“We can never know the enormity of our sin, neither is it necessary that we should.
What we can know is that ‘where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.’ (Rom. 5:20)”
—A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy (New York: HarperCollins, 1961/1978), 149.
“Faith will make thee see love in the heart of Christ when with His mouth He giveth reproofs.
But unbelief will imagine wrath in His heart when with His mouth and Word He saith that He loves us.”
-John Bunyan, (Works, 1: 293)
“The duty, the privilege, the safety, the unspeakable happiness, of a believer, are all comprised in that one sentence: ‘LOOKING UNTO JESUS.’”
-John Newton, The Works of John Newton, Volume 6 (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1988), 6: 4.
“The safest road to Hell is the gradual one— the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
Your affectionate uncle,
SCREWTAPE”
-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (New York: Macmillian, 1950), 65.
“Christ’s love is like Himself, boundless and bottomless.”
-George Swinnock, “The Pastor’s Farewell,” in The Works of George Swinnock, Vol. 4 (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1992), 4: 99.
“Our great Shepherd guides, protects, feeds, heals, and restores, and will be our guide and our God even until death. Then He will meet us, receive us, and present us unto Himself, and we shall be near Him, and like Him, and with Him forever.”
-John Newton (Works, 1: 494)
“The Christian should be an inexhaustible source of forgiveness. After all, Christians need forgiveness themselves (Matt. 18:33).”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, Volume 2 (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), 2: 439-440.
“Christian mourning is different from pagan mourning. No sorrowing without hope (1Thess. 4:13), no worldly sorrow (2Cor. 7:10). The Christians changed a funeral into a feast of celebration and triumph.”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2021), 2: 433.
“All people are blood relatives (Acts 17:26).”
–Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, Volume 2: The Duties of the Christian Life, Ed. John Bolt (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), 2: 424.
“All of us are murderers– it was our sins that caused Jesus’s death.”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, Volume 2: The Duties of the Christian Life, Ed. John Bolt (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), 2: 454.
“Not paying attention is a great sin (2Chr. 33:10; Prov. 1:24; Zech. 7:11). In every field, attentiveness, both spiritual and natural, is so difficult. We must compel our senses to observe well and we must practice this.”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics (Baker, 2021), 2: 406.
“God wants all of His gifts to be enjoyed with thankful hearts (1 Tim 4:4-5). Only through grateful enjoyment is creation’s goal fulfilled.”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, Vol. 2: The Duties of the Christian Life, Ed. John Bolt (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), 2: 343.
Father,
in Your mercy
dispel the darkness of this night,
and let Your servant sleep in peace,
that at the dawn of a new day
I may wake with joy in Your Name;
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
“In the Old Testament the pattern was first work, then rest- that is, the worship of God. Now we are first strengthened by the worship of God, and from there we undertake everything with vigor.”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, Vol. 2 (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), 2: 273.
“Whoever sees Christ sees the Father. As Christ is, so is God. He is the perfect likeness, the adequate Image. Let us be satisfied with that. God may be venerated with no other image than the Son.”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, Vol. 2 (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2021), 2: 175.
“All of Scripture is full of promises, stays and supports for our trust, to instill trust in us, for God knows how mistrusting we are.”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, Volume 2: The Duties of the Christian Life, Ed. John Bolt (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), 2: 148.
“An idol is whatever leads us away from the living God.”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, Volume 2: The Duties of the Christian Life, Ed. John Bolt (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), 2: 128.
“‘I am the LORD your God’ serves as a heading above all the commandments. And for this reason, for this reason alone, we are not only to love Him but also for His sake to love our neighbor.”
-Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics, Vol. 2 (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), 2: 101-102.