“I sometimes think that the very essence of the whole Christian position and the secret of a successful spiritual life is just to realize two things…I must have complete, absolute confidence in God and no confidence in myself.”
Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Click on Martyn’s name to find out a bit about him.)
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“Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.”
Jeremiah Burroughs (Click on Jeremiah’s name at left to learn a bit about him.)
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Directions for profitable Reading the Holy Scriptures. Direct. 3
Remember that it is the will and testament of your Lord, and the covenant of most full and gracious promises; which all your comforts, and all your hopes of pardon and everlasting life are built upon. Read it therefore with love and great delight. Value it a thousand fold more than you would do the letters of your dearest friend, or the deeds by which you hold your lands; or any thing else of low concernment. If the law was sweeter to David than honey, and better than thousands of gold and silver, and was his delight and meditation all the day, O what should the sweet and precious Gospel be to us!
From A Body of Practical Divinity, or A Christian Directory, Vol. 3.
(…to be continued)
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“Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins.”
A quote by Charles Spurgeon about Thomas Brooks’ writing:
“Brooks scatters stars with both hands, with an eagle eye of faith as well as the eagle eye of imagination”.
Thomas Brooks
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Recently, Bruce Cooper posted the following article. I found it provided clarity in a world that speaks so much of Jesus but seems to hardly know the Jesus described in the Bible. To know who Jesus is, one must turn to the Bible. It is where we get our knowledge. Here Bruce takes the words of scripture and provides a good glimpse into who our Savior is. The best way to build on this knowledge is to read and study the Bible for yourself.
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Conscience is God’s spy and man’s overseer.
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There is not such a pleasant history for you to read in all the world as the history of your own lives, if you would sit down and record from the beginning hitherto what God has been to you, and done for you; what evidences and outbreakings of his mercy, faithfulness, and love there have been in all the conditions you have passed through.
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“A pair of Cambridge lectures examining the deepest challenges in origin-of-life research—from the chemistry of early Earth to the information systems inside every cell—and exploring why current prebiotic models fall short. Featuring Dr. James Tour and Dr. Stephen Meyer, this session highlights the scientific roadblocks, the role of information, and the implications for how life began.”
The cases of these two men continue to get stronger with time. I enjoyed these lectures and I hope you do as well.
CR
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You’re standing awful close Gus, can’t tell if it’s your toes I’m feeling or mine. (Roy Hobbs)
You know I believe we have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. (Iris Gaines)
From the movie The Natural (1984)
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Wings of the Wind 
Quotes #28…Charles Spurgeon 1834–1892 (2)
December 22, 2025“We venture to assert, that if there be any day in the year, of which we may be pretty sure that it was not the day on which the Savior was born, it is the 25th of December. Regarding not the day, let us, nevertheless, give thanks to God for the gift of His dear Son.”
Charles Spurgeon (Click on Spurgeon’s name on the left to learn a bit about him)
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