- God For Me William Gurnall
Satan hates me; Satan accuses me; Satan temps me.
Conversely, you lose much comfort when you fail to see the promises and providence of God as available for your own …
- Thomas Jefferon on Jesus Thomas Jefferson
And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation …
- Farm Work Leland Ryken
Our problem today is that we picture farm work from the vantage point of never having done it.
- Badness of our Times Matthew Henry
It is folly to complain of the badness of our own times when we have more reason to complain of the badness of our own hearts (if men’s hearts were better, the times …
- The Ungoverned Tongue Plutarch
My own reading affords countless instances of the greatest disasters resulting from an ungoverned tongue. When upon the marriage of Philadelphus with his sister, Sotades …
- Principle Duty of Husband and Wife Richard Baxter
A principal duty between husband and wife is with special care and skill and diligence to help each other in the knowledge and worship and obedience of God in order to …
- The Nature of Inspiration Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
When we think of God the Lord giving by His Spirit a body of authoritative Scriptures to His people, we must remember that He is the God of providence and of grace as …
- Kahneman on Media and Memory Daniel Kahneman
People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in …
- Building Our Kingdom Paul David Tripp
It is when we love God more than we love ourselves and when we quit building our own little kingdom and start seeking his that we will love our spouse.
- The Theological Significance of the Call to Worship Glen Clary
The call to worship tells us something very theologically significant. God summons us into his presence to worship him. … We are summoned into the presence of God to join …
- Protestants Appeal to Authority Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
Before all else, Protestantism is, in its very essence, an appeal from all other authority to the divine authority of Holy Scripture.
- Marriage and the Creator Paul David Tripp
No marriage will be unaffected when the people in the marriage are seeking to get from the creation what they were only ever meant to get from the Creator.
- Self Realization? J.R.R. Tolkien
However, the essence of a fallen world is that the best cannot be attained by free enjoyment, or by what is called ‘self-realization’ (usually a nice name for …
- Beeke on Prayer Meetings Joel Beeke
If your minister were to announce that at your forthcoming prayer meeting, the apostle Paul would appear, the entire congregation would attend. That, if course, will not …
- Archibald Alexander on the Office of Elder Archibald Alexander
The truth is, the church should take pains to train men for this very office; and the parents should set a much higher value on it, than they have been accustomed to do; …
- Joy and Sorrow John Calvin
Though joy overcomes sorrow, yet it does not put an end to it, for it does not divest us of humanity.
- The Second Birth Leonhard Goppelt
Even in anthropological perspective, the basis for being a Christian is not a decision or the appropriation of the commandment, but the second birth established in God’s …
- C. S. Lewis on Devotional Books C. S. Lewis
I believe that many who find that ’nothing happens’ when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are …
- Countercultural Christianity Donald A. Carson, Douglas Moo
By refusing to engage in the quasi-religious customs surrounding the official Roman governmental structures, by resolutely setting themselves against some of the immoral …
- His Great Salvation Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
By slow steps and gradual stages He at once works out His saving purpose and molds the world for its reception, choosing a people for Himself and training it through long …
- Religion of the Bible Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
The religion of the Bible thus announces itself, not as the product of men’s search after God, if haply they may feel after Him and find Him, but as the creation in men …
- Madmen in Authority John Maynard Keynes
Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear …
- Baptism-Curcifixion Meredith Kline
At the exodus these judgment waters performed both functions, destroying the Egyptian army but delivering the chosen, priestly nation of Israel. Paul identified these …
- The Promise of God’s Word Chad Van Dixhoorn
This is the promise of God’s Word. In spite of our daily failings, in spite of the accusations of our enemies, [Jesus] is there to quieten our consciences, to encourage …
- Believers are Exiles Tom Schreiner
Believers are exiles, not because they are displaced from their homeland. Believers are exiles because they suffer for their faith in a world that finds their faith …
- All Christians are Brethren Richard Sibbes
All Christians are brethren. The greatest men in the world, the mountains, if they be Christians, they are brethren to the lowest. And it fills up the valleys. The …
- God's Ambassadors Joel Beeke
Though you should deeply appreciate your minister’s efforts to faithfully bring the Word of God, pray that you see ’no man, save Jesus only’ (Matt 17:8). Ministers are …
- He who would be wise Charles Spurgeon
He who would be wise must worship.
