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He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner.
City of God
Recommended reading
Drawn from the Institutes, this short work explains self-denial, cross-bearing, obedience, and hope in the life to come. It is one of the most accessible places to begin reading Calvin.
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The confession of evil works is the beginning of good works.
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Obviously we should be mindful to not love the world as in worldliness, but the ditch on the other side of the road is t…
Nick Brown··on Richard BaxterMoody publishers claims this quote is not attributed to A.W. Tozer in any of his works. I wonder if it was said in a ser…
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In reaction against the age-old slogan, woman is the weaker vessel, or the still more offensive, woman is a divine creature, we have, I think, allowed ourselves to drift into asserting that a woman is as good as a man, w…
closet. The man' God's man'is made in the closet. His life and his profoundest convictions were born in his secret communion with God. The burdened and tearful agony of his spirit, his weightiest and sweetest messages we…
The man whose little sermon is 'repent'sets himself against his age, and will for the time being be battered mercilessly by the age whose moral tone he challenges. There is but one end for such a man—'off with his head!'…
John the Baptist's training was in God's University of Silence. God takes all His great men there.
