Monthly Archives: November 2010

“All blessings from God are fruits of sovereign grace.”  William H. Van Doren  (1810-1882)

“We must never forget that we know but little, if anything, of the mode of operation of the divine mind.”  James Petigru Boyce  (1827-1888)

“We do as sadly err when we smite and wound those whom God would comfort, as when we comfort those whom the Lord condemns.”  William Swan Plumer  (1802-1880)

“If the words of God are rightly understood, they will be found faithful and true; but we are not to think that God is under any obligation to verify the comments which we may put upon them.”  George Lawson  (1749-1820)

“He builds castles in the air; his imaginations are like vagabonds, and his contrivances romantic.  This is not to mention the more wicked and sinful thoughts, which, if they were known, would make one man ashamed and afraid to converse … Continue reading →

“The Lord looks for no power or sufficiency from you, of yourselves; nor of yourselves any power against corruption, or enlargement to duties.”  Thomas Hooker  (1586-1647)

“Atheism is the refinement of speculation, and not the dictate of human nature.”  Aelian

“Men may have made great progress in the art of prayer, in religious liberty, in Christian activity; they may have shown themselves faithful in times of temptation, and apt scholars in Christian doctrine, and yet prove signally defective in temper: self-willed, self-seeking, … Continue reading →

“Goodness is laid up in the promise, wrought in the performance; and that goodness which is laid up is wrought for them that trust in God; and thus, as God’s faithfulness engageth us to believe, so our faith, as it … Continue reading →

“Purge away our sins for Thy Name’s sake,” i.e. “that God’s Name may be glorified as a God who pardoneth iniquity, and sin.”J.J. Stewart Perowne (1823-1904)