“One day when George MacDonald…was talking with his son, the conversation turned to heaven…‘It seems too good to be true,’ the son said at one point. A smile crossed MacDonald's whiskered face. ‘Nay,’ he replied, ‘it is just so good it must be true.’” —
Larry Dixon
"The word of God is a river both shallow and deep, in which the lamb may have footing and the elephant may swim." -
Gregory the Great
One mark of carnality and spiritual immaturity is stubbornness. A lot of you don’t need more light; that will only make it worse for you at the Judgment. What you need is more obedience. Some of you have known for years what you should do and you hold back!
God does not look at what duties we perform, as to their number and tale, or as to their nature merely, but whether we do them with that intension of mind and spirit which he requireth.
John Owen
Theology 101: “Without the Spirit, it is not possible to behold the Word of God, nor without the Son can any draw near to the Father for the knowledge of the Father is the Son, and the knowledge of the Son of God is through the Holy Spirit.” (Irenaeus)
Every sin is a forsaking of the Lord our God. If the heart knows not, if it considers not, that it is an evil thing and a bitter, evil in itself, bitter in its effects, fruit, and event, it will never be secured against it.
John Owen
In the end, he suffers a shocking revelation: “Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity, and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.”
Joyce, James, “Araby, Dubliners”
We can drink the crystal clear waters of heavenly love—or we can settle for the murky waters of temporary joy, and lose our source of beauty, goodness, and truth—treasures the human soul longs to possess.
The Bible does not teach that God helps those who help themselves; instead, God helps those who are at the end of themselves.
The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods but through men...
~E. M. Bounds~
...the Old Testament prophets did not really see this age of grace when God would be drawing from among the Gentiles the body of Christ.
~Chuck Smith~
...the Old Testament prophets did not really see this age of grace
when God would be drawing from among the Gentiles the body of Christ.
~Chuck Smith~
The gospel is all about Christ from beginning to end.
Charles Spurgeon
Remember, if you set your heart upon the treasures of this world, you will be sure to meet with disappointment.
D.L. Moody
"God has undertaken, and will accomplish, the breaking of the spirits of all the world, either by His grace and mercy to salvation or by His justice and severity to damnation."
John Bunyan
"The great design and intention of the office of a Christian preacher is to restore the throne and dominion of God in the souls of men." -
Cotton Mather
The greatest honor that can happen to you is to be a member of the household of God.
Charles Spurgeon
You never get more than one day’s journey from Christ if you come to Him every morning. Shut the world out. Get closeted with God and you will learn His secrets. I like to get up at five o’clock in the morning and turn the key and be alone and let God talk with me.
D.L. Moody
Faith will never make you look foolish.
I saw both the excellency and necessity of holiness in life; but never in such a manner as now, when I am just brought to the sides of the grave.
David Brainerd.
...oh, what anguish is raised in my mind, to think of eternity for those who are Christless, for those who are mistaken, and who bring their false hopes to the grave with them!
David Brainerd.
His infinite understanding and power receive glory from his holiness.
Jonathan Edwards
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