Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), a Scottish preacher and inspiration of William Wilberforce, preached one of the greatest and most well-known sermons in history called “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection.” This sermon is based on the words of 1 John 2:15, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves […]
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Charles Spurgeon’s 9 Tips for Christian Readers
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834—1891), “The Prince of Preachers”, preached to an estimated 10,000,000 during his lifetime, published his sermons to an estimated 25,000 people each week during the height of his ministry, and continues to enjoy wide readership today, nearly 125 years after his death. Some of his more popular books include All of Grace, Lectures to My […]
Jesus Christ: The Source of Every Spiritual Blessing (John Calvin Quote)
I am slowly working my way through Calvin’s Institutes, one of the greatest theological works of all-time (after the Bible of course). Although The Institutes are a lengthy systematic theology, I often find myself driven to worship due to Calvin’s Christ-exalting explanations of biblical truth. Case in point: the passage below where Calvin masterfully explains how […]
The Wrong Kind of Humility | A Prophetic Quote from G.K. Chesterton
What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction; where it was never meant to be. A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed. Nowadays, the […]
You Cannot Compare Anyone or Anything to Jesus
This fall I posted my review of The Wonder-Working God by Jared Wilson. Today I share an extended quote contrasting many culturally-acceptable false gods with the Lord Jesus Christ. Let the glory of Christ from these words soak into your soul and drive you to worship: The god of the prosperity gospelists is a pathetic doormat, a […]