Monthly Archives: February 2017

“If danger will warrant us to violate the law of God, we will never want a pretext.”  Alexander Carson 1776-1844

“The Holy Ghost layeth out here two opposite passions most plainly—fear, in respect of evil-deserving sin, and hope, in regard of undeserved mercies” (Psalm 130).  Alexander Roberts  (1896-1901)

“The lord shall preserve thee from all evil.’ It is an absolute promise, there are no conditions annexed; it honors God for us simply to believe it, and rest on the Lord for the performance of it.”  Samuel Eyles Pierce … Continue reading →

“Alas, how many in our day who profess to be the Lord’s are as abjectly dependent upon their fellow men or upon an arm of flesh in some shape or other, as if they had never known the name of … Continue reading →

“We are like him on board a vessel propelled by sea and wind, whose personal motion does not arrest or abate his course.”  John Daille  (1594-1670)

“God is as much present everywhere, and with everything, as though He were only in one place, and had but one object of attention.”  Loraine Boettner  (1901-1990)

“The Lord alone has authority to impute righteousness, as it is entirely an act of grace to the penitent transgressor.”  James G. Murphy  (1808-1896)

“A man were better to have all the afflictions of all the afflicted throughout the world at once upon him, than to be given up to a forward spirit, to a murmuring heart under the least affliction.”Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

Salvation is a comprehensive term, including within its scope all the aspects and stages of deliverance from sin.  Every aspect and every stage of salvation is of grace, and this precludes human merit at any and every point.  Salvation from … Continue reading →

“The goodness of God is a spiritual sunbeam to melt the heart into tears.  Oh, says the soul has God been so good to me?  Has He reprieved me so long from hell, and shall I grieve His Spirit any … Continue reading →