Satan offers you pleasures now and eternal death later. Christ offers you the cross now and the crown later. Don't be deceived. The cross must come before the crown.

It is a profound political reality that Christ now occupies the supreme seat of cosmic authority. The kings of this world and all secular governments may ignore this reality, but they cannot undo it. R.C. Sproul

“Love of God and knowledge of God go hand in hand.” —Keith Mathison in Tabletalk Magazine tabletalkmagazine.com/posts/why-stud…

Modern Christians hope to save the world by being like it, but it will never work. A.W. Tozer

Many of us know that "Don't Waste Your Life" rocked a generation. But a second message had a massive effect as well. In 2007, Steve Lawson preached the barn-burner "It Will Cost You Everything" at Resolved. This sermon is SMOKING with the glory of God: gracechurch.org/sermons/444

The full inheritance promised is the fullness of the Spirit in the enjoyment of God. —John Owen

Never equate obedience to the Word of God w/ "putting God in a box." God's power is not limited by obedience but rather made manifest through it. If God has given us difficult commands to follow, we do not resort to pragmatism. That is to favor the wisdom of men & to limit God.

Great men of God such as Moses, David, Daniel, and Paul were not deemed great because of their own abilities but because of God's work through their faith and trust in Him.

Grace isn’t passive. It is irresistible. It overcomes sin in the life of the believer. It transforms. It is powerful. It reigns. Never doubt God’s amazing, abundant grace.

In families and with our colleagues, pretending we have all the answers blunts our ability to listen and hastens our speech, usually creating more heat than light. Growing in wisdom means growing in repentance.

A reporter once asked Martin Lloyd-Jones about all that he gave up when he left a promising career as a medical doctor; MLJ responded, “I gave up nothing; I received everything. I count it the highest honor that God can confer on any man to call him to be a herald of the gospel.”

It is not God who finds His destiny in His creatures; rather, they find their destiny in Him. —Herman Bavinck

“The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.” – John Stott

“We can become experts in the Christian life without growing any closer to Christ.” desiringgod.org/articles/holin…

“Calvary not merely made possible the salvation of those for whom Christ died; it ensured that they would be brought to faith and their salvation made actual.” – J.I. Packer

The sad story of mankind since the fall is discovered in the history of mankind’s attempting to rid this world of God. —Nick Batzig bddy.me/2PTXj6D

The central message of the death and resurrection of Christ is that you can’t save yourself. Anything less is a false gospel.

Grace is never given as an excuse for sinful living. In fact the opposite is asserted. Grace is the grounds of our new obedience to Christ. “How shall we who died to sin still live in it.” (Rom 6:2)

Salvation is all of God’s doing, all of His working, and all to His glory. He is the highest aim. He is the purpose for it all. —@DrStevenJLawson

God is the highest good of man—that is the testimony of the whole Scriptures. —Herman Bavinck