“What will He not do for us now?” by John Chrysostom (A.D. 347-407)

“The wonder is not only that God the Father gave His Son but that He did so in this way, by sacrificing the one He loved. It is astonishing that He gave the Beloved for those who hated Him. See how highly He honors us. If even when we hated Him and were enemies He [...]

“A plain Christ” by Charles H. Spurgeon

“A plain Christ is forever the loveliest Christ. Dress Him up, and you have deformed Him and defamed Him. Bring Him out just as He is, the Christ of God, nothing else but Christ and Him crucified.”
–Charles H. Spurgeon, “The Chief Office of the Holy Spirit” in Spurgeon on the Holy Spirit (New Kensington, PA: [...]

“Greater glory among the oxen” by Charles H. Spurgeon

“Think for a minute of Christ’s person as revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. What can more glorify Him than for us to see His person, very God of very God, and yet as truly man? What a wondrous being, as human as ourselves, but as divine as God! Was there ever another like [...]

“The glory of Christ lies in Himself” by Charles H. Spurgeon

“The things that glorify Christ are all in Christ. The Holy Spirit brings nothing from abroad, but He takes of the things of Christ and shows them to us. The glory of kings lies in their silver and gold, their silk and gems, but the glory of Christ lies in Himself.”
–Charles H. Spurgeon, “The Chief [...]

“Defined by the worship of God” N.T. Wright

“Christians are not defined by skin colour, by gender, by geographical location, or even, shockingly, by their good behaviour. Nor are they defined by the particular type of religious feelings they may have. They are defined in terms of the God they worship.
That’s why we say the Creed at the heart of our regular liturgies: [...]

“The meaning of the Pentateuch” by John H. Sailhamer

“The big idea of the Pentateuch is the importance of living by faith.”
–John H. Sailhamer, The Meaning of the Pentateuch (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2009), 22.

“The dearest place on earth” by Charles H. Spurgeon

“Give yourself to the Church. You that are members of the Church have not found it perfect and I hope that you feel almost glad that you have not. If I had never joined a Church till I had found one that was perfect, I would never have joined one at all! And the moment [...]

“The life of the disciple is not for the timid” by Kris Lundgaard

“The life of the disciple is not for the timid. Most would rather give in to sin than go through the painful work of picking up a cross and nailing their flesh to it.”
–Kris Lundgaard, The Enemy Within (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1998), 31.

“Higher critics can’t preach” by Brevard S. Childs

“In my judgment, there is no greater indictment of the critical method than the theological bankruptcy of its homiletical model.”
–Brevard S. Childs, Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1979), 409.

“The supreme mystery” by J.I. Packer

“The really staggering Christian claim is that Jesus of Nazareth was God made man– that the second person of the Godhead became the ’second man’ (1 Cor. 15:47), determining human destiny, the second representative head of the race, and that He took humanity without loss of deity, so that Jesus of Nazareth was as truly [...]

“Where sin can’t breathe” by Kris Lundgaard

“We worship a tender Father as well as a ‘consuming fire’ (Hebrews 12:28-29). Sin can’t breath in an atmosphere of fear and reverence before God. It suffocates. Can you imagine your lust cheery and prosperous when you are on your face before a holy God?”
–Kris Lundgaard, The Enemy Within (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1998), 131.

“Indwelling sin is our Judas” by Kris Lundgaard

“Dante found Brutus, Cassius, and Judas in the deepest pit of hell. Those who are traitors, who win the trust of their friends and then betray from the inside, are the most wicked of all. Indwelling sin is our Judas.”
–Kris Lundgaard, The Enemy Within (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1998), 31.

“Be always praying” by Thomas Brooks

“A Christian must not only pray, but hold on in prayer, until he hath got the heavenly prize. We are daily in want, and therefore we have need to be praying daily. The world is always alluring, therefore we have need to be always praying.
Satan is always tempting, therefore we have need to be always [...]

“Rise and Fall” by Daniel Renstrom

“Rise and Fall”
By Daniel Renstrom, 2009
The dawn of the light
Is breaking tonight
At the birth of this dangerous boy.
And shepherds and kings
Bow down and sing
At the birth of this dangerous boy.
Many will rise and fall
At the birth of this King, the birth of this King.
Many will rise and fall
At the birth of this King, the [...]

“Heaven is a world of singing” by Jonathan Edwards

“The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other, is by music. When I form in my mind an idea of a society in the highest degree of happiness, I think of them as expressing their love, their joy, and the inward concord [...]