Monthly Archives: December 2022

“The providence of God brings his people into danger, not because he is unable to ward off even the appearance of it, but that he may glorify himself in their deliverance and exercise their graces.”  Alexander Carson  (1776-1844)

“Goodness is laid up in the promise, wrought in the performance; and that goodness which is laid up is wrought for them that trust in God; and thus, as God’s faithfulness engages us to believe, so our faith, as it … Continue reading →

“Every kind of trial is to be accepted as a necessary means of strengthening our character, for there can be no virtue without temptations to vice, temptations which come from the evil one.”  (Alfred Plummer; 1841-1926)

“Nothing hinders God’s work or changes His purpose.”  Andrew Jukes (1815-1901)

“Teach me to do thy will.”  We are to pray that God would teach us to know and then teach us to do his will.  Knowledge without obedience is lame, obedience without knowledge is blind; and we must never hope … Continue reading →

“It is finished!  Sinner, you have nothing to do, for Christ has done it all for you.”  Brownlow North (1741-1820)

“A wolf will sooner marry a lamb than ever a carnal heart will be subject to the law of God.”  Thomas Goodwin  (1600-1679)

“Our justification is by faith alone. Works form no part of that righteousness in which we can stand before the tribunal of God.”  Charles Hodge  (1797-1878)

“To say that man could grow holy and spotless, that he could secure God’s grace and attain to salvation by an act of his own free will, was teaching that attracted, as it still does attract, thousands.”  Warburton

“We are spiritually dumb until God opens our mouth.”  William H. Van Doren  (1810-1882)