Monthly Archives: October 2016

“As to the crook in your lot, God has made it; and it must continue while He will have it so.  Should you apply your utmost force to even it, or make it straight, your attempt will be vain:…Only He … Continue reading →

“The decrees of God are, His eternal purpose, according to the counsel of His will. Whereby for His own glory, He hath foreordained whatever comes to pass.”  Loraine Boettner (1901-1990)

“It is a common temptation, when trouble lasts long, to think it will last always; despondency then turns into despair, and those that have long been without joy, begin, at last, to be without hope.”  Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

“The time of trial is appointed…You are not in the furnace by chance, or at the will of your enemies; the time is appointed, set by God…..God sitteth by the furnace prying and looking after his metal: Mal. 3.3, “He … Continue reading →

“Reader, do you seriously believe, that Jesus thus humbled Himself even for you?  If you do, you cannot but feel, that no debt can be like your debt; and that, as heaven is high above the earth, so great is … Continue reading →

“To know that God exists does not determine how he is to be worshipped.”  James Madison Pendleton  (1811-1891)

“The Bible makes no effort to prove the existence of God, but it goes to great lengths in telling us what God is.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1885-1968)

“He is a God of veracity, faithful to his promises, and gracious to his saints; he will not turn away from his people.”  Charles H. Spurgeon  (1834-1898)

“In the New Testament, it is the work and not the workers that is glorified.  The Gospel is everything; who preached it is of little importance.”  Alfred Plummer (1841-1926)

“For if God withdraws himself, or hides his presence from his people, it is hard for them to bear up in the steadfast belief that they belong to him.”  John Bunyan (1628-1688)