- Absurdity of the Incarnation? Scott Oliphint
That which is truly absurd is whatever is in opposition to God; and surely the incarnation is not. Absurdity, therefore, has to be measured not in terms of what we can …
- Faith Can Do This Jeremiah Burroughs
So what do you get by being a believer, a Christian? What can you do by your faith? I can do this: I can in all states cast my cares upon God, cast my burden upon God, I …
- Great Affliction Jeremiah Burroughs
Let it be as great an affliction as it will, it is not as great as your sin.
- God’s Tools in Providence Jeremiah Burroughs
‘I think I could be content with God’s hand,’ says one, ‘so far as I see the hand of God in a thing I can be content. But when men deal so unreasonably and unjustly with …
- Morality of Food Jayson Lusk
If we are to discuss the morality of food, foremost in our minds must be the ability of people (especially the poor) to eat.
Whatever else the modern food elite may …
- Power of Sin is Broken John Murray
In his finished work Christ did something once for all respecting the power of sin and it is the virtue of this victory which he secured that the power of sin is broken …
- Chesterton on Motherhood G.K. Chesterton
How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe? How can it be …
- Bad Parents Make Bad Children Thomas Manton
I cannot suppose thee to be such a stranger as to be ignorant of the general complaint concerning the decay of the power of godliness, and more especially of the great …
- The End of Temptation John Newton
One gracious end, therefore, that the Lord has in permitting his people to be tempted, is for the prevention of greater evils, that they may not grow proud or careless, …
- In Much the Best Life Faileth Martin Luther
To wash away the crimson stain, / grace, grace alone availeth; / our works, alas! are all in vain; / in much the best life faileth: / no man can glory in thy sight, / all …
- That Monster Self John Newton
I long to be able to use Job’s words, with the same feeling as I believe Job had when he spoke them, Behold, I am vile! The acknowledgment in words is quite easy — but …
- Diminshed Value of Historical Arguments Robert Tracy McKenzie
Complicated answers rarely work well in public debates. In his classic Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville observed that ‘a false but clear and precise idea …
- Nick Willborn
So long as elders are consumed with temporal matters, the congregation will be temporarily minded. When the diaconate functions as the temporal agents of the church, …
- The Authentic Face of Christ David VanDrunen
Making pictures of Jesus fails to recognize or submit to God’s inscrutable wisdom in requiring his people to live for a time by faith and not by sight as they wait …
- Church Leaders as a Gift from God Ryan McGraw, Ryan Speck
In fact, Jesus gave church leaders as one of the gifts He purchased by His own blood for the good of the church (Ephesians 4:8, 11)
- Our Strange Pride John Newton
It is strange that pride should ever find anything in my experience to feed upon; but this completes my character for folly, vileness, and inconsistence, that I’m not …
- Be Scripture Men Thomas Watson
If the Scripture be of divine inspiration, then be exhorted, to study the Scripture. It is a copy of God’s will. Be Scripture-men, Bible-Christians.
- Disgrace of Low Blows William Dunlop
The treating of an adversary with fierceness, anger, or disdain; the representing his opinions in the worst light; and especially the inveighing against the blasphemes or …
- Paul’s Fervency in Prayer Donald A. Carson
[Paul’s] unaffected fervency in prayer is not whipped-up emotionalism but the overflow of his love for his brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. That means that if we are …
- Lincoln’s Best Friend Abraham Lincoln
My best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.
- Eating and Christian Friendship Joel Beeke, Michael Haykin
Friends multiply their joys by sharing them. One of the most basic ways is by eating together. Don’t overspiritualize Christian friendship; two of its most important …
- Saints' Greatest Burden John Owen
Many saints have no greater burden in their lives than that their hearts do not constantly delight and rejoice in God.
- Our Chief Ambition Thomas Watson
Oh let this be the thing we are chiefly ambitious of, the enjoyment of God in his ordinances!
