“God just doesn’t throw a life preserver to a drowning person. He goes to the bottom of the sea, and pulls a corpse from the bottom of the sea, takes him up on the bank, breathes into him the breath of life and makes him alive.”
R.C. Sproul
Category: Quotes
Highest Esteem
“Jesus Christ is exceedingly precious to all the faithful. The majesty and grandeur of his person, the dignity of his office, his near relation, his wonderful works, his immense love—every thing engages the faithful to the highest esteem and respect for Jesus Christ.”
Matthew Henry
Sin
“Sin is the dare of God’s justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the contempt of His love.”
John Bunyan
Sturdiest Trees
“At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found.”
Hudson Taylor
Examination
“The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn’t mean that you believe everything he says without examining it.”
John Piper
Love Affair
“Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.”
G.K. Chesterton
The Heart Kicks
“Worship is when the mind apprehends great truth about God, and the heart kicks in with deep feelings of brokenness or wonder and gladness and admiration and gratitude, and the mouth says something like, ‘Blessed be God! O blessed and praised and honored and glorified be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.’”
John Piper
Happiness
“The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.”
Jonathan Edwards