Monthly Archives: March 2014

“Love for God, taken in general, is still largely love for the idea of God.”  *Abraham Kuyper  1837-1920)

“One who seeks to serve God will find that the very service will bring him into new scenes of difficulty and trial; will discover to him weaknesses and corruptions in himself of which he would otherwise be little, if at … Continue reading →

“It is that luxury and ease which sensualize the soul and make it dull, stupid hard hearted.”  (Edward Bouverie Pusey  (1800-1882)

“Thy statutes I will keep; Oh forsake me not utterly.  The fixed resolution to obey is intimately blended with a consciousness of incapacity to do so, unless aided by divine grace.”  (Joseph Addison Alexander  1809-1860)

“Perseverance in prayer affects no change in God, but affects a change in the petitioner.”  (William H. Van Doren  1810-1882)

“The power of God subdues our corruptions.  “He will subdue our iniquities’  (Micah 7:19).  Is your sin strong?  God is powerful, He will break the head of this leviathan.  Is your heart hard?  God will dissolve that stone in Christ’s … Continue reading →

“It is refreshing and delightful to turn away from the wickedness of the world, and even the infirmity of the Church, to One in whom we can find no fault, but who has everything about Him to inspire our highest … Continue reading →

“No religion should satisfy us, my brethren, which will not ‘save’ us,–no religion, therefore, which is not distinguished by the graces of Christian character, for these are things that accompany salvation.”  (Robert Johnstone 1871)

“In God no change is possible; in men change is impossible to escape.  (A. W. Tozer  1897-1963)

“God is the origin of all good; He is also the Fountain of justice and equity.  God is too kind to do us harm, and too just to do us wrong.”  (Christopher Ness  1621-1705)