“If I please God it doesn’t matter who I displease; and if I displease God it doesn’t matter who I please.” – Dr. Steven Lawson

“We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ (Acts 4:12). We should therefore take care not to derive the least portion of it from anywhere else. If we seek salvation we are taught by the very name of Jesus that it is ‘of him’ (1 Cor 1.13). If we seek any other gifts of the Spirit, it lies in his dominion; if purity, in his conception; if gentleness, it appears in his birth. For by his birth he was made like us in all respects (Heb 2:17) that he might learn to feel our pain (Heb 5:2). If we seek redemption, it lies in his passion; if acquittal, in his condemnation; if remission of the curse, in his cross (Gal 3:13); if satisfaction, in his sacrifice; if purification, in his blood; if reconciliation, in his descent into hell; if mortification of the flesh, in his tomb; if newness of life, in his resurrection; if immortality, in the same; if inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom, in his entrance into heaven; if protection, if security, if abundant supply of all blessings, in his Kingdom; if untroubled expectation of judgement, in the power given to him to judge. In short, since rich store of every kind of good abounds in him, let us drink our fill from this fountain and from no other.” – John Calvin – Institutes 2.16.19

“A church has no right to make anything a condition of membership which Christ has not made a condition of salvation.” – A. A. Hodge

“If the glory, gospel, and greatness of Christ aren’t clear in the songs you’ve planned for Sunday, start over.” – Bob Kauflin

“The subject of his moral impotence is far from being a pleasing one to the natural man. He wants to be told that all he needs to do is exert himself, that salvation lies within the power of his will, that he is the determiner of his own destiny. Pride, with its strong dislike of being a debtor to the sovereign grace of God, rises up against it. Self-esteem, with its rabid repugnance of anything which lays the creature in the dust, hotly resents what is so humiliating. Consequently, this truth is either openly rejected or, if seemingly received, is turned to a wrong use.” – A. W. Pink

“In the New Testament love is more a verb than it is a noun. Love is defined in terms of action not feeling.” – Dr. R. C. Sproul

“It is no legalism to obey God’s law. Though the moral law be not a Christ to justify us, yet it is a rule to instruct us.” – Thomas Watson

“The gospel sweetens the law, it makes us serve God with delight.” – Thomas Watson

“The true penitent repents of sin against God, and he would do so even if there were no punishment. When he is forgiven, he repents of sin more than ever; for he sees more clearly than ever the wickedness of offending so gracious a God.” – C.H. Spurgeon

“Regeneration is a sovereign work of God (Jn. 1:12-13; 3:3-8; Jas. 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:3) a radical work or total transformation (Ezek. 36:26-27; 1 Jn. 3:9) not just an addition… The SOURCE of regeneration is Christ (1 Pet 1:3; Eph 1:3, 2:4, 4:24; 2 Cor 5:17). The AGENT of regeneration is the Holy Spirit (Jn. 3:3-8; Titus 3:5). The INSTRUMENT of regeneration is the Word of God (Jas. 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:23, 25) which precedes and causes faith (Jn 6:63-65, 1 Jn 5:1, Eph. 2:5; Col. 2:13).” – John Hendryx

“Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home.” – John Piper.

“You can’t kill a Christian. You can only change his address.” – Pastor Duke Downs

“I like to be with God’s people of the poorer class and of the more struggling and afflicted sort. I like to be with God’s people who wrestle hard with sins and doubts and fears. If I get spoken to by my superior brethren, I find I have very little pleasant fellowship with them; for I know nothing about their wonderful experience of freedom from conflict and complete deliverance from every evil tendency. I have never lived a day but I have had to sorrow over my imperfections.” ~Charles H. Spurgeon

“A good teacher like John the Baptist, clears the way, declares the way, and then gets out of the way.” – Derek Prime & Alistair Begg

“Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle.” – Søren Kierkegaard

“If the professed convert distinctly and deliberately declares that he knows the Lord’s will but does not mean to attend to it, you are not to pamper his presumption, but it is your duty to assure him that he is not saved. Do not suppose that the Gospel is magnified or God glorified by going to the worldlings and telling them that they may be saved at this moment by simply accepting Christ as their Savior, while they are wedded to their idols, and their hearts are still in love with sin. If I do so I tell them a lie, pervert the Gospel , insult Christ, and turn the grace of God into lasciviousness.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“It is easier to cry against one-thousand sins of others than to kill one of your own.” – John Flavel

“Our Lord’s thirty-three years of loving his Father with all his heart, soul, mind, and strength, and his neighbor as himself, is the basis for our acceptance before God.” – Michael Horton

“You can always give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” – Amy Carmichael