Monthly Archives: February 2021

“It was for the trial of their faith that these things happened to the Israelites, as do the trials of all Christians in all ages:  and it is “after we have suffered awhile” that we may expect to be established, … Continue reading →

“All wonderful!  Wonderful that the Spirit should strive with man; wonderful that God should bear with his backslidings; wonderful that God should love him not withstanding his pollutions; wonderful that God should persist in saving him in spite, as it … Continue reading →

“Let us remember also that in our own understanding there is nothing but vanity and that we must not measure God by our measuring stick.”  John Calvin  (1509-1564)

“God is called our Father, not merely as the author of our existence and the source of every blessing, but especially as reconciled towards us through Jesus Christ.”  Charles Hodge   (1797-1878)

“For when we repose all faith in Him to whom we cling and understand that all things flow from Him alone and that we are in His care, then sweet love toward Him has to follow.”  Martin Luther (1483-1546)

“Joy is experienced when we realize that our sin has been judged and put away in Christ.  It has been so in the purpose and intention of God.”  Frederick Brotherton Meyer  (1847-1929)

“Our expectation must rest upon the power and promise of God and these alone or we shall be disappointed.  Andrew Fuller  (1754-1815)

“The fruit of daily serious examination of the conscience concerning sin committed is to make a man humble, quiet, and submissive to the Lord.”  David Dickson  (1583-1662)

“The cure for unbelief is not argument but the action of the Holy Spirit.”  George Burrowes  (1811-1894)

“Nothing can be more agreeable to the dictates of right reason,than to spend and be spent in the service of that God, whose glory is transcendent, whose power is infinite, whose justice is inviolable, and whose tender mercies are over … Continue reading →