Monthly Archives: October 2016

“God brings about every man’s lot, and all the parts of it.  He sits at the helm of human affairs, and turns them about in whatever way he lists…There is not anything whatever befalls us without his overruling hand.”  Thomas … Continue reading →

“As the Scriptures teach that God’s providential control extends to all events, even the most minute, they thereby teach that His plan is equally comprehensive.”  Loraine Boettner (1901-1990)

“Good thoughts of God will fortify us against many of Satan’s temptations.”  Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

“The perfection of our graces is not discovered till we are put upon many and great trials.  As a pilot’s skill is discerned in a storm, so is a Christian’s grace in many and great troubles.”  (Thomas Manton; 1620-1677)

“Study the records of the World.  It is the history of the long war between the children of light and the power of darkness.  You will see, that he has tried every weapon of the armory of hell.  He has … Continue reading →

“We must not forget that salvation is a subject of an infinite moment.  It is invested with an importance which language was not invented to describe.”  James Madison Pendleton  (1811-1891)

“If the gospel is veiled, the veil is not on the Book but on the human heart.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1885-1968)

“If we cannot measure we can marvel; and though we may not calculate with accuracy, we can adore with fervency.”  Charles H. Spurgeon  (1834-1898)

“A life that externally is eminently respectable may be more fatally antichristian than one that is manifestly scandalous.”  Alfred Plummer (1841-1926)

“Perhaps God withholds what thou wouldest have, that it may be the more prized by thee when it comes: ‘Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.’  Prov. 13:12.”  John Bunyan … Continue reading →