Monthly Archives: November 2010

“The praise of the upright heart will be shown in the holy walk and conversation.”  (Ps. CXVI 12-14)  Charles Bridges  (1794-1869)

“Our justification is by faith alone:  works form no part of that righteousness in which we can stand before the tribunal of God.”  Charles Hodge  (1797-1878)

“his faith is counted for righteousness; We see here the nature of the faith that is counted for righteousness; it is the faith of one who regards himself as “ungodly,” and unable to justify himself by his own works, but … Continue reading →

“The Lord’s people are a humbled people: afflicted, emptied, sensible of their need, driven to a daily attendance on God, daily begging of him, and living only upon the hope of what is promised;  for so are they here described … Continue reading →

“The apostasy of the race is universal, and the proof of it is found everywhere from the equator to the poles.”  James Madison Pendleton; 1811-1891

“The giving of thanks should be a habit with us.  No life is so utterly barren of good as to present no ground whatever for thanksgiving.”  William Graham Scroggie  (1877-1958)

“The chief and special end of a ministry is—to point out Christ in his excellences and usefulness to lost men, to declare him in his person, offices, and benefits; how he should be believed in, served, or suffered for.”  George … Continue reading →

“Faith establishes the heart on Jesus Christ, and hope lifts up, being on that rock, over the head of all intervenient dangers, crosses, and temptations, and sees the glory and happiness that follow after them.”  Robert Leighton  (1611-1684)

“There is no fear of knowing too much, though there is much fear in practicing too little; the most doing man shall be the most knowing man; the mightiest man in practice will prove the mightiest man in Scripture, John … Continue reading →

“When they are perceived by the eye of faith, and duly considered, we have a just view of afflicting incidents, fitted to quell the turbulent motions of corrupt affections under dismal outward appearances.”  Thomas Boston  (1677-1732)