Monthly Archives: December 2013

That God, the very God from whom every one of us has wandered afar, although in different directions, should Himself cause the iniquities of us all to meet, as myriads of foul black sewers might meet, and in one awful, … Continue reading →

“Can his death then be anything else than a real and actual judicial transaction in which the blame, the criminality, of our sins is laid upon him and he undergoes the sentence which we have incurred?  “He made his soul … Continue reading →

“Can his death be anything else than a real and actual judicial transaction in which the blame, the criminality, of our sins is laid upon him, and he undergoes the sentence which we have incurred?  “He made his soul an … Continue reading →

“Not infrequently pride accompanies, or else follows, the acquisition of knowledge.”  (Lehman Strauss  1911-1997)

“Rom. 10:12: “He is rich unto all that call upon him;”  Ps. 86:5, “Thou art plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee,”  Heb 11: 6. “A rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”  David Clarkson (1622)

“The origin of our salvation and the ground of our hope are in the love and grace of God, and not in our own worthiness or merit.”  (Thomas V. Moore  1779-1852)

“The world’s sin is the world’s punishment.  A correspondence is frequently observed between the transgression and the retribution.”  (N. McMichael  1860)

“Thy judgments, thy sovereign decisions and their execution, are righteousness itself, i.e.  perfectly righteous.”   (Joseph Addison Alexander  1809-1860)

“It is a perverted and dishonoring view of God to imagine Him struggling along with disobedient men, doing the best He can to convert them, but not able to accomplish His purpose.”  (Loraine Boettner  1901-1990)

“Subdue all my corruptions, break the power of my lusts; bring every thought, affection, word and look into sweet obedience to Thyself; rule Thou in the midst of Thine enemies—how truly does the work of sanctification advance in the soul!”  … Continue reading →