Monthly Archives: September 2025

“Lean not unto thine own understanding;  Think not to accomplish your designs by your own strength without God’s blessing.”  (Matthew Poole; 1624-1679)

“The combined efforts of all creatures in the universe could not have prevented God from raising Christ from the dead. Neither can they hinder Him from working faith in His elect.”  (Arthur W. Pink  1886-1952)

“Man can do no more, or no less, than God has ordered.  We cannot frustrate, disannul, delay, or cause God to fall short of His holy appointments.”  (No name given  1946)

“The declaration, ‘Abraham believed God,’ is just equivalent to, ‘Abraham counted true what God said to him, because God said it.’”  (John Brown 1784-1858 )

“God may have some work to do twenty years in the future that depends on this moment of providence that occurs during this day or this week.”  (Jeremiah Burroughs; 1599-1646)

“It is not by one great sacrifice on our part that the hearts of others are made stout for the journey and strong for the task, but by the constant performance of the small kindnesses, no one of which might … Continue reading →

“It is the heart that speaks, the tongue is but the instrument to give the sound.”  (Richard Clerke  1634)

“A faithful man can endure God’s absence but a short time, while rebels take very little notice until they are crushed with destruction.”  (Anonymous  1946)

“A spiritual discovery also of the pollution of our sin fills us with shame.”  (John Colquhoun  1748-1827)

“Creation leaves man dust.—Sin makes him the vilest of dust.  But still he walks vaingloriously until grace opens his eyes, and lays him low in his proper humility.”  (Henry Law  1797-1884)