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“All real love towards Christ must be preceded by deep consciousness of our own sinfulness and unfitness for acceptance before the Holy God, and by the assurance that for Jesus’ sake our sins, however great they be, are forgiven.” (Norval … Continue reading →

To give glory to God is to take him to be what he really is, almighty and faithful. It is to show by our conduct that we give him credit (so to speak) that he will and can do what … Continue reading →

“However paltry human nature may be in itself, it can become very noble when rehabilitated by the Spirit of God.” (William Garden Blaikie (1887)

“Nothing that a man does in this life is without consequences. Every effect has a cause, and every cause produces an effect. So many of our troubles arise from the fact that we forget that causes lead to effects, and … Continue reading →

“Love excels in two ways; it is free without deserving, and constant without end.” (Thomas Taylor 1758-1835)

“Man can live with neither God nor man if their relationship is devoid of faithfulness.” (T. Miles Bennett 1975)

“The Saviour brought us a real righteousness, as real as was the imputation of our sins to him. It was no more a ceremonial purification only, or a cleansing from defilement, which lasted only for a season, and was lost … Continue reading →

“Trust in him at all times, and trouble not yourselves with anxious thoughts about the things that shall come to pass in the future parts of life.” (George Lawson 1749-1820)

“The human heart knows not the vacuity that has been made in it by the absence of God; it knows not the malignity of one single sin—one single act of disobedience, one moment’s insubordination of the will, one moment’s ceasing … Continue reading →

“There is such unruliness in our thoughts and affections that our judgments are not always able to rule our thoughts and affections.” Jeremiah Burroughs (1600-1646)