Category Archives: Love of God
“Only in the cross” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Only in the cross of Jesus Christ is the love of God to be found.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Prayerbook of the Bible in Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Vol. 5 (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2005), 175.
“Marital love in action” by Paul David Tripp
“1. Love is being willing to have you life complicated by the needs and struggles of your husband or wife without impatience or anger. 2. Love is actively fighting the temptation to be critical and judgmental toward your spouse, while … Continue reading
“Inconceivable love” by Jonathan Edwards
“The work of redemption which the gospel makes known, above all things, affords motives to love. For that work was the most glorious and wonderful exhibition of love that ever was seen or heard of. Love is the principal thing … Continue reading
“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.
“In God, not in themselves” by John Calvin
“We ought to embrace the whole human race without exception in a single feeling of love; here there is no distinction between barbarian and Greek, worthy and unworthy, friend and enemy, since all should be contemplated in God, not in … Continue reading
“We can never plumb its depths” by Peter T. O’Brien
“To speak of Christ’s love as ‘surpassing knowledge’ means that it is so great that one can never know it fully. We can never plumb its depths or comprehend its magnitude. No matter how much we know of the love … Continue reading
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“You will never go beyond this” by John Calvin
“Almost all men are infected with the disease of desiring useless knowledge. It is of great importance that we should be told what is necessary for us to know, and what the Lord desires us to contemplate, above and below, … Continue reading
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