Monthly Archives: August 2015

“So the authority to preach the gospel is an unmerited privilege, and is so confessed by Paul himself. Eph. 3:8. No man deserves to be a minister of Christ. Salvation from first to last is of grace. No man deserves … Continue reading →

“To bless God is to adore Him, to acknowledge His excellency, to express the highest veneration and gratitude. To bless God is to render Him the homage of our hearts as the Giver of every good and perfect gift. The … Continue reading →

“If we truly appreciate the mystery of God’s grace and wisdom, we shall study the Bible as one who has found great spoil. The very nature and content of the Bible as God’s Word will compel our most earnest application … Continue reading →

“God is the most glorious object that our minds could ever fasten upon, the most alluring. Thoughts of Him should therefore swallow up all other thoughts, as they are not worthy to be seen the same day with Him. But … Continue reading →

“There is in true love, a complacency and delight in God; a conformity to his will; a loving what he loves.” Robert Leighton (1611-1684)

“Yet such is the infatuation of sin, that man in his boasted wisdom will not do, what the bird will do by her native instinct. She shuns the net spread in her sight; man rushes into it.” Charles Bridges (1794-1869)

“The peace of God never precedes the grace of God; there must be the expression of grace on His part before there can be the experience of peace on our part.” William Graham Scroggie (1877-1958)

“Very often the soul cannot rise, she has lost her wings, and is heavy and earth-bound; more like a burrowing mole than a soaring eagle.” Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)

“Those who come to him he needs them not to receive from them, but to give unto them; he needs not their fullness, but their emptiness, that his fullness may overflow to the supply thereof.” George Hutcheson

“Blessed is the man whom eternal Truth teacheth, not by obscure figures and transient sounds, but by direct and full communication. The perceptions of our senses are narrow and dull, and our reason on those perceptions frequently misleads us. He … Continue reading →