Posted in Pictures, Quote of the day, tagged Good News, Gospel, Quotes on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“The gospel is the good news that because God did not spare Christ, He will not spare any omnipotent effort to give us everything that is good for us.”
-John Piper (God is the Gospel, pg. 36)
The verse that obviously inspired this quote is Romans 8:32. “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered [...]
Posted in Quote of the day, tagged Enjoyment of God, God's glory, John Piper, Quotes, Satisfaction on August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“If the enjoyment of God Himself is not the final and best gift of love, then God is not the greatest treasure, His self-giving is not the highest mercy, the gospel is not the good news that sinners may enjoy their Maker, Christ did not suffer to bring us to God, and our souls must [...]
Posted in Quote of the day, tagged Quotes, scale, Self-importance, View of God on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“J. I. Packer once told me our view of God is like a pair of old fashioned scales. When God goes up in our estimation, we go down. Similarly, when we raise our sense of self-importance, our view of God must, to the same degree be lowered.”
-Michael Horton
Where is God on your scale? Do you [...]
Posted in Quote of the day, tagged C. J. Mahaney, Grace, Quotes on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“God is glorified when we believe with all our hearts that those who trust in Christ can never be condemned. It’s only when we receive His free gift of grace and live in total forgiveness that we’re able to turn from old, sinful ways of living and walk in grace-motivated obedience.”
-C. J. Mahaney (page 126, [...]
Posted in Quote of the day, tagged Christ, Obedience, Quotes, Spurgeon on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“All of the love and the acceptance which perfect obedience could have obtained of God,
belong to you because Christ was perfectly obedient on your behalf.”
- C. H. Spurgeon
Posted in Quote of the day, tagged C. J. Mahaney, Gospel, Legalism, Quotes, the cross on July 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“We have a constant tendency to stop remembering the cross, and to start depending on legalism and self-effort.” – C. J. Mahaney
(Living the Cross Centered Life, pg. 107)
Oh how easy it is to base our joy on our own efforts… Up and down we go depending on how good we are… We must cling to [...]
Posted in Quote of the day, tagged John Flavel, Quotes, Romans on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Surely if He would not spare His own Son one stroke, one tear, one groan, one sigh, one circumstance of misery, it can never be imagined that ever he should, after this, deny or withold from His people, for whose sakes all this was suffered, any mercies, any comforts, any priveledge, spiritual or temporal, which [...]
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