One final quote from Thomas Manton’s Farewell Sermon. There is something in a man’s words that should cause us to pause and listen when that man is… Read more “Holy Self-Suspicion”
Category: Sin
License To Sin
Be but a little addicted to any one thing, and you are brought under the power of it. The flesh waxes wanton and imperious, and a slavery… Read more “License To Sin”
Sensual Excessive Living
Voluptuous living is a great sin, it chokes the seed of piety so soon as planted in the heart, so that they can bring nothing to perfection;… Read more “Sensual Excessive Living”
Morality Not Founded In Utility
Below is a conversation had by Andrew Fuller (F), and an unnamed friend (C). The topic of discussion is whether or not morality is simply a device… Read more “Morality Not Founded In Utility”
A Proof of Our Depravity
John Newton (1725-1807) raises a good point about our misplaced affection for the judgement of man over the judgement of God. “With respect to our sins being… Read more “A Proof of Our Depravity”
Other Men’s Sins
This past Saturday, I took up to read a sermon by John Owen in volume 9 of his works (pages 296-307) entitled God’s Withdrawing His Presence, The… Read more “Other Men’s Sins”
Conviction of Sin
Found this Spurgeon quote over at Miscellanies: From Charles Spurgeon, sermon 3369 (“Man Humbled, God Exalted”): Conviction of sin is a wondrous puller-down. When a man begins… Read more “Conviction of Sin”
Prayerless
“P.T. Forsyth once said, ‘The worst sin is prayerlessness.’ Does this statement surprise us? We usually think of murder and adultery as among the worst offenses against… Read more “Prayerless”
Owen’s Garden Analogy
Mortification prunes all the graces of God, and makes room for them in our hearts to grow. The life and vigour of our spiritual lives consists in… Read more “Owen’s Garden Analogy”
Miscellaneous Quotes
Faith “Faith is the fountain of prayer, and prayer should be nothing else but faith exercised…. The efficacy of faith in the use of means is not… Read more “Miscellaneous Quotes”