Monthly Archives: January 2015

“What a man holds not fast, he holds not at all.” Rudolf R. Stier (1800-1862)

“During his ministry, our Lord had said and done many things contrary to the notions of the masses of men.  He had set up the highest claims to reverence, worship and obedience from men.  So great was the importance of … Continue reading →

“The same word which created heaven and earth, accomplishes all; not we poor and helpless sinners.” (Martin Luther; 1483-1546)

“God’s wrath is not directed against sin, but against the workers of iniquity. Punishment is not inflicted upon sin, but upon the sinner. It is not sin that is cast into hell fire, but the ungodly that commits the sin….Only … Continue reading →

“It is a diabolical science, however, which fixes our contemplations on the works of nature, and turns them away from God.” (John Calvin; 1509-1564)

“No power of man, no bonds, no opposition which any creature is able to make, can hinder the delivery of the man whom God will own: he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder.” … Continue reading →

“Until God gives the disposition to believe, men remain unbelieving. There is, therefore, nothing that men can do to produce regeneration.” (Jonathan Edwards; 1703-1758)

“You will soon know that your bitterest trials and your sorest pains are sure tokens of His love. The father corrects because he loves. In anxious care, the physician deeply probes the wounds. Thus, Jesus makes earth hard, that you … Continue reading →

“Men are merciless in their censures of Christians; they have no sympathy for their infirmity: while God weighs them in more equal scales, and says, “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” While a saint is a dove … Continue reading →

“Christ’s peace is steady, the world’s wavering. The world itself is unstable, and so are all its gifts, especially that of peace. This is easily ruffled, easily broken, and ever-changing.” (Horatius Bonar 1808-1889)