- On 2 Corinthians 12:15 Matthew Henry
This is applicable to other relations: if others be wanting in their duty to us it does not follow therefore that we may neglect our duty to them.
- Dishonor to Protestant Christianity John Lorimer
We can conceive few things more dishonourable to Protestant Christianity, or more fitted to impair its progress, than to be able to say, with apparent truth, that it is …
- Deplorable John Newton
The state of the nation, the state of the churches—both are deplorable! Those who should be praying—are disputing and fighting among themselves! Alas! how many professors …
- Poor and Empty in Ourselves John Newton
His own glory is most displayed, and our safety best secured, by keeping us quite poor and empty in ourselves, and supplying us from one minute to another, according to …
- Whoever is truly humbled will not be easily angry John Newton
Whoever is truly humbled will not be easily angry, will not be positive and easy, will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow sinners, know that if …
- Easy thing to be a Christian? Richard Sibbes
It were an easy thing to be a Christian, if religion stood only in a few outward works and duties, but to take the soul to task, and to deal roundly with our own hearts, …
- Indignation at Sin Matthew Henry
Many seem to have indignation at sin; but it is not because it is sin, but because it touches them. They will inform against a man that swears; but it is only if he swear …
- Voting in Accordance to Conscience J. Gresham Machen
A great many men feel that there is no use in voting against a thing unless you can defeat it.
I do not feel that way.
I think it is a very important thing to vote …
- Tender Heart John Lorimer
It is only true piety which, during a long succession of years, will sustain the heart in tenderness to the poor amid trials and difficulties, and which will uphold the …
- Humility to Ask for Prayer Ed Welch
If we desire to be perceived as competent and in control, we will not ask for prayer. If we know that humans, by nature, are spiritually needy, and God’s plan is that we …
- Suffering Exposes Sin Ed Welch
Suffering exposes the sin in our hearts in a way few things can.
When our lives are trouble free, we can confuse personal satisfaction for faith.
- Sharpest Trials from Dearest Comforts John Newton
It is necessary that our sharpest trials should sometimes spring from our dearest comforts, else we should be in danger of forgetting ourselves, and setting up our rest …
- Observing Your Own Failings John Newton
The zealous Christian is strictly observant of his own failings, candid and tender to the faults of others; he knows what allowances are due to the frailty of human …
- Hot-Brained Bigots John Newton
There is little doubt but many, if they had the courage and honesty to speak out, would add St. Paul himself to the list of those whom they despise as uncharitable and …
- Feel the Pain John Owen
Any member who does not feel the pains of his fellow members is rotten and ready to be cut off, for fear of infecting the body.
- The Fountain of All Duties John Owen
Love is the fountain of all duties toward God and man (Matt. 22: 37), the substance of all rules that concern the saints, the bond of communion, ”the fulfilling of the …
- Calvin on Submission to Authority John Calvin
Knowing that someone has been placed over by the Lord’s ordination, we should render to him reverence, obedience, and gratefulness, and should perform such other duties …
- Having the Patience of God John Owen
Suppose your God should be angry every time you gave Him cause and struck every time you provoked Him!
When your brother offends you, restrain your heart until you take a …
- Helpless, Unworthy Sinner John Newton
If you can come as a helpless, unworthy sinner, without strength, without righteousness, without any hope but what arises from the worth, work, and word of Christ, this …
- Controversies John Newton
Controversies, for the most part, are so managed as to indulge rather than to repress this wrong disposition; and therefore, generally speaking, they are productive of …
- On James 3:1 Alec Moyter
Peter, recognizing that Christens long for a fulfilled experience, a good life, a rich blessing from God, commands any who ‘would love life and see good days’ to ‘keep …
- Good Calvinists? J.I. Packer
We rightly repudiate the common view that doctrine does not matter so long as one is upright in life; but if we let our reaction drive us into the opposite extreme of …
- To Never Speak Unfavorably Hiram Goodrich
He never allowed himself, even in the retirement of his own family, to speak unfavorably of the absent, and whenever any person told him the faults of another, he was …
- Newton on Promises in Affliction John Newton
The far greater part of the promises in Scripture are made and suited to a state of affliction; and though we may believe they are true, we cannot so well know their …
- Strain of Anabaptism in American Religion R. B. Kuiper
It is no exaggeration to assert that there exists a decided strain of Anabaptism in American evangelicalism.
