Monthly Archives: October 2014

“The love of Christian family and friends are but the drops; God is the ocean.” (Jonathan Edwards; 1703-1758)

“All the truth which the Spirit ever teaches is in the Word; but never would it find entrance into our hearts unless he put it there. The Word is a sword—a sharp two-edged sword; but its efficacy depends on this—that … Continue reading →

“Humility is unable to gaze at itself, it is oft unknown to its possessor.” (William H. Van Doren 1810-1882)

“The works of believers will not be appealed to as the cause of their acquittal, but the evidence of their union with Christ, on account of which they will be pronounced righteous, for in them the law has been fulfilled … Continue reading →

“The pious mind views all things in God, and God in all things.” (Ingram Cobbin; 1777-1851)

“Let the resolution of the prophet be thine,” I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.” William Greenhill (1591-1671)

“If God’s clearest call to a work has always been followed with the greatest difficulty, then you have no reason to question your call because of difficulties.” (William Bridge 1600-1671)

“The Scriptures are at once the plainest and deepest of all books. They resemble those tracts of country where gold is to be found on the surface, but the richest veins are in the bowels of the earth.” (John Brown … Continue reading →

“The New Testament contains full instructions, not only about what we are to believe but what we are to do and how we are to go about doing it.  Any deviation from those instructions is a denial of the Lordship … Continue reading →

“From dead works as well as from acts of sin we must be purged through the blood of the covenant ere our service can be pleasing to God.” (William Arnot 1808-1875)