Quotes #16…Jeff Allen (Born 1956)
October 30, 2025
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Quote #15… Richard Baxter 1615-1691 (2)
October 27, 2025Directions for profitable Reading the Holy Scriptures. Direct. 1
Bring not an evil heart of unbelief. Open the Bible with holy reverence as the book of God, indited by the Holy Ghost. Remember that the doctrine of the New Testament was revealed by the Son of God, who was purposely sent from heaven to be the light of the world, and to make known to men the will of God, and the matters of their salvation. Bethink you well, if God should but send a book or letter to you by an angel, how reverently you would receive it? How carefully you would peruse it; and regard it above all the books in the world? And how much rather should you do so, by that book which is indited by the Holy Ghost, and recordeth the doctrine of Christ himself, whose authority is greater than all the angels? Read it not therefore as a common book, with a common and unreverent heart; but in the dread and love of God the author.
(to be continued…)
From A Body of Practical Divinity, or A Christian Directory, Vol. 3.
Part One
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He has called us out of this world…
October 26, 2025
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Quotes #13…Jonathan Edwards 1703-1758
October 16, 2025You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
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Quote #10…Richard Baxter 1615-1691 (1)
October 6, 2025Directions for profitable Reading the Holy Scriptures.
SEEING the diversity of men’s tempers and understandings is so exceedingly great, that it is impossible that any thing should be pleasing and suitable to some, which shall not be disliked and quarrelled with by others; and seeing in the Scriptures there are many things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest to their own destruction (a). And the word is to some the savour of death unto death (b). You have therefore need to be careful in reading it. And as Christ saith, “Take heed how you hear;(c)” so I say, Take heed how you read.
(…to be continued)
(a) Pet. 3:16. (b) Mark 4:24. 2 Cor. 2:16. (c) Luke 8:18.
From A Body of Practical Divinity, or A Christian Directory, Volume 3.
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Voddie Baucham 1969-September 25, 2025
September 25, 2025A servant of God is now with the Lord. I appreciate this man and what he did to help my understanding of our great God. Here is just one of his many hopeful sermons:
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If you like debates…
September 18, 2025If you like debates, you have probably found places where you can occasional watch one. One of the places I keep an eye on is the You Tube channel called “Standing for Truth.” I do not like debates that are not civil or where name calling is allowed. Usually, in a debate, when name calling starts the debate is over and it becomes hard to hear any constructive debate on real differences.
Although the normal moderator is a young man, Donny Budinsky, he has moderated many debates and he does a good job keeping discussions civil. Debate formats are discussed before each debate so that there are no questions about how the debate will take place. Nearly 100% of the debates on on themes that deal with faith or personal beliefs. I started watching Donny’s channel for some of the debates he had on the subject of Creation/Evolution. Since then, I have watched multiple debates on many different subjects.
If you are interested in seeing some of the subjects of the debates on the channel, you can click on “Standing for Truth.” The channel has almost 150 playlists, most of them with multiple videos. Of course, most debates take a good deal of time to digest so they aren’t for everyone. The last one I watched dealt with the different views of two believers on the subject “Is Compatibilism Biblical?” It is an interesting discussion on Calvinism that lasts almost three hours:
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Quotes…#4 Adam Clarke 1762–1832
September 10, 2025“‘That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.’ Mark certain circumstances of their differing characters and conduct. The ungodly man is unconcerned about religion; he is neither zealous for his own salvation nor for that of others; and he counsels and advises those with whom he converses to adopt his plan, and not trouble themselves about praying, reading, repentance, etc., etc.; ‘there is no need for such things; live an honest life, make no fuss about religion, and you will fare well enough at last.’ Now, ‘blessed is the man who walks not in this man’s counsel,’ who does not come into his measures nor act according to his plan…”
Quoted about Psalm 1:1 in C.H.S.’s Treasury of David (Expositions of the Psalms)
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Quotes…#2 John Trapp 1660
September 1, 2025“The psalmist saith more to the point about true happiness in this short Psalm than any one of the philosophers, or all of them put together; they did but beat the bush, God hath here put the bird into our hand.”
Quoted about Psalm 1 in C.H.S.’s Treasury of David (Exposition of the Psalms). Some think Trapp may have been referring to Psalm 16.
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Wings of the Wind 
Quotes #17…George Whitefield 1714-1770
November 3, 2025The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very vigilant, and seeks all occasions to disturb me.
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