The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.
Augustine
“The Bible isn’t hard to understand. It’s just hard to swallow.”
—Steve Lawson
*Once in Christ, forever in Christ.* A believer may fall from some degrees of grace, but not from the state of grace. - Thomas Watson
How should believers conduct themselves? 1. Joyfully “Shout to God with joy” (Ps 47:1) 2. Graciously “Be kind to one another” (Ep 4:32) 3. Wisely “A wise man listens” (Prov 12:15) 4. Steadfastly “Your labor is not in vain” (1 Cor 15:58)
The gospel is as free as the air you breathe." — Charles Spurgeon
“For where he dwells and takes up his throne, he alters and changes the disposition in all things to be like himself. For when he comes to the soul, he takes up the eyes, the ears, the understanding, and the affections.” — Richard Sibbes
"No forgiveness of sin, no imputation of righteousness, no justification by faith, if such could be apart from an inward change, could make a man happy so long as he is sick of soul." -
Charles Spurgeon
"The soul of biblical expository preaching is the application."
-Peter van Mastricht.
“Every atheist is a grand fool.”
—Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God,
Many a man that shines and glitters now on the platform will soon be forgotten, but the man or woman who does anything for Christ will never be forgotten.
Christ not only delivers from fears of hell and of wrath, but he gives hope of heaven and the enjoyment of God's love. Jonathan Edwards
"Your business is not to try to make yourselves fit to come to Christ, but to come to him just as you are." — Charles Spurgeon
Show me, then, a soul just passed from death unto life, and I will show you evidence that Jesus is alive... Octavius Winslow
Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.
Augustine
Whenever a man takes it upon himself to make additions to the Scriptures, he is likely to end up valuing his own additions above the Scripture itself. -
The soon return of Jesus requires that we have established hearts, hearts that are rooted in Jesus and His eternal resolution of all things.
When we share testimonies with those around us, it allows others to have faith in what God will do for them!
We need to master the facts and evidence that support the claims of Christianity. When we devote ourselves to this rational preparation and study, we are worshipping God with our mind, the very thing He has called us to do (Matt. 22:37)
—J Warner Wallace (Cold-Case Christianity)
Jesus did not command us to make men accept the gospel, but he has bidden us to make known the gospel to every creature.
— Charles Spurgeon
When Jesus shows up in your life, Everything changes, Even when you are hopeless, Courage begins to build up and hope is restored.
We need a rest, a rest that the world cannot give. Inquire where we will among the creatures, experience brings in the same answer from all, It is not in me.
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