C.H. Spurgeon: Paul…and His Books

Posted by on May 5, 2012 in Voices from the Past | 0 comments In a sermon on 2 Tim 4:13 entitled “Paul – His Cloak and His Books,” C.H. Spurgeon commented,  “We will LOOK AT HIS BOOKS. We do not know what the books were about, and we can only form some guess as to what the parchments were. Paul had a few books which were left, perhaps wrapped up in the cloak, and Timothy was to be careful to bring them. Even an apostle must read.  Some of our...
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John Flavel: Covenant of Redemption

Posted by on Mar 30, 2012 in Voices from the Past | 0 comments “My Son, here is a company of poor miserable souls, that have utterly undone themselves, and now lie open to my justice!  Justice demands satisfaction for them, or will satisfy itself in the eternal ruin of them:  What shall be done for these souls?  And thus Christ returns.  O my Father, such is my love to, and pity for them, that rather than they shall perish eternally, I will be...
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J. Gresham Machen: Valuing God

Posted by on Mar 27, 2012 in Voices from the Past | 0 comments “We value God solely for the things He can   do; we make of Him a mere means to an ulterior end.  And God refuses to be treated so; such a religion always fails in the hour of need.  If we have regarded religion merely as a means of getting things – even lofty and unselfish things – then when the things that have been gotten are destroyed, our faith will fail.  When loved ones...
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Edward Fisher: the Sin of Adam

Posted by on Mar 25, 2012 in Voices from the Past | 0 comments (In response to the claim that “it is a strange thing that so small an offense…should plunge the whole of mankind into such a gulf of misery.)  “Though at first glance it seems to be a small offense, yet, if we look [earnestly] upon the matter it will appear to be an exceeding great offense; for thereby intolerable injury was done unto God; as, first, His dominion and authority in His holy...
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