By thy blood we have “boldness to enter into the holiest, by a new and living way consecrated for us” (Hebrews 10:19-20). Cause me to draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith. Thy name is faithful and true.
– Richard Baxter –
from Dying Thoughts, 1683
Where truth goes, I will go, and where truth is I will be, and nothing but death shall divide me and the truth.
– Thomas Brooks –
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
– JC Ryle –
Revival is not the discovery of some new truth. It’s the rediscovery of the grand old truth of God’s power in and through the Cross.
– Sammy Tippit –
It is said of Caesar, that ‘he had greater care of his books than of his royal robes,’ for swimming through the waters to escape his enemies, he carried his books in his hand above the waters, but lost his robes. Ah, what are Caesar’s books to God’s books?
– Thomas Brooks –
from the book Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices, 1652
A great faith is like an oak that spreads its roots deep and is not easily blown down, Colossians 2:7. A great faith is like the anchor or cable of a ship that holds it steady in the midst of storms. A Christian who is steeled with this heroic faith is settled in the mysteries of religion.
The Spirit of God has so firmly printed heavenly truths upon his heart that you may as well remove the sun out of the firmament as remove him from those holy principles he has imbibed. Behold here a pillar in the temple of God, Revelation 3:12.
– Thomas Watson –
from the book The Lords Supper, 1665
Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
– Martin Luther –
We believe a good deal of Doctrine which we have never yet realized. We know much to be food which we have never fed upon. Many Christians are like those who have sacks of flour in the house, but no bread. They have nothing available for present food. Some are like rich men that may happen to be abroad with thousands in gold, but no small silver, no spending money. May you be able to coin the bullion of precious promise so as to use it in the journey of life. May you make practical application of precious Truths of God, tasting the honey, drinking the wine and being satisfied with them.
– Charles Spurgeon –
As for myself, I can truly say that Jesus Christ and Him crucified is the sum of all knowledge to me. He is the highest intellectualism! He is the grandest philosophy to which my mind can attain! He is the pinnacle that rises loftier than my highest aspirations and deeper than this great Truth of God I wish never to fathom! Jesus Christ and Him crucified is the sum total of all I want to know and of all the Doctrines which I profess and preach!
– Charles Spurgeon –