- Talk to Yourself Paul Tripp
How faith-driven and Christ-centered is the conversation you have with yourself every day? No one is more influential in your life than you are, because no one talks to …
- Does Your Faith Waiver? Chad Van Dixhoorn
Does your faith ever waver? Remember the Holy Spirit, for he too is promised in this covenant that is all of grace. The Spirit will make us ‘willing’ to believe in a …
- Church Fellowship is Not Optional Edmund Clowney
The church is not just a religious association formed by saved individuals to give united expression to their faith. Rather, the church is more a people than Israel was …
- Propitiation is the Fruit of Love John Murray
It is one thing to say that the wrathful God is made loving. That would be entirely false. It is another thing to say the wrathful God is loving. That is profoundly true. …
- Tender and Awesome Thomas Schreiner
What is remarkable here [1 Peter 1:17] is that God’s tenderness and love as father is mingled with his judgment and the fear that should mark Christians in this world. …
- Richard Baxter on Sermon Notes Richard Baxter
Writing is an easy help for memory, to those who can use it. Some question whether they should use it, because it hinders their affection. But that must be differently …
- Ten Looks at Christ Robert Murray Mccheyne
Do not take up your time so much with studying your own heart as with studying Christ’s heart. ‘For one look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.’
- A Holy Family Richard Baxter
A holy, well-governed family is the preparative to a holy and well-governed church.
If masters of families did their part, and sent such polished materials to the …
- Family Reformation Richard Baxter
Family reformation is the easiest in the most likely way to a common reformation; at least to send many souls to heaven, and train up multitudes for God, if it reached …
- Chew the Cud Richard Baxter
Chew the cud, and call up all when you come home in secret, by meditation preach it over yourselves. If it were coldly delivered by the preacher, do you consider the …
- Improve What you Hear Richard Baxter
And when hypocrites and distempered Christians are quarreling with the imperfections of the speaker, or congregation, the mode of worship, do you rather make it your …
- Jesus! Edmund Clowney
Jesus rose!
Our hope remains in the present: Jesus lives!
Our hope is completed in the future: Jesus is coming!
- Singles in the Service of God Richard Baxter
O that single persons knew (for the most part) the preciousness of their leisure, and how free they are to attend the service of God, and learn his Word, in comparison of …
- Vos on the Importance of Biblical Historicity Geerhardus Vos
But, if according to the Bible [the patriarchs] are real actors of the drama of redemption, the actual beginning of the people of God, the first embodiment of objective …
- Pilgrim Life Edmund Clowney
Peter will describe the political and social duties of the Christian pilgrim. But first the pilgrim must know his calling. It is not to pursue the mirage of humanistic …
- Unpractical Theology? Edmund Clowney
Some may scorn the comfort and triumph of [1 Peter] as unpractical theology. His answers are answers of faith. But Peter knows that his witness is true, that Jesus Christ …
- Ye May Ebb and Flow Samuel Rutherford
Ye may yourself ebb and flow, rise and fall, wax and wane; but your Lord is this day as he was yesterday; and it is your comfort that your salvation is not rolled upon …
- Faith and Works John Calvin
Yet [Paul] is not so careful about good works as to despise the root – that is, faith – while he is gathering the fruits. He takes account of both parts, and, as is …
- Serious Meditation on Truth Thomas Brooks
Remember, it is not a hasty reading, but serious meditating upon holy and heavenly truths, that make them prove sweet and profitable to the soul. It is not the bees …
- The Value of a Good Living John Newton
I would assume congratulate a man upon seeing a millstone tied about his neck, to sink him into the depths of the sea, as upon his obtaining what is called a good living, …
- Strange Rugged Providences Thomas Brooks
As all the stones that were about Stephen’s ears did but knock him the closer to Christ, the corner-stone—so all the strange rugged providences that we meet with, they …
- Most Intelligent Animal on Earth Douglas Adams
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so …