"You cannot be saved if you have one hand on self and the other hand on Christ." — Spurgeon

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come/ Let this blest assurance control/ That Christ has regarded my helpless estate/ And hath shed His own blood for my soul! Happy Lord’s Day!

“The moral schizophrenia defining our civilizational moment is unrelenting. We are radically autonomous and non-judgmental while ferociously tribal and judgmental—even pharisaical—elsewhere.” —Andrew T. Walker

“No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD. The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD” (Proverbs 21:30-31).

"...I do think that an angel might have ransacked the whole world before he could have found a happier man than the apostle Paul..." — Spurgeon

“If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it” (Pr 24:12)?

“It is my own view that the culture wars, at root, are protracted conflicts about whether a natural law exists and to what extent its decrees must be obeyed.” — Andrew T. Walker

"Cheerfulness should be the constant aim of the aged. Their tendency is towards sadness. Perhaps a proper seriousness and solemnity should be the aim of the youthful believer, whose tendency will rather be to levity..." — CHS Or, Young people: Get serious Old people: Lighten up

“If the problem of modern culture is man’s desecration, then the answer is his consecration.” — Carl Trueman

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3)… Happy Lord’s Day!

"…believers are willing to look at the disturbing reality of life; they do not scatter flowers over graves, turn death into an angel, regard sin as mere weakness, or consider this the best of all possible worlds. Calvinism has no use for such drivel." — Bavinck

"For this is the very glory of grace—that man hates to be saved—that he is enmity to him, yet God will have him redeemed..." — Spurgeon

"The decree is limited, but the good news is as wide as the world." — Spurgeon

"It is important to note that the language of the imago dei occurs only two other times in the book of Genesis (5:1 and 9:6), and from that point forward across the Old Testament the language of idolatry becomes prominent." — Richard Lints

"...of course, we can ask God for anything, but the Bible clearly encourages us to focus on the things that God has already promised to do in us through the gospel." — Gary Millar