John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion: …the pious mind realizes that the punishment of the impious and wicked and the reward of life eternal for the righteous equally pertain to God’s glory. Besides, this mind restrains itself from sinning, not out of dread of punishment alone; but, because it loves and reveres God as […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Worship (Calvin)Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man: The love which a pious man bear to God and goodness, is not so much by virtue of a command enjoining him so to do, as by a new nature instructing and prompting him to it; nor doth he pay his devotions as an […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Spiritual Disciplines (Scougal)It is easy to presume that Psalm 119 is only about Scripture — a defense of the authority and power of God’s Word. It is. And it isn’t. Psalm 119 is also about the love the writer has for God’s Word. The entire psalm reflects the happiness of a man in love with God. There […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (1/11/09)A. W. Tozer, That Incredible Christian: The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and repulses. There can be nothing more terrible or wonderful than to be stricken with love for Christ so deeply that the whole being goes out in a pained adoration […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/12/08)Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: We usually find within ourselves reasons why we think God should not love us. Such searching is…unbiblical. The Bible is quite clear that God does not look within us for a reason to love us. He loves us because we are in Christ Jesus. When He looks at us, He does […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/9/08)Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.
Read More Today’s Quote (10/8/08)Charles Spurgeon, “Herein is Love:” “Herein is love!” If ever I have coveted powers of speech such as God has committed to some men, powers of thrilling the soul and moving the heart, I covet them to-night, for how can I speak of the wondrous tragedy of the cross? How can I set forth the […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/7/08)Steve Lawson, Made in Our Image: The fact that God loves undeserving sinners like you and me is the mystery of all mysteries. Certainly, it is not inconceivable that we should love Him, given the fact that He is so great and glorious. But that He, the great God of heaven and earth, should love […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/6/08)In 1859, Anna Warner published a little-known book entitled Say and Seal in which one of the characters in the story comforted a dying child by singing a song which had been penned by Anna just for that book. Three years later, William Bradbury came across the book and the song and wrote a tune […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (10/5/08)John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied: Truly God is love. Love is not something adventitious; it is not something that God may choose to be or choose not to be. He is love, and that necessarily, inherently, and eternally. As God is spirit, as he is light, so he is love. Yet it belongs to […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/5/08)May I ask a straight-forward question? Why do you do what you do? That is, what is the motive for your actions? What drives you and compels you? Specifically, when you think about how you serve God, can you also determine why you serve God? Some serve God from a sense of “holy ought.” He […]
Read More Controlled by God’s loveJohn MacArthur, The Love of God: God loves because He is love; love is essential to who He is. Rather than viewing His love as proof of something worthy in us, we ought to be humbled by it. God’s love for the reprobate is not the love of value; it is the love of pity […]
Read More Today’s Quote (9/30/08)
Words of Grace 