The foundation of the church is twofold: 1. Real; 2. Doctrinal. And in both ways, Christ alone is the foundation.
John Owen
He willingly and freely gave himself up as a victim of divine wrath for his enemies.
Jonathan Edwards
"There is no comparison between the service and the reward. Therefore it is all of grace." — Charles Spurgeon
It is still His delight to show mercy. Jesus is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved. -
J.C. Ryle
One of the sorriest creatures in all the world is a preacher who does not pray, except in public. - Walter Chantry
Proclaim the gospel…trust Jesus with the results.
"His ways must be right; such wondrous acts of love as his have proved to us beyond all question that he is love, essential love, and cannot, therefore, do us an ill turn." -
Charles Spurgeon
"Let us watch that we never undo with our hands what we say with our tongues." —
Charles Spurgeon
I can know if I truly fear God by determining if I have a genuine hatred of evil and an earnest desire to obey His commands. -
Jerry Bridges
"A hasty man never is a wise man." —
Charles Spurgeon
The difference between real and nominal Christians is more manifest on smaller occasions than on greater.
God intends that the struggles of this life wean us from our attachments to this present world.
What does it profit a church to gain an audience but lose its disciples?
Following Christ means abandoning your idea of life for His.
“Preaching is giving the Bible a contemporary voice under the guidance and empowering of the Holy Spirit.” -
Dr. Jerry Barlow
“When we have a fear of God, it will make our worship serious; when we have a joy in God, it will make our worship durable.” —
Stephen Charnock
“Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.” ―
Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
I live for him; he died for me.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The preacher must be a serious man; he must never give the impression that preaching is something light or superficial or trivial. –
Martin Lloyd-Jones
When the storm subsides, the longing for things to be good again rises up to demand relief.
God has given each human soul a capacity and drive, a primal aspiration for life. This is as fundamental to you as your own survival.
for most of us, a sabbatical in some gorgeous refuge is not available. What is available in the River of Life, God Himself, in ways we have not yet tapped into.
If you want to do better spiritually, then you need the help of the Holy Spirit. And the best way not to go backward is to go forward in the Holy Spirit.
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