Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignity of our disease, in order to appreciate the great Physician.
If Thou art in Christ thou hast a Friend, a mighty Friend, a loving Friend, a wise Friend, a Friend that never fails. -J.C. Ryle - God is working out his eternal purpose, not only in spite of human and satanic opposition but by means of them. -A.W. Pink -
Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
John Calvin
Grace doesn't free us to sin, it frees us to obey, and when we sin it frees us to repent as we rest in the perfect obedience of Christ.
God preordained, for His own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation. John Calvin There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice. John Calvin
If you develop a life of worship you’ll never be dry in your spirit; you’ll never lack passion for souls; you’ll never lack love for God.
When we walk with God through dark valleys, we become inseparably connected with Him.
I’m very intentional first thing in the morning about getting my thinking in place. I read my Bible before I look at my technology. —Rico Tice, Faithful Leaders, Pg. 63
For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself? John Calvin
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are. Thomas Carlyle
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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus. John Calvin The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, will never reach the knowledge of the truth. John Calvin
God never condones wickedness in His saints, but He does pity their weakness -William Gurnall.
"Without the resurrection, the disciples may have continued to remember Jesus as their beloved teacher, but they would have no basis for believing Him to be their Messiah." —Alistair Begg
It’s hard to feel bitter when you’re at the foot of the cross, where the Son of God gave his life for you in obedience to the Father’s eternal plan to save you. —Rico Tice, Faithful Leaders, Pg. 65
"Do you realize that your eternal destiny hinges on the resurrection of Jesus? That there never has been or will be in the whole of time a more significant event than this?" —Alistair Begg
"The sermon which does not lead to Christ will make the devils in hell laugh, but make the angels of God weep." - Charles Spurgeon
"Nowhere else in Scripture do we see Jesus riding any beast of burden. To be the rider of an unbroken colt would be uncomfortable at the least. Yet our all-powerful King demonstrated His perfect humility by doing exactly that." —Alistair Begg
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