“The imperfection of human government is in nothing more manifest than in the fact that it never can exercise mercy except at the expense of justice…But in the gospel, the justice and integrity of God are as completely vindicated as in the punishment of the transgressor. Whilst the sinner escapes the penalty, the law of God is more firmly established than before.”

“It [the gospel] is the only system which undertakes to provide a perfect pardon and to readjust man’s relations to the violated law. In every  government, human or divine, the first thing to be considered is our relation to the law. Immediately upon transgression, the law  seizes the offender’s person, brings him before the tribunal [...]

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“…when the gospel comes in the sweet and precious influences thereof to the heart, then, I say, even as thou sawest the damsel lay the dust by sprinkling the floor with water, so is sin vanquished and subdued, and the soul made clean through the faith of it, and consequently fit for the King of glory to inhabit.”

“Then he took him by the hand, and led him into a very large parlour that was full of dust, because never swept; the which after he had reviewed a little while, the Interpreter called for a man to sweep. Now, when he began to sweep, the dust began so abundantly to fly about, that [...]

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“…the mall is the Kingdom of Me and My Choices. The Church is the Kingdom of Christ and his grace.”

“The mall has a food court, a cinema, and all the right shops. Why can’t the church be like that? What’s wrong with it? The main thing wrong with it is that the mall is the Kingdom of Me and My Choices. The Church is the Kingdom of Christ and his grace. They’re two different [...]

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“Solomon made use even of the Sidonians when building the temple of the Lord, but he did not give them membership on his building committee.”

“Reformed theologians do not co-operate with Arminian theologians in the preaching of the gospel. Do they therefore conclude that all Arminian preaching is to no avail? God uses even defective preaching to accomplish his purposes; so God also uses defective reasoning to bring men to himself. And as for the results of evangelical scholarship, the [...]

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“Almost all will court the Gospel Queen when she is hung with jewels. But to own the ways of God when they are decried and maligned, to love a persecuted truth—this evidences a vital principle of goodness.”

“To be holiest in evil times, is an indication of the truth of grace. To profess religion when the times favor it, is no great matter. Almost all will court the Gospel Queen when she is hung with jewels. But to own the ways of God when they are decried and maligned, to love a [...]

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Temptation and the gospel

“Few are exempt from the fiery darts of the adversary. Our Lord Himself was not. Many, peculiar and great are Satan’s temptations. They are often those which touch the very vitals of the gospel, which attempt to undermine the believer’s faith in the fundamentals of Christianity, and which affect his own personal interest in the covenant of grace.”  [...]

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