Monthly Archives: November 2025

“Never doubt, though thy iniquities be ever so great, there is a sea of mercy in God.”  (Richard Stock)

“The way of any sinner’s deliverance from such wrath shows sin to be exceeding great in the price and ransom that is paid for the salvation of him from his sins—the price of the blood of the eternal Son of … Continue reading →

“As election is the effect of God’s sovereignty, our pardon the fruit of his mercy, our knowledge a stream from his wisdom, and our strength an impression of his power; so our purity is a beam from his holiness.”  (Stephen … Continue reading →

“Contrition and faith, regeneration, conversion, justification, the new life and its development, all the Christian virtues plus perseverance to the end are the operations of grace alone.”  (Richard C. H. Lenski; 1864-1936)

“Devout, and simple tears, which cannot speak, speak aloud in the ears of God.”  (John Donne)

“God knows everything perfectly, and he knows everything perfectly at once.  This to a human understanding, would breed confusion; but there can be no confusion in the Divine understanding, because confusion arises from imperfection.”  (Henry Kirke White;  1785-1806)

“As to the first cause of salvation, the Scripture shows that God alone is its author, who, moved by His infinite goodness, has entirely prepared, procured, and accomplished the satisfaction of His justice, and the purchase of immortality, by sending … Continue reading →

“As every grace increases by exercise of itself, so does the grace of prayer.  By prayer, we learn to pray.”  (Barton Bouchier; 1794-1865)

“The attributes of God’s grace, mercy, goodness and clemency shine forth in nothing so much as in pardoning sins.”  (Nathanael Hardy; 1618-1670)

“Thou, and thou alone O God, in all the universe, you know altogether all that can be known concerning me, even to my inmost thoughts as well as outward act.”  (Martin Geier)