Category Archives: Mercy
“The mercy of an infinite God” by Richard Sibbes
“‘He will not quench the smoking wick or flax.’ It adds strength to faith to consider that all expressions of love issue from nature in Christ, which is constant. God knows that, as we are prone to sin, so, when … Continue reading
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“The crowns don’t seem to fit our heads” by Andrew Fuller
“I could as often have made similar complaints in return. But let us rather pray for each other and strengthen each other’s hands in the Lord. It is wonderful that God should do anything by such poor, grovelling sinners as … Continue reading
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“Your mercies are more than your afflictions” by Jeremiah Burroughs
“Let your afflictions be what they will, there is not one of you, but has more mercies than afflictions. Objection. You will say, ‘Yes, but you do not know what our afflictions are such as you do not conceive of, … Continue reading
“Our debt is incalculable” by D.A. Carson
“The idea is not simply that we have been forgiven, and therefore ought to forgive, but that God Himself, in Christ, has forgiven us, and therefore our debt is incalculable. No matter how much wretched evil has been done against … Continue reading
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“A service of mercy” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“When another Christian falls into obvious sin, an admonition is imperative, because God’s Word demands it. The practice of discipline in the community of faith begins with friends who are close to one another. Words of admonition and reproach must … Continue reading
“Mercy is what it has to do with me” by Paul David Tripp
“So what does it have to do with me, this poverty child? What does it have to do with me, this homeless birth in a busy town? What does it have to do with me, these shepherds searching for angel-announced … Continue reading
“In the course of justice, none of us should see salvation” by William Shakespeare
“The quality of mercy is not strain’d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: ‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The … Continue reading
Filed under Mercy, Poetry, Quotable Quotes, William Shakespeare
