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“Thy judgments, thy sovereign decisions and their execution, are righteousness itself, i.e.  perfectly righteous.”   (Joseph Addison Alexander  1809-1860)

“It is a perverted and dishonoring view of God to imagine Him struggling along with disobedient men, doing the best He can to convert them, but not able to accomplish His purpose.”  (Loraine Boettner  1901-1990)

“Subdue all my corruptions, break the power of my lusts; bring every thought, affection, word and look into sweet obedience to Thyself; rule Thou in the midst of Thine enemies—how truly does the work of sanctification advance in the soul!”  … Continue reading →

“The evil is in the unmortifiedness of your affections, not in the misery of your condition.”  Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

“Let us watch the avenues where we know our position to be weak.  Let us watch the sides too, where we think ourselves to be strong.”  (Robert Johnstone; 1871)

“The world of sense triumphs.  The visible becomes the enemy of the invisible; the temporal of the eternal.  That is the curse inherited by every member of Adam’s tragic race.”  (A. W. Tozer,1897-1963)

“That cannot be a truth which the Scripture nowhere affirms.”  (Christopher Ness,  1621-1705)

“Let every danger, every trial, send you nearer and closer to him.  Look not away from him.  He will minister to you his righteousness continually; and you shall trample on your guilt and condemnation.  He will minister to you his … Continue reading →

“Man can endure any change, however violent and contradictory; but a long continuance, a sameness either of joy or sorrow, has a debilitating and depressing effect.”  (R. H. Ryland)

“For in choosing those that are unworthy, He has no respect but only to His own mere goodness.  What want we more?  Then it is good reason that we should hold ourselves contented with God’s will, and bridle ourselves, and … Continue reading →