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“The fruit of daily serious examination of the conscience concerning sin committed is to make a man humble, quiet, and submissive to the Lord.”  David Dickson  (1583-1662)

“Christianity is a system intended not merely to awaken excitement or instruct the intellect, but to rule the life and form the character.”  David Thomas  (1813-1894)

“Nothing can be more agreeable to the dictates of right reason than to spend and be spent in the service of that God, whose glory is transcendent, whose power is infinite, whose justice is inviolable, and whose tender mercies are … Continue reading →

“The Christian lives by revelation, not by the conclusions of reason.”  Herman Hoeksema  (1886-1965)

“The Lord has spoken” is enough for us.  There is no room for question or cavil where His voice is heard.  Each word in the Bible is to be dealt with as a sacred thing, as a vessel of the … Continue reading →

“You will soon know that your bitterest trials and your sorest pains are sure tokens of His love.  The father corrects because he loves.  In anxious care. the physician deeply probes the wounds.  Thus Jesus makes earth hard, that you … Continue reading →

“It is far easier to stir up discontent and fear than to stimulate faith.”  William Garden Blaikie  (1820-1899)

“Nothing perhaps more strongly indicates the tone of a believer’s spirituality than the light in which the Scriptures are regarded by him.”  Octavius Winslow  (1808-1878)

“Build not your comfort upon sense and feeling, which is to build upon the sand; but go to the promise, as to the rock for it.”  Thomas Hooker  (1586-1647)

“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 →