"Controversies usually generate much heat, but out of that heat the light often emerges." -R.C.Sproul.
“If we lose conviction about the authority of the Bible, if we then become uncertain about it, then we lose our voice. If we then in turn become indifferent to the issue, then we’re in real trouble.” -
"One of the mightiest things we can say while praying is, 'Do as you have said.'" —
Charles Spurgeon
Christ loved us when there was no loveliness to draw his love.
"Pride is the first sin that ever entered the universe and the last sin rooted out...There is no such sin so much like the devil as pride." -Jonathan Edwards.
Jesus isn’t “God with us” temporarily, but eternally.
"Where [God] has once set his heart of love upon a man, he never turns away from doing him good." - Charles Spurgeon
My dear friend, I am a poor sinner still, and I have to look to Christ every day as I did at the very first. Charles Spurgeon
"God is always ready to speak with you when you are prepared to hear." —
Charles Spurgeon
If only Christians who complain about their weak faith would turn their murmuring into an investigation of why it is so weak! It is because faith has missed its meals from the Word. —William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 3:82
Sin is powerful … but God is.
Wickedness is prevalent … but God is.
Evil is raging … but God.
Satan is active … but God is.
Hatred is rampant … but God.
Hell is real … but God is.
Our lives are dependent upon that one glorious phrase, “but God!”
"Long before the Lord began to create the world, he had thought of me. Long ere Adam fell or Christ was born, and the angels sung their first choral over Bethlehem’s miracle, the eye and the heart of God were towards his elect people." - Charles Spurgeon
"If you do not hear or read the truth, we shall not grow in sanctification." —
Charles Spurgeon
We have the blessed word, Gen. 3:15, “The seed of the woman shall break the serpent's head.” It is full well known that the whole mystery of forgiveness is wrapped up in this one word of promise. John Owen
Much like with a birthday present, no one spends all year working to earn it, and neither does a believer work to earn the grace of God. And the Reformers came to believe that a proper understanding of the grace of God in salvation was vital to the Christian faith. - Nate Pickowicz
I firmly believe many prayers are not answered because we are unwilling to forgive someone. D.L. Moody
"Do you thank the Lord when a brother preacher does a greater work than you?"
- A.T.Robertson.
When once the fiery Law of God Has chased me to the Gospel-road; Then back unto the holy Law Most kindly Gospel-grace will draw. —
Ralph Erskine, Gospel Sonnets, Section III
"How joyously doth the heart exult and leap for very joy when this truth is brought home by the witness of the Spirit of God! then the soul is satisfied with favor and full with the blessing of the Lord." - Charles Spurgeoavor
Christmas isn’t just a story to make us feel cozy and warm about family, friends, and peace on earth. At the heart of the Christmas story is the truth that the human race is alienated from a holy God because of our sins and we need saving!
"I wish that our ministry might be tied and tethered to the cross. I have no other subject to set before you but Jesus only." — Charles Spurgeon
He stands ready to honor us so much as to admit us into his society and conversation. To admit us to be his friends and companions and communicate himself freely and fully with us.
Jonathan Edwards.
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