Monthly Archives: August 2025

“The world we live in is a world of fools. The far greater part of mankind act a part entirely irrational.  So great is their infatuation that they prefer time to eternity, momentary enjoyments to those that shall never have an … Continue reading →

“Learn how deep-seated and how stubborn is that principle in human nature which seeks the starting point of salvation in self rather than in God, in doing rather than receiving, in working rather than in grace.”  (Thomas Dehany Bernard  1815-1904)

“God is equally loving and gracious when He sends affliction and when He sends prosperous abundance.”  (William Henry Green, 1825-1900)

“The righteous are accepted and rewarded upon the same grounds. The reason of this is not so apparent.  It doubtless is based upon the meritorious work of Christ, through which by faith, they have been justified by God even in this … Continue reading →

“God does accompany the word with majesty because it is his word, so he does accompany his own children, and their ways, with majesty, yea, even in their greatest debasements.”  (Thomas Goodwin  1600-1669)

“The best Christians are most suspicious of themselves.”  (Thomas Hooker  1586-1647)

“Every time I truly mourn over my sins, feel my poverty of spirit, hunger and thirst after righteousness, I have an indubitable evidence that I am among the ‘blessed.’”  (Arthur W. Pink  1886-1952)

“They who are of faith are plainly those who are expecting justification by faith and not of works; who are not working that they may obtain the favor of God as a meritorious reward, but who are believing that ‘God … Continue reading →

“The excellency of the Scriptures and the wisdom of their Divine Author are to be seen in what they conceal and keep back, as well as in what they reveal and bring forward.”  (Thomas McCrie; 1772-1835)

“God seems to go quite across and work in a contrary way. When He intends the greatest mercies to His people, He first usually brings them into very low conditions.”  (Jeremiah Burroughs; 1599-1646)