“…there is no charity in flattering unconverted people, by abstaining from any mention of their vices, or in applying smooth epithets to damnable sins.”

“Well would it be for the Church ofChrist, if it possessed more plain-speaking ministers, like John the Baptist, in these latter days. A morbid dislike to strong language, an excessive fear of giving offence, a constant flinching from directness and plain speaking, are, unhappily, too much the characteristics of the modern Christian pulpit. Uncharitable language [...]

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“Christ is to the souls of men what the sun is to the world. He is the center and source of all spiritual light…”

“Christ is to the souls of men what the sun is to the world. He is the center and source of all spiritual light, warmth, life, health, growth, beauty, and fertility. Like the sun, He shines for the common benefit of all mankind–for high and for low, for rich and for poor, for Jew and [...]

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September 20 – “Let us know then that ‘growth in grace’ is the best evidence of spiritual health and prosperity.

“Let us know then that ‘growth in grace’ is the best evidence of spiritual health and prosperity. In a child, or a flower, or a tree, we are all aware that when there is no growth there is something wrong. Healthy life in an animal or vegetable will always show itself by progress and increase. [...]

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September 18 – “When I speak of a man ‘growing in grace,’ I mean simply this – that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, his love more extensive, his spiritual-mindedness more marked.”

“When I speak of ‘growth in grace’ I only mean increase in the degree, size, strength, vigour, and power of the graces which the Holy Spirit plants in a believer’s heart. I hold that every one of those graces admits of growth, progress, and increase. I hold that repentance, faith, hope, love, humility, zeal, courage, [...]

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September 17 – “I hold firmly that the justification of a believer is a finished, perfect, and complete work; and that the weakest saint, though he may not know and feel it, is as completely justified as the strongest.”

“When I speak of “growth in grace,”… I do not mean that he can ever be more justified, more pardoned, more forgiven, more at peace with God, than he is the first moment that he believes. I hold firmly that the justification of a believer is a finished, perfect, and complete work; and that the [...]

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September 16 – “One thing essential to growth in grace is diligence in the use of private means of grace.”

“One thing essential to growth in grace is diligence in the use of private means of grace. By these I understand such means as a man must use by himself alone, and no one can use for him. I include under this head private prayer, private reading of the Scriptures, and private meditation and self-examination. [...]

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August 29 – “Most men hope to go to heaven when they die; but few, it may be feared, take the trouble to consider whether they would enjoy heaven if they got there.”

“Sanctification is absolutely necessary in order to train and prepare us for heaven. Most men hope to go to heaven when they die; but few, it may be feared, take the trouble to consider whether they would enjoy heaven if they got there. Heaven is essentially a holy place; its inhabitants are all holy; its [...]

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August 25 – “True faith…constrains a man to live unto the Lord from a deep sense of gratitude for redemption. It makes him feel that he can never do too much for Him who died for him.”

“In short, where there is no sanctification of life, there is no real faith in Christ. True faith worketh by love. It constrains a man to live unto the Lord from a deep sense of gratitude for redemption. It makes him feel that he can never do too much for Him who died for him. Being [...]

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The sinfulness of sin

“I do not think, in the nature of things, that mortal man can at all realize the exceeding sinfulness of sin, in the sight of that holy and perfect One with whom we have to do…terrible black must that guilt be for which nothing but the blood of the Son of God could make satisfaction…” [...]

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