“The chief point on which it turns is to confirm Timothy, both in the faith of the gospel, and in the pure and constant preaching of it. But yet these exhortations derive no small weight from the consideration of the time when he wrote them. Paul had before his eyes the death which he was [...]
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–-Thomas Watson, 1662
NO BETTER GOSPEL: “Paul preached the gospel better than I do, but even he could not preach a better gospel.” (CH SPURGEON) http://ow.ly/JTJw2 days ago
"D'ye know what Calvary was? What? What? What?" Then, with tears on his face-- "It was DAMNATION... and He took it LOVINGLY." (Rabbi Duncan) 2 days ago
UNSEARCHABLE RICHES IN JESUS: “Paul preached the gospel better than I do, but even he could not preach a better gospel.” (Charles Spurgeon) 3 days ago
SO YOU WANT A CUTE NATIVITY SCENE? "I don’t think it's possible to buy a nativity set that has any of Herod’s soldiers in it." (Doug Wilson) 3 days ago
June 18, 2009
“Written with Paul’s own blood” by John Calvin
“The chief point on which it turns is to confirm Timothy, both in the faith of the gospel, and in the pure and constant preaching of it. But yet these exhortations derive no small weight from the consideration of the time when he wrote them. Paul had before his eyes the death which he was [...]
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