- Foolishness of Preaching J. Gresham Machen
Could anything be more impractical than the attempt to influence conduct by rehearsing events concerning the death of a religious teacher? That is what Paul called ’the …
- The History of Philosophy John Frame
But in philosophy itself, thinkers today discuss essentially the same questions that Plato and Aristotle did. That interesting fact suggests that the history of …
- Deacons and the Nazis Frederick Herzog
When during World War II the Netherlands were occupied by Germans the deacons of the Dutch Reformed Church assumed the care for the politically persecuted, supplying food …
- Qualifictions for Deacons George C. Fuller
If all there is to being a deacon revolves around flowers and fruit baskets and the quick drop off and pick up of sermon tapes, these characteristics do not have special …
- Look on Christ Thomas Watson
Oh look on Christ, this rare pattern, and be humbled! It is an unseemly sight to see God humbling himself and man exalting himself; to see a humble Saviour and a proud …
- Not Perfect, Just Forgiven? Richard Gaffin
Christians are not yet perfect, but in Christ, God has forgiven them and has begun a good work in them.
- Go to the Ordinances Thomas Watson
Would it not be an encouragement to a subject, to hear his prince say to him, You will honor and please me very much, if you will go to yonder mine of gold, and dig as …
- Too Hasty Assent to Calvinistic Principles John Newton
I believe a too hasty assent to Calvinistic principles, before a person is duly acquainted with the plague of his own heart, is one principal cause of that lightness of …
- Give Me Liberty or? John Newton
I think a heathen said, ‘The day which deprives a man of his liberty, robs him of half his virtues.’ If I was a heathen I should say so too. But the gospel teaches me …
- Random Elections? John Newton
I have so poor an opinion of the bulk both of the electors and the elected, that, I think, if the seats in the house of commons could be determined by a lottery, …
- To See an Old Disciple Thomas Watson
It is one of the best sights to see an old disciple; to see silver hairs adorned with golden virtues.
- Christ Outside of Us John Calvin
We must understand that as long as Christ remains outside of us, and we are separated from Him, all that He has suffered and done for the salvation of the human race …
- Warfield to Franklin George Whitefield
As you have made a pretty considerable progress in the mysteries of electricity, I would now humbly recommend to your diligent unprejudiced pursuit and study the mystery …
- New Feelings and Purposes Charlies Hodge
The apostle therefore says that if any man is in Christ he experiences a change analogous to that predicted by the prophets, and like to that which we still anticipate …
- Radical Transformation Herman Ridderbos
The new life [in Christ] means a radical transformation, passing over from a condition of death and slavery into one of life and liberty, which on this account is not to …
- Let Your Joy be in God Matthew Meade
Whatever you enjoy in the world, yet let your joy be in God. Have you riches, honors, pleasures, children, health, beauty, etc.
- When Our Faith is Weak Herman Bavinck
When our faith is weak, when we lapse into sin, believers always have the right and the freedom to go with confidence to the throne of grace and plead on the basis of the …
- We Are Prone to Lean Too Hard on Ministers John Newton
The fountain from which your dear pastor obtained the water of life, which he communicated to his congregation—is still full and still flowing; and you are still welcome …
- The Lions Roar but cannot Kill John Newton
The lions roar but cannot kill, / Then fear them not, my friends, / They bring us, though against their will, / The honey JESUS sends.
- Communion with Lepers Joe Barron Hopper
Some of the happiest experiences have been in churches where all the members have leprosy… More than once I have served communion to men like this where the bread had to …
- The Graces of a Good Deacon RC Reed
To avoid friction between members, to promote happy pastorates, and to develope the grace of liberality, nothing is more important than a good deacon, one who can be …
- Satan, Self, and Co John Newton
There is a great and old established house, which does much business, and causes no small disturbance in the world and in the church. The firm is Satan, Self, and Co.
- Value of Hymns Fernando Ortega
When you take a pop song and weigh it down with the gospel it sort of cheapens both. The theology is too heavy for the song, and the song usually ends up being too light …
- Books vs. Knowledge Herman Melville
Nevertheless, though of real knowledge there be little, yet of books there are a plenty.
- He Overrules All the Designs of Men John Newton
He overrules all the designs of men–for the furtherance and accomplishment of his holy plan. Not only his friends, but his enemies contribute to it.
- The Second Most Important Book for Children Joel Beeke
Besides the Bible, your lives are the most important book your children will ever read. In the book of your life, they will see how important your views on God are, …
- He Who Called Us John Newton
He who called us can easily call others.