Monthly Archives: August 2010

“For the fact of the creation is regarded in the Bible as a fact revealed; and, as such, it is commended to our faith.  Thus the scriptural method on this subject is exactly the reverse of what is called the … Continue reading →

This daily thought is exceedingly long, but it speaks volumes.  The Kayelton Group “We cannot attain to a comprehension of all the wisdom of God.  We cannot see how its several parts cohere with each other, or how they consist … Continue reading →

“Abraham, being strong in the faith, gave glory to God; and this is the nature of faith, even in its weakest degree.”  John Fawcett (1740-1817)

“The more we are conscious that the good things which we enjoy are the free gifts of our Father, the more conscious we are likely to be of the miserable return which we have made to Him.”  Alfred Plummer (1841-1926)

“If the imputation of Adams’s sin and of Christ’s righteousness be doctrines contained in the word of God; commentaries that labour to expel them from that word must be grossly pestiferous books, which no Christian ought to recommend, but which, … Continue reading →

“So the authority to preach the gospel is an unmerited privilege, and is so confessed by Paul himself.  Eph. 3:8.  No man deserves to be a minister of Christ.  Salvation from first to last is of grace.  No man deserves … Continue reading →

“When therefore we are encompassed on every side, let us look to the hand of the Lord to execute the plan which he may have prepared for our deliverance.”  Alexander Carson  (1776-1844)

“Shame, then, and guilt and woe would be my portion, if I should leave any effort untried to unfold His glorious image.  Let me rather use every power of life and pen to magnify and exalt Him:–to beseech men to … Continue reading →

“Very often the soul cannot rise, she has lost her wings, and is heavy and earth-bound; more like a burrowing mole than a soaring eagle.”  Charles H. Spurgeon  (1834-1892)

“It was God’s foreseeing that Abraham would not choose Him, that made election necessary.   Election proceeds not upon foreseen faith in us, but upon foreseen unbelief.”  Horatius Bonar  (1808-1890)