Monthly Archives: November 2017

“But nothing in heaven, earth or hell, unlocks the arms which cling around a divine Bridegroom.  At each moment, He is nearer than the shadow to the side.  Life is leaning on His arm.  Death is sleeping on His breast.  … Continue reading →

“If you would keep your heart from vain excursions when engaged in duties, realize to yourself by faith, the holy and awsome presence of God.”  (John Flavel  1627-1691)

“Man’s word is vain and powerless, even though it proclaims the gospel.  It may be ever so persuasive and forceful, but it can never bring one soul out of darkness into the light; it is incapable to add even one … Continue reading →

“He who elevates himself is constantly engaged in wrecking his own life. But he who is sincerely humble, finds richness of life and happiness.”  Norval Geldenhuys  (1918-1964)

“We walk through a world where there is much mire of sinful polutions, and therefore it cannot but defile them; and the crowd we are among will be ready to tread on them, yea, our own feet may be entangled … Continue reading →

“Birth altogether excludes the idea of any effort or work on the part of the one who is born.”  Arthur W. Pink  (1886-1952)

“I was born for nothing but repentance.”  Tertullian; 160–240

“How unsatisfactory to God must seem the bearing even of the best of us in reference to sin!  Do we really think of it as the object of God’s abhorrence?”  William Garden Blaikie  (1820-1899)

“Let truth be never so clearly held forth, yet (without the power of grace) enemies will not be gained thereby, but they will still jangle and set their wit and parts on work to find out new cavils.”  George Hutcheson … Continue reading →

“Is not the reason of our finding so little to praise, to be sought in our having no eyes for his daily miracles?”  (Augustus F. Tholuck; 1856)