"Implanted within us is a desire for amusement — the entire suppression of which is as injurious, as it is unauthorized. The Christian religion is antagonistic only to that which is hurtful to spiritual life. It is not opposed to wholesome...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am” ~ John Newton
Everyone has sorrow. Being a Christian does not exempt anyone from grief. But faith in Christ brings a transformation of sorrow. Not only are we taught to endure the sorrows that come to us patiently and submissively—but we are assured that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The man who is satisfied, because he thinks he is safe, who feels that he has religion enough, because he thinks he has enough to save him from hell, is as ignorant of the power as he is a stranger to the consolation of the gospel of Jesus Christ....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
True happiness is not perfect freedom from sorrow and discomfort. Let that never be forgotten. If it were so, there would be no such thing as happiness in the world. Such happiness is for angels who have never fallen, and not for man. The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.– Ezekiel 6:5 It is of Israel's idolatries that the prophet is speaking; her false gods, her idol-altars,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
