Monthly Archives: September 2013

“Faith is what overcomes the world; it makes all the promises of God ours.”  (Jeremiah Burroughs;  1599-1646)

“The circumcision of the heart is effected by the Spirit, and not by the letter, i.e., in obedience to the prescriptions of the law.”  (Charles Hodge;  1797-1878)

“We want men who have neither the vanity to suppose that they have fully sounded the depths of theological truth, nor the arrogance to pronounce those heretics who neither adopt their notions nor use their nomenclature; but who, on the … Continue reading →

“The whole life of the true penitent is a continual warfare.  During this warfare he must fight many battles.  Sometimes he gains the victory and sometimes he loses.  If he loses he must renew the fight: if he gains, he … Continue reading →

“Whatever our conscience knows to be the unalterable will of God, by that we must abide; let happen what will.  If need be, God can do miraculous things to preserve His own.”  (H. C. Leupold;  1891-1972)

“Oh that we would consider this, that in all our ways wherein the word of God shines not unto us to direct us, we do but walk in darkness, and our ways without it can lead us to none other … Continue reading →

“PATIENCE is a constant, thankful, joyful enduring with perseverance to the end of man’s life all of the trials that are grievous, however great, however long, however hopeless the coming out of them may appear; mortifying and compressing the inordinacy … Continue reading →

“A gracious soul is insatiable; the more it hath received, the more it desires to receive.”  (Robert Walker;  1716-1783)

“Far easier to level hills than subdue the proud will.”  William Howard Van Doren  (1810-1882)

“You may over love the creature.  You may love wine too much and silver too much; but you cannot love God too much.  It is sin that we cannot love God enough.”  (Thomas Watson;  1620-1686)