Posts Tagged ‘ Quote ’

Where God Becomes Favorable

The cross is the place, the event, the sacrifice, by which God becomes favorable or propitious towards us poor sinners. – D.A. Carson, Basics for Believers[ READ MORE ]

Just Do It!

I’m in the thick of doing a really nasty case analysis as part of my master’s program. I do not want to do it. I want to go read a different book. A fun book. Any book but the one I’m reading right now for this class. The quote below is ringing in my ears: No [ READ MORE ]

A Reason to Bless the Lord

I bless the lord that all our troubles come through Christ’s fingers -Samuel Rutherford[ READ MORE ]

A Full Feast

Christ is as full a feast as you can have to hunger. -Samuel Rutherford[ READ MORE ]

on How to Spin Out Comforts

You Must learn to make evils your great good, and to spin out comforts, peace, joy, communion with Christ, out of your troubles, that are Christ’s wooers to speak for you to himself.-Samuel Rutherford[ READ MORE ]

There is Room For Your Head

There are many heads lying in Christ’s bosom, but there is room for yours amoung the rest. -Samuel Rutherford[ READ MORE ]

Lay Your Weights On Him By Faith

Lay all your loads and your weights by faith upon Christ. Ease yourself, and let him bear all. He can, he does, he will bear you. -Samuel Rutherford[ READ MORE ]

on the Worth of Suffering

Suffering is not worthy of our first night’s welcome home to heaven.-Samuel Rutherford[ READ MORE ]

Christ’s Love Has Neither Brim Nor Bottom

Every day we may see some new thing in Christ. His love has neither brim nor bottom. -Samuel Rutherford[ READ MORE ]

Why Read?

I have friends who can accurately reference specific footnotes from books they read 20 or more years ago! Those friends not only read a lot, they remember just about everything. I find this very discouraging. I recently finished A. Lincoln, a 676-page biography by Ronald C. White, Jr. And yet when I closed the book [ READ MORE ]

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