would become more sweet and pleasant, our spiritual light and strength would […]

— John Owen
Dec 22, 2011

Sons coming to their birthright

When we ‘inherit’ the kingdom we shall enter it not as strangers or as foreigners, but as sons coming to their birthright. Looking over all […]

— Charles Spurgeon
Dec 21, 2011

Glorious in our eyes

All that may be known of God for our salvation, especially his wisdom, love, goodness, grace and mercy on which the life of our souls […]

— John Owen
Dec 20, 2011

The greatest, highest glory that could be given

The union and communion between angels and men, the order of the whole family in heaven and earth, the communication of life, grace, power, mercy […]

— John Owen
Dec 19, 2011

Suffering, grace, and the glory of God

God decreed from all eternity to display the greatness of the glory of his grace for the enjoyment of his creatures, and he revealed to […]

— John Piper
Dec 18, 2011

Jesus’ dependence upon the Father

Jesus is quite aware of the Father’s personal presence and direction in his own life (John 5:19). From Jesus’s life we see a model of […]

— Bill Clem
Dec 17, 2011

The fascinating, interesting, thrilling good news

Why do angels long to look into the good news (1 Pet. 1:12)? Because it is fascinating! It is eternally interesting. It is thrilling. It […]

— Jared C. Wilson
Dec 16, 2011

My soul, as a blank

I have put my soul, as a blank, into the hands of Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and desired him to write upon it what he […]

— George Whitefield
Dec 15, 2011

The Father’s two greatest gifts

When God planned the great work of saving sinners, he provided two gifts. He gave his Son and he gave his Spirit. In fact each […]

— John Owen
Dec 14, 2011

The exercise of grace

Let us remember that grace is increased, in the exercise of it, not by virtue of the exercise itself, but as Christ by his Spirit […]

— Richard Sibbes
Dec 13, 2011

Adoption and the Trinity

Ultimately, adoption gives us the very thing for which we were made—the triune God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

— Dan Cruver
Dec 12, 2011

Under the protection of Christ

We should be always in danger of death through Satan, and he might take us at any moment as an easy prey, were we not […]

— John Calvin
Dec 11, 2011

The driving impulse of God’s heart

From beginning to end, the driving impulse of God’s heart is to be praised for his glory. From creation to consummation his ultimate allegiance is […]

— John Piper
Dec 10, 2011

Gratitude, obedience, and faith

Gratitude is not set forth in the Bible as a primary motive for Christian living. Gratitude is a beautiful thing. There is no Christianity without […]

— John Piper
Dec 9, 2011

Sweet and lively bread

Before Christ’s coming into the world, all men universally in Adam were nothing else but a wicked and crooked generation, rotten and corrupt trees, stony […]

— Church of England
Dec 8, 2011

Why Christ became man

These were the chief ends wherefore Christ became man, not for any profit that should come to himself thereby, but only for our sakes, that […]

— Church of England
Dec 7, 2011

Law and gospel

When we misunderstand the relationship between law and gospel, it leads to two opposite but equally destructive errors: legalism and license. Legalists continue to live under […]

— Bob Thune and Will Walker
Dec 6, 2011

The most glorious act in history

It would be unjust for a holy God to withhold infinite punishment for sin. It would be equally unjust for God to accept sinners into […]

— John Piper
Dec 5, 2011

God’s ultimate goal

Redemption, salvation, and restoration are not God’s ultimate goal. These He performs for the sake of something greater: namely, the enjoyment He has in glorifying […]

— John Piper
Dec 4, 2011

Christ-in-action

The spiritual beauty of Christ is Christ-in-action—Christ loving, and Christ touching lepers, and Christ blessing children, and healing the crippled, and raising the dead, and […]

— John Piper
Dec 3, 2011

Jesus’ sunset and sunrise

The climax of the glory of Jesus’ life on earth was the way it ended. It was as if all the darker colors in the […]

— John Piper
Dec 2, 2011

The Church’s blessed hope

The Lord shall come! The Church in the early ages took up the subject as of profoundest and most pressing interest, ‘looking for that blessed hope.’ It […]

— Horatius Bonar
Dec 1, 2011

Kings and priests unto God

Unto Him who loves us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests unto God and […]

— Horatius Bonar