Many of those who once were so passionately in love with Christ now run about pursuing their own interests. They’re burdened down with stress and problems, chasing after riches and the things of this world.
– David Wilkerson –
The World
Don’t Preach Repentance Unless … – Joseph Parker
The man whose little sermon is “repent” sets himself against his age, and will for the time being be battered mercilessly by the age whose moral tone he challenges. There is but one end for such a man—”off with his head!” You had better not try to preach repentance until you have pledged your head to heaven.
– Joseph Parker –
The Allurer of the Soul – William Perkins
Preaching is the flexanima*, the allurer of the soul, by which our self-willed minds are subdued and changed from an ungodly and pagan lifestyle to a life of Christian faith and repentance.
– William Perkins –
from The Art of Prophesying, 1592
*(Flexanima is Latin for: moving, affecting, touching)
Don’t Be Linked to the World – Thomas Watson
Let us beware of having our hearts too much linked to the world. The world damps zeal as earth chokes the fire.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Great Gain of Godliness, 1682
What Do You Find Sweetness In? – Thomas Brooks
Oh what bitterness do I now find in that which Satan, the world, and my own deluded heart told me I should find sweetness in.
– Thomas Brooks –
from Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance, 1654
Entertain the Holy Spirit – Richard Sibbs
Keep the soul open to entertain the Holy Ghost, for he will bring in continually fresh forces to subdue corruption.
– Richard Sibbs –
from The Bruised Reed, 1630
The Way of Satan – Samuel Bolton
Such is Satan’s way; he is first the tempter to draw us to sin, and then an accuser to accuse us to God for sinning.
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, 1645
How to Measure Your Growth in Grace – Oswald Chambers
Measure your growth in grace by your sensitivity to sin.
– Oswald Chambers –
Do Not Merely Divert Sin – John Owen
A sin is not mortified when it is only diverted.
– John Owen –
from The Mortification of Sin, 1656