Monthly Archives: November 2010

“Therefore it is impossible for men to think properly about God, speak about Him, or worship Him, without the Word of God.”  Martin Luther (1483-1546)

“If the moral law of the universe has been vindicated, if the character of God has been honoured, if His Name is hallowed by the obedience of Christ, as our Surety and Head, even unto death, there is absolute remission … Continue reading →

“You will even blush one day to see yourselves so much honoured for what you are ashamed of, and are conscious to yourselves that you have deserved nothing.”  Edward Veal  (1708)

“God is much displeased, even with his own children, when his power is questioned by them . . .Well, then, let it be your great care to have your faith confirmed in the belief of God’s almighty power . . … Continue reading →

“There may be, indeed, a time when God will not be found, but no time wherein he must not be trusted. . .  Times of trouble are proper times for trust, be the trouble either spiritual or temporal.”  Thomas Lye  … Continue reading →

“The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk in God’s ways, however trying to … Continue reading →

“Law is mind without passion; and it is better to have a code of laws, however bad, than to have none but the will of a man.”  Thomas McCrie  (1772-1835)

“to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed.”  He here states a double boon, that the gifts are ‘sure,’ and that they are sure ‘to all the seed.’” Chrysostom (347-402)

“The heart hungering and thirsting for righteousness, does not rest satisfied with the stalk and husks, but is anxious for the luscious kernel of these fruits of eternal life.”  George Burrowes  (1853)

“Let your outward actions be not something put on, but something produced—“fruits;” and fruits springing from inward repentance.”  David Thomas  (1813-1894)