The prevalent powerful prejudice, against certain things the …
- Habitual Resignation John Newton
Let us strive and pray for a habitual resignation to his will—for he does all things well.
It is never ill with us—but when our evil hearts doubt or forget this plainest …
- Truly Biblical Sanctification John Murray
Truly biblical sanctification has no affinity with the self-complacency which ignores or fails to take into account the sinfulness of every lack of conformity to the …
- John Murray on Adoption John Murray
Adoption, as the term clearly implies, is an act of transfer from an alien family into the family of God himself.
This is surely the apex of grace and privilege.
- Submitting to Our Own Rule John Calvin
For the plague of submitting to our own rule leads us straight to ruin, but the surest way to safety is neither to know nor to want anything on our own, but simply to …
- Correcting Providence John Newton
So ready are we - at least, so ready am I - to want to recall the day that is past and correct the disposals of Divine Providence.
- Sit Loose on Their Opinions John Newton
People will find fault as they please, and it is a mercy to sit loose to their opinions, and let them talk on — provided we can do it in a right spirit.
I mean, from a …
- Christ and the Day of Atonement Gavin Ortlund
For Stephen Charnock, the high priest’s activity on the Day of Atonement in Lev 16 prefigured Christ’s priestly ministry in at least three ways.
First, his sacrificing …
- Christ's Specific Grace Gavin Ortlund
[God’s grace] doesn’t merely cover my life as a whole, leaving the details to work out on their own.
Christ meets us again and again in our particular moments of lust, …
- Intercession of Christ John Murray
But the fact that from the seat of exalted and undimmed glory and in the exercise of high priestly prerogative he interposes petition to the Father on behalf of every one …
- Stirring Up Division Apostle Paul
As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is …
- Christ's Commitment to Our Salvation Gavin Ortlund
Christ has a greater commitment to our salvation and we do—a greater concern for our welfare, a greater pity for us in distress, a greater zeal for our advancement, a …
- The Top of our Comfort Stephen Charnock
It is the top of our comfort that he is in heaven a pleader, as it was the foundation of our comfort that he was once on earth a sufferer.
- The Ruin of Self Love John Calvin
Each of us thinks we have just cause for elevating ourselves and despising all others in comparison to ourselves—our self-love ruins us with such blindness.
- We Are Not Our Own John Calvin
We are not our own; therefore, neither our reason nor our will should dominate our plans and actions.
We are not our own; therefore, let us not make the gratification of …
- Factions Among You Apostle Paul
…for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
- Merciful Silence John Newton
The Lord has mercifully kept us from the knowledge of each other’s hearts, any farther than we are willing to disclose ourselves.
If every man was compelled to speak all …
- Do Good to All John Calvin
The Lord enjoins us to do good to all without exception, though the greater part, if estimated by their own merit, are most unworthy of it.
But Scripture subjoins a most …
- God is Never Weary of Doing Good Thomas Watson
God is never weary of doing us good. Therefore, we should not be weary of serving Him.
- Paul's Willingness to Be Spent Apostle Paul
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls.
- A Truth to Be Observed John Calvin
This truth ought to be carefully observed, that they who are too rigid towards their brethren, provoke against themselves the severity of God.
- Character of a Deacon John Lorimer
Animated by the spirit of his office, and acting out the character which the counsels of the Word imply, [a deacon] will not be haughty, or harsh, or suspicions, he will …
- The Deacon Must be Sincere John Lorimer
A deacon, to be relieved from the annoyances sometimes connected with the discharge of his duties, is tempted to put the poor off with insincere words—to say one thing to …
- Come Soon! John Newton
…come up as soon as possible; and may the Lord bless you upon the road, and come himself with you. … I long for the time. How snugly shall we sit and smoke our pipes, …
- Dirty Zeal John Newton
If our zeal is embittered by expressions of anger, invective, or scorn—we may think we are doing service of the cause of truth, when in reality we shall only bring it …
- Contest Among Christians Richard Sibbes
It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none.
The best men are severe to themselves, tender over …