"Our response to Scripture is one where we find ourselves declaring the goodness and kindness of God." —Alistair Begg
The devil is vicious, but he is not victorious. Let’s decide tonight to put on the full armor of God tomorrow morning. And let’s believe God has equipped us and given us everything we need to take our stand against the devil’s schemes. Because He has. Ephesians 6:10-11
“If Christ crucified has not his rightful place in your sermons, and sin is not exposed as it should be, and your people are not plainly told what they ought to believe, and be, and do, your preaching is of no use.” - J.C. Ryle
God answers prayers not because we are good, but because he is good. -A.W. Tozer -
You must keep all earthy treasures out of your heart, and let Christ be your treasure, and let Him have your heart. -C.H. Spurgeon -
I know not who and what you are, but I say boldly, Come to Christ and you shall be saved. The way that leads to life may be narrow, but it is marked by the footsteps of thousands of sinners like yourself. —JC Ryle, Old Paths, Pg. 84
It is necessary to stress that anyone who, on the basis of “religious experiences,” says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not him. —JI Packer, Knowing God, Pg. 41
Seventy-five percent of sermon preparation is soul preparation.” -Jess Moody
The law says 𝘋𝘰, and life you'll win; But grace says, 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦, for all, is done; The former cannot ease my grief, The latter yields me 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 relief. —Ralph Erskine (1685-1752),
"The Bible expresses great truths from the very beginning to the end in the realm of personal experience. It doesn't provide us with information that is simply theoretical, but we discover that it is practical and personal." —Alistair Begg
Hell is a truth known too late. -J.C. Ryle - Resolved, Never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God. -Jonathan Edwards -
Settle it down in your mind that the vast majority of people around you are in awful danger of being lost 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. Work every engine for bringing the gospel to bear upon them. —JC Ryle, Old Paths, Pg. 86
“Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.” — Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, 19.
There is no death of sin without the death of Christ. -John Owen - There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God. -John Calvin -
Marriage is to be between one man and one woman. —1646 Westminster Confession of Faith, 24.1
All that I have said, I have said, not as an enemy but as a lover of souls. You do not count him an enemy who gives you bitter medicine to save your life. You do not count him an enemy who shakes you roughly to wake you from your sleep when your house is on fire. —JC Ryle
It is better to pick up a piece of trash for the glory of God than build a massive “ministry” for the glory of self! - Jeffrey Johnson
When our souls are most comforted and enlarged with the faith of God’s favor through Christ, then we have the most heart to obedience. And when, through unbelief, we have harsh thoughts of God as an angry judge, then we have no heart to [true] obedience. —Ralph Erskine, Works 2:53
An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of sin, was never invented by any of Adam's descendants. -A.W. Pink - He, therefore, and he only, knows what saved means, that knows what hell, and death, and damnation means. -John Bunyan -
[The preacher is] the man of God who is set on fire with the truth of God, who believes that he is called by God and equipped by the Spirit of God to speak to the minds of his hearers in such a compelling way that he must have an audience. -John Armstrong
“Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. For when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves and are intoxicated by their success.” — John Calvin Through faith in Christ, we’re freed from bondage—freed to live a new lifestyle of holiness reflecting our relationship with our Father in heaven. - Jim Newheiser & Jeff Forrey Every fact in this world, the God of the Bible claims, has His stamp indelibly engraved upon it. - Cornelius Van Til "You and I can conceal where we go during the week. We can cover up our pasts if we choose. You and I can cover our hearts' secret longings from those who sleep in our own beds. But we cannot before the searching gaze of Almighty God." —Alistair Begg
The most effective churches that I know are churches where the ministerial staff devote many hours in training and mobilizing their congregations to be mighty armies of saints, as they minister to a dying world. - R.C. Sproul Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves. - John Flavel #Worship rises and falls with our concept of #God -A.W. Tozer - There cannot be #faith in the heart unless there be holiness in the life -C.H. Spurgeon -
If a man is truly holy, he will show it at home as well as abroad. —Puritan Thomas Manton, Works 9:24 “The Bible can no more fail, falter, or err than God himself can fail, falter or err.” — Kevin Zuber
“Measure all by the measure of the Bible. Compare all with the standard of the Bible. Weigh all in the balances of the Bible. Examine all by the light of the Bible. Test all in the crucible of the Bible.” J. C. Ryle
There’s a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 God, you have the energy to serve Him, the boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him. —J.I. Packer
"Is Jesus your King? Many other voices will be attractive and persuasive--but if you let them rule you, you will be disappointed in the end. The Lord Jesus Christ will never disappoint you." —Alistair Begg
"In Psalm 139, David is acknowledging the fact that it is impossible for him to deceive God because God knows even our secret thoughts." —Alistair Begg
God's Word is the ultimate standard in all things. That includes apologetics and counseling. "In prayer, we stand before the throne of the Infinite." — Charles Spurgeon
Men fall in private long before they fall in public. -J.C. Ryle -
#God had it on his heart to show to #angels and men, both how excellent his love is, and also how terrible his wrath is -Jonathan Edwards -
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