…if all things are in His hand, if the very hairs of our head are numbered; if every event, great and small, is under the direction of His providence and purpose; and if He has a wise, holy and gracious end in view, to which everything that happens is subordinate and subservient; – then we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sovereignty of God’
John Newton on God’s Providence
Posted: 02/21/2009 in Quote of the dayTags: Jerry Bridges, John Newton, Providence, Respectable Sins, Sovereignty of God, True happiness
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Jerry Bridges on God’s Providence
Posted: 02/15/2009 in Quote of the dayTags: Jerry Bridges, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Providence, Respectable Sins, Sovereignty of God
God’s providence may be simply defined as God’s orchestrating all circumstances and events in His universe for His glory and the good of His people.” -Jerry Bridges (Respectable Sins pg. 64) We, the children of the living God, are so blessed that He alone is Omnipotent and Omniscient. He sovereignly governs all things for His [...]
Quote of the Day #31 – John Calvin
Posted: 02/03/2009 in Quote of the dayTags: God's Elect, John Calvin, Romans, Sovereignty of God
“Whatever poison Satan produces, God turns it into medicine for his elect” – John Calvin Oh, how blessed we are that God is sovereign over Satan’s schemes; that nothing can come against us that isn’t under God’s control. “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against [...]
Quote of the Day #26 – Adoniram Judson
Posted: 11/17/2008 in Quote of the dayTags: Adoniram Judson, Calvinism, Missionary, Sovereignty of God
“If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated sufferings.” -Adoniram Judson (first American foreign missionary) Judson served in what was formerly called Burma, bringing the Gospel to unreached peoples. His view of Calvinism and the sovereignty of God was [...]
