 Whenever we endeavor to bring about our own perfection, or that of others, by our own efforts, the result is simply imperfection. Author: Madame Guyon |
| Never before has the world been so desperately asking for answers to crucial questions, and never before has the world been so frantically committed to the idea that no answers are possible. Author: Edmund Clowney |
| If I am walking along the street with a very disfiguring hole in the back of my dress, of which I am in ignorance, it is certainly a very great comfort to me to have a kind friend who will tell me of it. And similarly it is indeed a comfort to know that there is always abiding with me a divine, all-seeing Comforter, who will reprove me for all my faults, and will not let me go on in a fatal unconsciousness of them. Author: Hannah Whitall Smith |
| If you trust yourself to walk in the light of your own conscience, uninstructed or little instructed by the Word of God, you will end up doing things that you are deeply and sincerely convinced are right. But they may be terribly hurtful and destructive within the Church. Author: Ray C. Stedman |
| The Jews were slow of heart to believe all that the prophets had spoken concerning the sufferings of their Messiah; we are slow of heart to believe all that they have spoken concerning His glory. Author: C.I. Scofield |
| The Church, saved by faith in the Messiah who came from the Jews; having in her hand the Bible which was written by the Jews; receiving her teaching solely and only through Jewish sources, became, for one thousand years, the bitter, relentless, bloody persecutor of Judaism. With that came worldliness and priestly assumption, and the Dark Ages. Author: C.I. Scofield |
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| Today's civil libertarians ignore our unmistakable history when they attempt to stifle religious expression in our nation. Author: Jonathan Falwell |
| O slow of heart to believe and trust in the constant presence and overruling agency of our almighty Saviour! Author: Adoniram Judson |
| Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down. Author: J.C. Ryle
Source: Thoughts for Young Men. |
