Monthly Archives: November 2018

“At best, the children of the Most High are frail; and if God does not make us stand, we shall surely fall.”  (Anonymous)

“Sincere personal conviction, with a life corresponding, is needed to make the faith in the objective sense of any virtue.”  Alexander Balmain Bruce (1831-1899)

“Mere formality has never been, and can never be, acceptable to God.”  (David Thomas  1813-1894)

‘’However hot the furnace, not a particle of heaven’s pure ore—the faith of God’s elect—shall perish there.  Only the base alloys of earth must be consumed.”  (John Lillie  1812-1867)

“It is the common experience of mankind that times of special spiritual endowment of exaltation are followed by occasions of special temptation.”  (Alfred Plummer; 1841-1926)

“The highest saint is a frail creature, apart from divine aid.  Yet he has a capacity, almost boundless, for doing evil.”  (William H. Van Doren  1810-1882)

“The thought of the excellency of the character of Christ and of the influences of the Holy Spirit shedding abroad his love in the heart, creates the desire of coming as near to him as possible, without any delay—of running … Continue reading →

“Hence God leads us into circumstances in which we are tempted to doubt his promises, that by temptation he may discipline faith into power.”  Edward Luscombe Hull  (1867)

“The name Jesus refers to His saving His people;  the designation Christ, to His being anointed for that purpose;  and that of Lord, to His sovereign authority.”  (Robert Haldane; 1772-1854)

“Some appease their own conscience, by censuring others.”  (William H. Van Doren 1810-1882)