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“The soul thus on the road to this glorious destiny, is humbled with the growing sense of its unworthiness, and feels more deeply that in our flesh dwells no good thing—sees nothing in us that we can suppose Jesus will … Continue reading →

“The nearer to God, the clearer becomes our vileness.”  (Job 43:6; William H. Van Doren  1810-1882)

“He took indeed sin’s form, that He might bear sin’s due: but He never knew sin’s stain.”  Henry Law (1797-1884)

“The highest freedom is the state in which it will be forever impossible for man to choose contrary to the will of God.”  (Herman Hoeksema; 1886-1965)

“Parable.”  “External worship cannot improve sinful nature.”  (Neander, 1650-1680)

“The appearance and activity of Jesus on earth is the central and most important event of all time.  Everything that had gone before had led up to it.  And everything that has followed upon it is connected therewith.”  (Norval Geldenhuys; … Continue reading →

“Thus may the sheep read us a lesson of patience, the dove of innocence, the ant and bee raise blushes in us for our sluggishness, and the stupid ox and dull ass correct and shame our ungrateful ignorance.”  (Stephen Charnock; … Continue reading →

“The sinner, apart from Divine help, is unable to be willing and unwilling to be able.”  (W.E. Best; 1919-2007)

“If the day of conversion be fixed, then it cannot be left to be determined by our own will.  God determined where, when and how we should be born; and so He has determined where, when and how we shall … Continue reading →

“If all the nations, in comparison to God, be but as the drop of the bucket or the dust of the balance, as the prophet speaks in  Isaiah 40:15, how little then must be the kings of the earth!”  (William … Continue reading →