Monthly Archives: May 2017

“The meaning of the phrase, ‘he gave himself for our sins,’ is ‘he voluntarily by his sufferings and death made atonement for our sins’—‘he offered himself a sacrifice for our sins.’”  (John Brown; 1722-1787)

“If the Lord had meant to leave us, why did he begin with us?”  Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)

“The blood made atonement’ not by reason of the death, ‘but by reason of the life.”  George Milligan (1860-1934)

“Have mercy upon me; I plead not my merit, but thy free mercy.”  (Matthew Poole  1624-1679)

“To attempt to be ‘wise above what is written’ is great folly.”  James Madison Pendleton (1811-1891)

“The night of their adversity will be turned into the light of prosperity; and as surely as they can believe when it is night that it shall be day, so surely may they be persuaded when crosses are upon them, … Continue reading →

“All men, and even the choicest of Christ’s servants, are by nature, and of themselves, empty of anything that is good; for so much is implied in that we must receive of his fullness.”  George Hutcheson (1615-1674)

  “Oh, if I could but creep one foot, or half a foot, nearer in to Jesus, in such a dismal night as that when he is away, I should think it a happy absence!  If I knew that the … Continue reading →

“The most compendious way to lengthen out thy long afflictions is to fret, vex, and murmur under them.  As thou wouldst see a speedy issue of thy long afflictions, sit mute and silent under them.”  (Thomas Brooks  1608-1680)

“The bitter root of self love is most hard to pluck up; this strongest and sweetest love of Christ alone doth it actually though gradually.”  Robert Leighton  (1611-1684)