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Quotes (908)

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

How does a mother build biblical truth into her daughter’s life, nurture her, guard her, and encourage her toward the application of that truth, then send her into an environment that will oftentimes by its very nature be hostile or … Continue reading →

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Quotes (907)

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

  Christ’s death is the Christian’s life. Christ’s cross is the Christian’s title to heaven. Christ “lifted up” and put to shame on Calvary is the ladder by which Christians “enter into the holiest,” and are at length landed in … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 27, 2011 by

“If the Devil comes to my door with his horns visible, I will never let him in; but if he comes with his hat on as a respectable gentlemen, he is admitted at once.” From a sermon by Charles Haddon … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 5, 2011 by

 Never are men’s hearts in such a hopeless condition, as when they are not sensible of their own sins. He that would not make shipwreck on this rock, must beware of measuring himself by his neighbors. What does it signify … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 25, 2011 by

Almost every natural man that hears of Hell flatters himself that he shall escape it. – Jonathan Edwards 1703 – 1758  

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Posted on August 22, 2011 by

We may have more wealth in these days, better education, greater comfort in traveling and in our surroundings even as missionaries, but have we the spirit of urgency, the deep, inward convictions that moved those who went before us; have … Continue reading →

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Quotes (902)

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

The average American family devotes one-fourth of its spendable income to outside debts. Since 1945, consumer debt in the United States has multiplied thirty-one times. The IRS calculates that the average filer spends ten times more paying off interest on … Continue reading →

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Quotes (901)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Every time we sin, we do as much as say, “I do not acknowledge God to be my sovereign; I will do as I please.” Each time we speak an ill-word we really say, “My tongue is my own, he … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 15, 2011 by

You may speak of religion in a general way, of preachers, of churches, of missions, of societies, for doing good, and still be popular; but speak of the Lord Himself, of His precious blood, of the full assurance of salvation, … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 5, 2011 by

  What happened to the God-centered method of evangelism that calls sinners to repent and believe the Gospel? For the last 100 years people have been told to repeat a prayer, come forward, sign a card or get baptized to … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 23, 2011 by

The only thing of my very own to which I can contribute to my own redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed. – William Temple 1628 – 1699

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Posted on July 18, 2011 by

  If you try to imitate Christ, the world will praise you; if you become Christlike it will hate you. – David Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1899 – 1981

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Quotes (896)

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Many churches spend more on interest payments than on world missions. Debt ties the church’s hands. If attendance drops, the economy suffers, or giving dips, then pastors or missionaries must go unpaid. The building completed eight years ago, already needing … Continue reading →

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Quotes (895)

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

[Jonah] was exceedingly displeased and even very angry (Jonah 4:1) because Nineveh had been spared from destruction. Jonah was far more deeply concerned with the fate of a single plant than he was with perhaps a million or more never-dying … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 29, 2011 by

The Pure in heart shall see God, those that hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be completely satisfied with the same, the peace-makers shall be called the sons of God. These second clauses in the beatitudes describe the essence of … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 29, 2011 by

 Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter the better. – Charles H. Spurgeon 1834 – 1892

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Posted on June 24, 2011 by

For another thing, let us not expect too much from our own hearts here below. At our best we shall find in ourselves daily cause for humiliation, and discover that we are needy debtors to mercy and grace every hour. … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 22, 2011 by

Holiness has a mighty influence upon others. When this appears with power in the lives of Christians, it works mightily upon the spirits of men; it stops the mouths of the ungodly . . . . I am sure we … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 20, 2011 by

They that know God will be humble; they that know themselves cannot be proud. – John Flavel 1627 – 1691

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Posted on June 15, 2011 by

Today’s families are suffering because the concepts of biblical family government–unknown to many in these last generations–have been replaced by humanistic and so-called “modern” ideas about child rearing that have produced anarchy in the home. Home has become simply a … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 14, 2011 by

“It is in the gymnasium of affliction that men are modeled and fashioned in the beauty of holiness, and all their spiritual powers are trained for harmonious action. It was meet also that they should suffer, in order to complete … Continue reading →

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Quotes (887)

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

You do not know, poor soul, how glad God is when He forgives a soul. The angels sang when God made the world, but we do not read that God sang then. Yet, in the last chapter of the prophecy … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 7, 2011 by

The Bible records in Acts 17:11 that the Apostle Paul commended the Bereans for comparing what he taught and said to Scripture. Rather than taking offense at what others might consider to be “criticism,” Paul encouraged them to compare everything … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 5, 2011 by

The world does not object to your being a Christian for a time, if she can but tempt you to cease your pilgrimage and settle down to buy and sell with her in Vanity Fair. The flesh will seek to … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 29, 2011 by

 Seducers are more dangerous enemies to the church than persecutors. – Matthew Henry 1662 – 1714 HT: What They Said

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Posted on May 28, 2011 by

I notice that many here do not like the term “heretic.” There seems to be agreement that one must deny certain doctrines “essential to salvation” in order to be a heretic. This is very new thinking. Look, for example, at … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 27, 2011 by

There are three things that earthly riches can never do; they can never satisfy divine justice, they can never pacify divine wrath, nor can they every quiet a guilty conscience. – Thomas Brooks 1608 – 1680 HT: What They Said

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Posted on May 26, 2011 by

When we consider the very being of God, we find ourselves so far from the true knowledge of it that we cannot come up with the right words and expressions. As we seek to meditate in our minds and frame … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 24, 2011 by

We naturally love our ease, and would have nothing befall us that is grievous to flesh and blood; and gracious persons pray and strive to prevent and remove afflictions. But yet the experience of all, good and bad, in all … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Oh, that, you and I might get into the very heart of the Word of God, and get that Word into ourselves! As I have seen the silkworm eat into the leaf, and consume it, so ought we to do … Continue reading →

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