When the church is in the storms of persecution, and almost covered with the waves, the stoutest passengers in it may suffer as much from this boisterous passion within, as from the storm without; and all for want of thoroughly believing, or not seasonably remembering that […]
Sometimes the overcast of hardship causes us to question the warmth and light of God's love.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way… — Isaiah 53:6 Little by little as time goes on, many of us do not believe that the standards established by God are relative to our age. We discard His directions for […]
Do not measure God’s love and favour by your own feeling. As God loved you before, so He loves you as well and as dearly still; when He hides His face, as when He bestows His lovingkindness to shine most comfortably upon you. He loved Christ […]
Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” —Luke 23:47— We cannot always or even often control events, but we can control how we respond to them. When things happen which dismay or appall, we ought […]