Category Archives: grace

“God’s sovereign love” by Sinclair Ferguson

“Too few know what it is to receive forgiveness by bowing before God’s sovereign love and drinking from the infinite ocean of grace.” –Sinclair Ferguson, John Owen on the Christian Life (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1987), 107.

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Lord’s Day Hymn – “I know Whom I have believed”

“I Know Whom I Have Believed” By Daniel W. Whittle, 1883 I know not why God’s wondrous grace To me He hath made known, Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love Redeemed me for His own. I know not how this … Continue reading

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“Nothing less than Himself” by Michael Horton

“In grace, God gives nothing less than Himself. Grace, then, is not a third thing or substance mediating between God and sinners, but is Jesus Christ in redeeming action.” –Michael Horton, The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims On the … Continue reading

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The Valley of Vision – “Wave upon wave of grace”

O Lord God, Teach me to know that grace precedes, accompanies, and follows my salvation, that it sustains the redeemed soul, that not one link of its chain can ever break. From Calvary’s cross wave upon wave of grace reaches … Continue reading

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“Uncomfortable grace” by Paul David Tripp

“There are moments in our lives when we are crying out for grace, not recognizing that we are getting it. We are not getting the grace of relief or the grace of release, because that is not the grace that … Continue reading

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“The wonder of grace” by Sinclair B. Ferguson

“Doubtless people need warnings against the evils of contemporary society (abortion, apostasy in the visible church, etc). But we cannot build a ministry, nor healthy Christians, on a diet of fulminating against the world. No. Rather we do this by … Continue reading

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“An earnest beggar for grace” by Jonathan Edwards

“The more persons have of holy affections, the more they have of that spiritual taste whereby they perceive the excellency, and relish the divine sweetness, of holiness. And the more grace they have, while in this state of imperfection, the … Continue reading

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