“But in some cases it is really more creditable to be carried away by an emotion, however unreasonable, which springs from a great love, than to be unmoved. And this is even truer in youth, for a young man who is always sensible is to be suspected and is of little worth — that’s my… [Read more…]
December 17, 2010
“Consequently it is contrary to Scripture as well as to experience to attribute to man such a perpetual blindness as would render him unable to form any true conception. On the contrary, there is light still shining in the darkness, men still retain a degree of love for the truth, some sparks of the truth… [Read more…]
March 2, 2010
“The religion of a sinner stands on two pillars; namely, what Christ did for us in his flesh, and what he performs in us by his Spirit. Most errors arise from an attempt to separate these two.” John Newton, The Memoirs of the Rev. John Newton, with General Remarks on his Life, Connections, and Character,… [Read more…]
March 2, 2010
“Some preachers near Olney dwelt on the doctrine of predestination: an old woman said, ‘Ah! I have long settled that point: for, if God had not chosen me before I was born, I am sure he would have seen nothing in me to have chosen me for afterwards.’” John Newton, The Memoirs of the Rev.… [Read more…]
December 20, 2009
“The chief means for attaining wisdom, and suitable gifts for the ministry, are the holy Scriptures, and prayer. The one is the fountain of living water, the other the bucket with which we are to draw.” John Newton, “Letter II,” The Works of John Newton, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth), 141.
February 14, 2008
“The true analogy for inspiration is incarnation, the personal Word of God becoming flesh.” J. I. Packer, “What did the cross achieve: The logic of penal substitution,” Lecture delivered at Tyndale House, Cambridge, 17 July, 1973.
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