Monthly Archives: May 2024

“It is far easier to stir up discontent and fear than to stimulate faith.”  William Garden Blaikie  (1820-1899)

“Nothing perhaps more strongly indicates the tone of a believer’s spirituality than the light in which the Scriptures are regarded by him.”  Octavius Winslow  (1808-1878)

“Build not your comfort upon sense and feeling, which is to build upon the sand; but go to the promise, as to the rock for it.”  Thomas Hooker  (1586-1647)

“Nothing that a man does in this life is without consequences.  Every effect has a cause, and every cause produces an effect.  So many of our troubles arise from the fact that we forget that causes lead to effects, and … Continue reading →

“But what does it help if man is on your side, if God is against you!”  Frans Bakker  (1919-1965)

“The more we can think upon our Lord and the less upon ourselves, the better.  Looking to him, as he is seated upon the right hand of the throne of God, will keep our heads and especially our hearts steady … Continue reading →

“God has presented us with his goodness when he saw nothing in us but impatience and unbelief, when we were like Jonah in the belly of hell, His bowels yearned over us, and His power brought us safe to land.  … Continue reading →

“The sense of sin is perhaps as general as the sense of bodily need, but it is not as frequently felt.”  Alfred Plummer (1841-1926)

“If ethics are concerned with manner of life and behavior, biblical ethics are concerned with the manner of life and behavior which the Bible requires and which the faith of the Bible produces.”  John Murray  (1898-1975)

“Whatever comes to pass, comes to pass by virtue of the absolute omnipotent will of God which is the primary and supreme cause of all things.  “Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.”  … Continue reading →