“If there is no sanctification, it means that there never was any justification.”- R. C. Sproul (1939–2017
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. -John F. Kennedy
“Each year, month, and day is governed by a new, a special, providence of God.” - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion,
Owen argues that there is a difference between gospel repentance and legal or bondage repentance. The latter is "full of dread, amazement, terror, self-love, astonishment at the presence of God". The former "consisting of godly sorrow for sin, with its relinquishment, proceeding from faith, love, and abhorrence of sin, on account of Father, Son and Spirit, both law and love, –“ John Owen, The Glory of Christ(page 196) Thorpe
Thou who hast given so much to me, give one thing more-- a grateful heart.--George Herbert (1593-1633)(In George Sweeting's _Who Said That?_ [1995],"Thanks And Praise")
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