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“That man, as a religious and moral being, is radically and totally depraved;-that the bias of his nature is decidedly towards what is false in sentiment, and towards what is wrong in feeling and action; is a principle which is … Continue reading →

Our love is not the cause of His, but His is the cause of ours; and it is not merely His loving us, but the shedding it abroad in our hearts by His Spirit, which draws out our love to … Continue reading →

“I do not know why it is that what we desire becomes all the more alluring to us if it is forbidden.”  (St.Augustine  (354-430)

“My trust is in him, my expectation of relief is from him only, and he will deliver me out of all my temptations and tribulations.”  (Matthew Poole  1624-1679)

For to deny a man’s self, is to know he hath no power in himself to do any spiritual duty.  (Thomas Hooker; 1586-1647)

“What is man that he should dare to criticize the plans of omnipotence?  That he should propose to correct and improve the methods of Divine wisdom?  William Garden Blaikie  (1820-1899)

“There are no accidents nor chance happenings in a world presided over by the living God.”  (Arthur W. Pink, 1886-1952)

“Faith is the result of serious and impartial inquiry, and of a reverential regard to the authority of God in what he hath spoken.”  John Fawcett (1740-1817)

“It is the Lord’s will and appointment alone that can give a being to true worship, and to this must all our reasonings about this matter be subject.”  George Hutcheson (1615–1674)

“The soul which strongly believes and loves, may confidently hope to see what it believes, and to enjoy what it loves, and in that it may rejoice.”  Robert Leighton  (1611-1684)