Monthly Archives: November 2023

“Contentment involves learning to love the will of God regardless of the circumstances into which it may bring a person.”  (Charles Caldwell Ryrie  1925)

“Conversion is a peculiar and sovereign gift of God.  The sinner has no power to turn himself unto God, but is turned or renewed by divine grace before he can do anything spiritually good.”  (Loraine Boettner  1901-1990)

“No miracle is great enough to conquer unbelief.  Miracles may make men wonder, but it is only the Spirit of God that can make men believe.”  (William H. Van Doren  1810-1882)

“Turn me not only from sin and ignorance, but from every false confidence and every deceitful refuge.”  (James Hervey; 1714-1758)

“If one sinful thought remains unatoned for by Christ (on behalf of His people), there is evil enough in it to sink to the lowest hell.”  (Christopher Ness  1621-1705)

“Happy souls, who, under a sense of peace through the blood of Jesus, are daily praying to be kept by the grace of the Spirit.  Such truly know themselves, see their danger of falling, will not and dare not lessen … Continue reading →

“The liveliest Christian would soon decay were the Spirit’s grace withdrawn. He has no stability and no strength of his own; and there would be neither growth nor fruitfulness, but for those constant supplies which he receives of all needful … Continue reading →

“Truth in its majestic all-sidedness has never been popular. It acts on the public conscience as strong daylight on the diseased eye, and the people shrink from it and love darkness.”  (David Thomas  1813-1894)

“It is not forbidden us in hours of dire distress to ask for speed on God’s part in his coming to rescue us.”  (Charles H. Spurgeon  1834-1892)

“Justified men will think back over his part in the wounding and the chastisement of the Lamb of God.  A sense of shock will still come over him.  A sense of wonder will remain—wonder that the Lamb that was wounded … Continue reading →