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“Teach me to do thy will.” We are to pray that God would teach us to know, and then teach us to do, his will. Knowledge without obedience is lame, obedience without knowledge is blind; and we must never hope … Continue reading →

“Dear brethren: the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is the most excellent and most admirable doctrine that was ever published in the universe…There is no philosophy, or other doctrine, but this, which is able to deliver us from the … Continue reading →

“Who dares limit the Almighty? He takes his own way with sinners—one by a whisper, another by a hurricane.” John Bunyan (1628-1688)

“This faith in Christ, by which men become partakers of all the acquired benefits of Jesus Christ, is neither an uncertain opinion nor merely a bare confession of the mouth, but a firm and sure confidence of the heart, which … Continue reading →

“Alas! For us, when the day comes that closes up every avenue to the return of a backsliding soul! That tells us that the Father no longer welcomes home the prodigal; that the blood of Jesus no longer heals a … Continue reading →

“In other words, He foreknows everything, because He has arranged everything. Everything is certain in His foreknowledge, because everything is certain in His arrangements.” Horatius Bonar (1808-1890)

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,” that is, that are emptied of themselves, and look upon themselves as having nothing, deserving nothing, able to do nothing spiritually. That is the first link of the chain, and each succeeding link depends … Continue reading →

“For every one who has the grace of God implanted in his heart, has the Holy Spirit of God in sanctifying influences.” Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

“Although at such times we should complain to God, not of God, (the throne of grace being erected for a “time of need,”) yet when the waters of relief run low, and want begins to press, how prone are the … Continue reading →

To apprehend the mercy of God in Christ is to exercise the faith of His pardoning mercy.” John Colquhoun (1748-1827)