Monthly Archives: October 2023

“It is not that you are so good and devout as to lift up yourself to God, but it is of His Divine compassion that He comes down to you in order to enrich and bless you with the consciousness … Continue reading →

 “In your weakness, Christ will give you strength. In your terror, Christ will be your consolation.”  (Joseph A. Seiss  1823-1904)

“Certainly virtue is like precious odors—most fragrant when they are crushed; for prosperity does best discover vice, but adversity does best discover virtue.”  (Francis Bacon  1561-1626)

“To believe in God’s commandments is to believe that they are his, and therefore right and binding.”  (Joseph Addison Alexander; 1809-1860)

“Christ’s death and our sins are intimately connected: the guilt of our sins being the cause of his death; the removal of that guilt being the fruit and effect of it.”  (Robert Candlish, 1806-1873)

“It is called the righteousness of Christ because it consists of his merits, is made up of what he did and suffered for us; so that he is the Lord our Righteousness; Jeremiah 23:6.”  (William S, Plumer  1870)

“Happy they who in seasons of danger have Jehovah for a hiding place.”  (N. McMichael)

“Man’s method of sanctification is by the law, God’s method of sanctification is by the Gospel; the former is by works, the latter is by faith, unto works.”(James Buchanan,  1804-1870)

“It is a perverted and dishonoring view of God to imagine Him struggling along with disobedient men, doing the best He can to convert them, but not able to accomplish His purpose.”  (Loraine Boettner, 1901-1990)

“Subdue all my corruptions, break the power of my lusts; bring every thought, affection, word and look into sweet obedience to Thyself; rule Thou in the midst of Thine enemies—how truly does the work of sanctification advance in the soul!”  … Continue reading →