Monthly Archives: April 2016

“In a word, the end of Christ’s redeeming His people is, that they might be freed from all evil, from every enemy, and all that is hurtful; sin, Satan, the world, law, and hell, and death; and that they might … Continue reading →

“Rather than give way to doubt and unbelief, let us fall down in lowly adoration at his feet, take His truth, and rejoice in Him as our hope and our everlasting consolation.” Joseph Augustus Seiss (1823-1904)

“Although God should tarry for us a hundred thousand years, if we could continue so long in the world, yet it is certain that we should never come unto Him, nor do anything else than increase the mischief continually to … Continue reading →

“Upon all this, the love, grace, and mercy of God, the good-will and purpose of His heart, His council and covenant, the plot of man’s redemption is formed; this is the source and spring of it.” John Gill (1697-1771)

“I am persuaded the instances are not rare, of men feeding upon sinful desires, even when through want of opportunity the fear of man, or through some partial restraint of conscience, they dare not carry them into execution.” John Witherspoon … Continue reading →

“Nearness to God is the foundation of a creature’s happiness.” Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

“For if our faith should depend upon ourselves, surely it would soon flip from us, and it might be shaken off, if it were not maintained from above. “  John Calvin  (1509-1564)

“Were the glory of the infinite Jehovah seen in its true light, as the mightiest and most majestic of all objects and ends, not the exclusion of other matters, but simply to their regulation and subordination,–then should we be saved … Continue reading →

“Let a moment’s failure of his power, of his watchfulness, or of his will to do good, occur, and what a sweep of death and annihilation through the universe! William Howitt (1792-1879)

“The duty of an interpreter of Scripture is to search for the mind of the Spirit.” George Burrowes (1811-1895)