Quotes Nov 1

“One of the chief uses of religion is that it makes us remember our coming from darkness, the simple fact that we are created.” GK Chesterton,The Boston Sunday Post

A man’s contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at his feet, cries for another world to conquer.- - Charles Spurgeon
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“I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.“ — Psalm 18:3
Hearing a Call to Worship on the Lord's Day is like having a lifebuoy thrown over us.- Gethin Jones

“Doctrine divides!”
No, doctrine defines. -Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst

"Indeed, this is what is unique about Christian faith in contrast to all other religions and spiritualities. Faith is not simply faith in God. It is not about connecting to a power greater than ourselves in the world or, for that matter, in ourselves. It is not about our private choice to be spiritual. No, it is instead all about receiving God's promises of redemption, about receiving them at the only place and in the only way that we can receive them. It is about coming through Christ to receive what the Father has for us in him. And when we take hold of Christ, and of the promises made to us and received in him, we have the most important thing that God wants us to have. "For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory." (@ Cor. 1:20) - David F. Wells, God in the Whirlwind: How the Holy-love of God Reorients Our World

Quotes Oct 31

You say, “If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.” You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.- Charles Spurgeon

Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved.” - GK Chesterton,Orthodoxy

... the wisest and most gallant of all the men whom this age, rich in heroes, has produced. In what ever direction England finally moves it will go down to the ages that she had a ruler who had the glory of this island and the respect for religion close to his heart. - John Owen en Oliver Cromwell, in the Oxford orations of Dr John Owen, Page 47 quoted in - Sinlcair B Ferguson Some pastors and teachers, p.32

I offer my heart to you Lord, promptly and sincerely. (Cor meum tibi offero, Domine, prompte et sincere). - Calvin's motto quoted in - Sinclair B Ferguson Some pastors and teachers, p.66

Quotes Oct 30

“In times of adversity, believers comfort themselves with the solace that they suffer nothing except by God’s ordinance and command, for they are under his hand.” - Calvin

If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all. And the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earth to us.- Charles Spurgeon

Narrated by Aisha That the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years' (i.e., till his death. Muhammad was age 53). -  Sahih Bukhari.Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64

"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." ~John Wooden

Quotes Oct 29

Here's an important lesson to remember: No matter how gracious & loving & kind you are, when you speak the truth in love & shine light into darkness, some people will hate you for it -- and I mean hate.Dr. Michael L. Brown@DrMichaelLBrown

"Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said." - Unk

It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.- Charles Spurgeon@CHSpurgeon

(Calvin's College a Montaigu) exacted enormous discipline. Classes began at 4 AM and continued (with some intermission) until at least eight p.m.. Calvin was a sponge for learning. - Sinclair B Ferguson,  Some pastors and teachers, p.10

Quotes Oct 27

I view the difficulties of Holy Scripture as so many prayer stools upon which I kneel and worship the glorious Lord. What we cannot comprehend by our understandings we apprehend by our affections.- Charles Spurgeon

If we could understand how patient God is with our weaknesses, we would not fail to show patience to others. - @desiringGod

“Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.”- C. S. Lewis@CSLewisDaily

Fear looks at the storm; Faith looks at the Saviour. - James Merritt

The high priest garment in ex 28:31-32 slips over the head, i.e. it is seamless. John mentioning Jesus' seamless garment in John 19 is a hint of his high priestly work in bearing our sin  - Philip Ryken, Exodus

Quotes Oct 26

I would not be a Stoic to have no passions, but a Christian, to order those I have. - Joseph Hall, Medications and vows, divine and moral.in Alex Ryrie, Being Protestant in Reformation Britain, p 18

The angel of the Lord. The covenant angel, the Lord Jesus, at the head of all the bands of heaven, surrounds with his army the dwellings of the saints. Like hosts entrenched so are the ministering spirits encamped around the Lord's chosen, to serve and succour, to defend and console them. Encampeth round about them that fear him. On every side the watch is kept by warriors of sleepless eyes, and the Captain of the host is one whose prowess none can resist. And delivereth them. We little know how many providential deliverances we owe to those unseen hands which are charged to bear us up lest we dash our foot against a stone.  - Charles Spurgeon, Treasury of David,Psalm 34:7,Exposition

I know the inconstancy of the people of England, how they ever mislike the present government & have their eyes fixed upon that person that is next to succeed; & naturally men be so disposed: ‘More to adore the rising than the setting sun.’- Elizabeth I.

He that eateth and drinketh,
And letteth grace pass,
Sitteth down like a ox,
And riseth like an ass.
Hill, Christ's prayer expounded in Alex Ryrie, Being Protestant in Reformation Britain, p 382

Quotes Oct 25

 ..you take a divine promise, spoken thousands of years ago, and lo, it is fulfilled to you! It becomes as true to you as if God had spoken it for the first time this very day, and you were the person to whom it was addressed- Charles Spurgeon

Whoever is utterly cast down and overwhelmed by the awareness of his calamity, poverty, nakedness, and disgrace has thus advanced farthest in knowledge of himself.- John Calvin@JohnCalvinDaily

Sin is an infinite evil because it is committed against an infinitely great and excellent Being, and so is a violation of infinite obligation.- Jonathan Edwards@Heart_Aflame

There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us. —Richard Sibbes

'Even though being a good speller has lost its ranking in school, we can hope there is one group of artisans that still finds spelling important…the tattoo artist.'- Nanette L. Avery