Monthly Archives: June 2015

“All wonderful! Wonderful that the Spirit should strive with man; wonderful that God should bear with his backslidings; wonderful that God should love him not withstanding his pollutions; wonderful that God should persist in saving him in spite, as it … Continue reading →

“Civility is but nature refined and cultivated; a man may be washed, and not changed; his life may be civil, and yet there may be some reigning sin in his heart.” (Thomas Watson 1620-1686)

“The holy and magnificent obedience of Christ is rendered the obedience of His chosen.” (anonymous)

“There is no greater gulf than that which lies between the creature and the Creator, the finite and the infinite.” (William S. Plumer 1802-1880)

“There is no greater gulf than that which lies between the creature and the Creator, the finite and the infinite.” (William S. Plumer 1802-1880)

“The divine promise is no less stable than the settled course of the heavens.” (Hengstenberg 1802-1869)

“Thou holdest mine eyes waking.” “Oh, how wearisome a thing it is to spend the long night in tossing up and down in a restless bed, in the chase of sleep; which the more eagerly it is followed, flies so … Continue reading →

“Oh how refreshing is the repentance that has no pride and that sees the love of God by the Spirit shed abroad in the heart.” (Unknown)

“Christ’s weapons, by which he conquers the world, are spiritual; not carnal. Christ conquers by his word, not by armies with guns.” (David S. Clark 1859-1936)

“A deep and heart-affecting impression of the infinite excellencies of the divine nature will silence our murmurings, and subdue the insurrections of our spirits.” (George Lawson 1749-1820)