Monthly Archives: May 2013

“Faith is the result of serious and impartial inquiry, and of a reverential regard to the authority of God, in what he hath spoken.”  John Fawcett (1740-1817)

“The heart taught of God cannot contain itself, but breaks out in praise and singing.”  (John Stephen)

“The prayer of faith can only be offered where the will of God is not definitely known.”  (William Graham Scroggie; 1877-1958)

“When persons resolve singly and conscientiously to discharge their duty in critical circumstances, they are often wonderfully helped.”  (Thomas McCrie 1773-1835)

“Every sin, because it is committed against the infinite Majesty of heaven, is objectively an infinite evil.”  (John Colquhoun 1748-1827)

“Meditation upon the Father’s appointment of us to eternal life is the best antidote against the evil surmising of doubtfulness and remaining unbelief.”  (Jerome Zanchus;  1516-1590)

“A truly wise man is one, not who has attained, but who knows that he “has not attained,” and is pressing onward to perfection.”  (Charles Bridges; 1794-1869)

“He is called the Spirit of life, the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry, Abba, Father; the Spirit of truth, that leads us into all the truth; the quickening Spirit, the Spirit of wisdom and knowledge and revelation, the Spirit … Continue reading →

“Many heathens have worshiped their false gods with more seriousness and devotion than some Christians do the true God.  O let us chide ourselves; did I say chide?  Let us abhor ourselves for our deadness and formality in religion; how … Continue reading →

“The state of fallen man is such that he readily listens to any theory which makes him even partly independent of God; he wishes to be the master of his fate and the captain of his soul.”  (Loraine  Boettner; 1901-1990)