I’m convinced that a large percentage of people that we call worldly Christians are perhaps not Christian to begin with and that may be the trouble.
– Vance Havner –
Sin – Temptation
Are You Focused on Personal Purity or Personal Happiness? – NT Wright
When we shift from personal purity to personal happiness, we lose biblical hope because we are not focusing on God’s agenda, we are focusing on our own.
– NT Wright –
We Need to be Purified From Sin – John MacArthur
A person who is not being purified from sin has no claim on being saved from it.
– John MacArthur –
Become Filled with God – Augustine
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
– Augustine –
From the Root of Bitterness – Woodrow Kroll
When the root is bitterness, imagine what the fruit might be.
– Woodrow Kroll –
If You Continue In Sin – Ichabod Spencer
No man can continue in any sin without losing more and more of the powers of self-control.
– Ichabod Spencer –
How Sin Works in Our Lives – Thomas Manton
First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it. Sin is first our burden, then our custom, then our delight, then our excellency.
– Thomas Manton –
1620-1677
Bitterness in Weeping for Sin – Thomas Watson
We are to find as much bitterness in weeping for sin as ever we found sweetness in committing it. Surely David found more bitterness in repenting then he ever found comfort in Bathsheba.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Doctrine of Repentance, 1668
What a Spiritual Awakening Is – Lewis Drummond
A spiritual awakening is no more than God’s people seeing God in His holiness, turning from their wicked ways, and being transformed into His likeness.
– Lewis Drummond –