Monthly Archives: August 2012

“There is the way of unbelief within, to which we are very prone.  There is the way of vanity and pride, to which we often accustom ourselves.  There is the way of selfishness in which we frequently walk.  There is … Continue reading →

“There is a vital sense in which ‘the natural man discerneth not the things of the Spirit of God, and in which all the realities of Christian experience are utterly hid from his perceptions.”  (John Morison; 1792-1859)

“As election is the effect of God’s sovereignty, our pardon the fruit of his mercy our knowledge a stream from his wisdom, our strength an impression of his power; so our purity is a beam from his holiness.”  (Stephen Charnock; … Continue reading →

“Contrition and faith, regeneration, conversion, justification, the new life and its development, all the Christian virtues plus perseverance to the end are the operations of grace alone.”  (Richard C. H. Lenski; 1936)

“It is our greatest sin as redeemed people not to trust and believe God.”

“True piety is sincere, consistent, practical, hearty, intelligent, earnest, active, stirring, diligent, humble, distrustful of itself, systematical, guileless, unspotted from the world, self-renouncing, confident in God, delighting in thankfulness, fully purposed to keep the law, and as ready to confess … Continue reading →

“To enter the place of a doer before you have occupied that of a listener, is to reverse God’s order, and throw everything into confusion.”  (Unknown; 1859)

“Devout and simple tears, which cannot speak, speak aloud in the ears of God.”  (John Donne; 1572-1631)

“God knows everything perfectly, and he knows everything perfectly at once.  This to a human understanding would breed confusion; but there can be no confusion in the Divine understanding, because confusion arises from imperfection.”  (Henry Kirke White;  1785-1806) [note: Mr. … Continue reading →

“What power could possibly exist to which God must bow because it is stronger than Him?  If the Almighty God can be overthrown in one purpose, He can likewise be defeated in another.”  (Author Unknown)