Monthly Archives: January 2010

“Ordinarily there is some truth mixed up with falsehood, which renders the calumny more dangerous.” (Thomas McCrie; 1772-1835)

Amid all the darkness, we can yet see that God is so overruling sin as to cause it greatly to redound to his glory and the happiness of his creatures.” (James Petigru Boyce; 1827-1888)

“Watch against that which may be most properly called your one sin, that to which you are most inclined, and which most easily besets and conquers you.” (Ralph Vennin; 1622-1674)

“But now, God speaks, and I am dumb, He opens His mouth, and I hold my peace. I bid my busy, speculative soul be quiet. I am still, and know that it is God. I now at once recognize a … Continue reading →

“The sun is not so clear as this truth, that God is, for all things in the world are because God is. If he were not, nothing could be.” (Richard Sibbes; 1577-1635)

“Affliction is as it were the sauce of prayer, as hunger is unto meat. Truly their prayer is usually unsavoury who are without afflictions, and many of them do not pray truly, but do rather counterfeit a prayer, or pray … Continue reading →

“O Lord, if—lest I should be proud, and should ‘say in my prosperity, I shall never be removed”—it pleaseth thee to tempt me, yet forsake me not over-long;’ that is, if thou hast thus forsaken me, that I may know … Continue reading →

“The nerve of Satan’s temptation is now cut completely. Every weight goes from now on into the scale of God’s goodness, and there is no possibility of disturbing the existing preponderance.” (William Henry Green; 1825-1900)

“In a promise everything depends upon the person who promises. “The question therefore occurs, “Has he the will and the power to fulfill the promise?” Hengstenberg

“Ordinarily there is some truth mixed up with falsehood, which renders the calumny more dangerous.” (Thomas McCrie; 1772-1835)