Category Archives: quotes

A few more quotes on Heaven

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Jacob Young

I posted earlier today a quote from J.C. Ryle on Heaven. I’ve been looking to compile a few quotes from our fathers in the faith from earlier generations, and hit a gold mine at Nick Roark’s blog Telle Lege. I … Continue reading →

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Heaven is with Christ. That is all we need.

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Jacob Young

We are hosting a retreat at our church this weekend on Heaven, so the subject has been on my mind a good bit while. Bellow is a small but powerful thought from J.C. Ryle on Jesus’ prayer for us about … Continue reading →

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Why you need the Holy Spirit

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jacob Young

In doing a little research today, I ran across a section I’d marked in On Communion with God from a previous read that I thought I’d share. I tend to like lists, especially pithy ones that pack a lot of … Continue reading →

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Prayer of a weary parent in the morning

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Jacob Young

Man’s highest happiness consists in holiness, for it is by this that the reasonable creature is united to God, the fountain of all good. ~ Jonathan Edwards, Charity and Its Fruits, 39. Dear Lord, Your goodness crafts and molds every … Continue reading →

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His Providence Controlled by Promises

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Jacob Young

In the opening pages of John Flavel’s The Mystery of Providence, he makes a comment that helps me see how the Bible affects me today. Rom 8:28, “and we know that all things work together for good to them that … Continue reading →

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Carl F.H. Henry on the bankruptcy of Fundamentalism

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Jacob Young

The real bankruptcy of fundamentalism has resulted not so much from a reactionary spirit – lamentable as this was – as from a harsh temperament, a spirit of lovelessness and strife contributed by much of its leadership in the recent … Continue reading →

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Jesus, Hell, and the Love of God

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Jacob Young

Hell is a rather popular topic of controversy today. In the little that I’ve read in the discussion, most focus on human value and the victory of the love of God, with little seriousness about the sufferings of Christ. On … Continue reading →

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Isaac Ambrose – Looking Unto Jesus

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Jacob Young

In this knowledge of Christ, there is an excellency above all other knowledge in the world; there is nothing more pleasing and comfortable, more animating and enlivening, more ravishing and soul contenting; only Christ is the sun and centre of … Continue reading →

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Danger: Seeing temptations as normal

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Jacob Young

I’ve had a realization about a way I’ve been reading the Bible all wrong. I’m thoroughly enjoying Russell Moore’s latest book, Tempted and Tried, which is about the nature of temptation and how we find hope in Christ’s triumph over … Continue reading →

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This is an interesting planet

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Jacob Young

“[I am reminded] of something I saw early one morning a few years ago, as I was walking up to the church. There was a young couple strolling along half a block ahead of me. The sun had come up brilliantly after … Continue reading →

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