It is difficult to define Hiraeth, but to me it means the consciousness of man being out of his home area and that which is dear to him. That is why it can be felt even among a host of peoples amidst nature's beauty. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
. . like a Christian yearning for Heaven. . .
Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 08:17AM Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 08:41PM They who are truly converted are new men, new creatures; new, not within, but without; they are sanctified throughout, in spirit, soul and body; old things are passed away, all things are become new; they have new hearts, new ears, new tongues, new hands, new feet; i.e., a new conversation and practice; they walk in newness of life, and continue to do so to the end of life. --Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards in Quotes Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 07:32AM Conscience is something, in a sense, apart from man. It has been put in him by God; it is a reminder of the voice of God within him, an inward monitor, and a man cannot really manipulate his conscience. He can go against it, but that is not manipulating it. It is possible, as this Apostle says again in writing to Timothy, for the conscience to be seared “with a hot iron”. But nevertheless it is true to say that the conscience is an independent witness.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones (God’s Sovereign Purpose)
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 09:43PM There is nothing in us or done by us, at any stage of our earthly development, because of which we are acceptable to God. We must always be accepted for Christ’s sake, or we cannot ever be accepted at all. This is not true of us only when we believe. It is just as true after we have believed. It will continue to be trust as long as we live. Our need of Christ does not cease with our believing; nor does the nature of our relation to Him or to God through Him ever alter, no matter what our attainments in Christian graces or our achievements in behavior may be. It is always on His “blood and righteousness” alone that we can rest.
B.B. Warfield
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 03:46PM The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
The Christian Pilgrim, 1733
Jonathan Edwards
JJonathan Edwards, quotes in Jonathan Edwards, Quotes Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 07:34AM A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
Victor Hugo
Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 07:34AM The purest joy in the world is joy in Christ Jesus." - Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 07:32AM Original Trinity Hymnal, #193
O Jesus, we adore thee,
Upon the cross, our King!
We bow our hearts before thee,
Thy gracious name we sing.
That name hath brought salvation,
That name in life our stay,
Our peace, our consolation,
When life shall fade away.
Yet doth the world disdain thee,
Still passing by the cross;
Lord, may our hearts retain thee;
All else we count but loss.
Ah, Lord, our sins arraigned thee,
And nailed thee to the tree:
Our pride, our Lord, disdained thee;
Yet deign our hope to be.
O glorious King, we bless thee,
No longer pass thee by;
O Jesus, we confess thee
The Son enthroned on high.
Lord, grant to us remission;
Life through thy death restore;
Yea, grant us the fruition
Of life for evermore.
Friday, July 22, 2011 at 09:59PM No one, who is seriously touched and moved by the fear of God, will ever dare to raise up his eyes to heaven, since the more he strives after true righteousness, the clearer he sees how far he is from it.
John Calvin, Commentary on Romans
Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 07:10AM "You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind."
Irish Proverb
Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 06:48AM [W]hen you begin to understand that in Christ you died to sin and have now been delivered from the dominion of sin; that you are no longer under its bondage; that you no longer need to be a victim of its subtle paralysis—then you find yourself saying not only “Isn’t this amazing grace?” but “What glorious freedom Jesus Christ has bought for me on the cross.”
Sinclair Ferguson
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 09:38PM For years and years I posted a quotation every week, usually on Saturday. Most of the time, it was a bit of whatever I was reading. If you check out my category page, you'll see that I've got more posts in the quotes category than anything else! There's a lot of good stuff on that page!
This Saturday, I'm going to get back to posting at least one quote every week.
In the meantime, here's one to get started:
Beware teaching that is alloyed, that mixes God's Word with the word of man. Beware doctrines that are new, that boast to have discovered what the foolish church never grasped before. . .Ultimately, this is our only sure guide when it comes to matters of truth: Does it agree with the clear teaching of Scripture? If it presents a new interpretation of Bible passages, does it square with what we read elsewhere in God's Word? Does it suggest a way of approaching and relating to God other than what was set forth by our Lord and by the agents of Biblical revelation?. . .any teacher is to be rejected if what he says is contrary to the prophetic and apostolic teaching of the Scripture.
Richard D. Phillips, Hebrews Commentary (13:9-14)
This may seem obvious to some and perhaps not even particularly quote worthy, but this is an essential truth and we ignore it at our peril. I was having a discussion with a friend about how some people can get so quickly into deep weeds, embracing fadish books and false views of Christ, of the church, and of the way of salvation. It comes down to this, I think. When we let our own thoughts, opinions, and emotions be the guide, or if we follow another without testing what they are teaching, we get off the path of truth and into the weeds real quick. There are snakes and alligators waiting in those weeds!
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:53AM Hebrews 9a Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace
Unless a system of religion relies utterly on the work of Christ in his substitutionary work of atonement, it is alien, it is foreign, to the true religion of Scripture, which is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, and especially in his redeeming blood.
Hebrews Commentary, Richard D. Philips
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 06:52AM Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus came to fulfill the law, not to destroy it. . . Jesus teaches that the law of God is an essential diagnostic tool. Whether we break it or keep it, and whether we encourage others to break it or keep it, is an indication of our true spiritual condition. It is the standard for evaluation in the kingdom of God but not the standard of entrance into the kingdom. The Sermon on the Mount, Sinclair Ferguson.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 05:47AM . . .can get one in trouble.
My friend, John, has a great post today, Let Every Man be Slow to Tweet.
He quotes Matthew Henry on the subject:
“Those that love to hear themselves talk do not consider what work they are making for repentance.”
Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 07:32AM [t]hrough whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, Romans 1:5
The Pauline concept of 'peace' cannot be understood except on the background of the alienation from God which sin has involved. Hence 'peace' is the reconstituted favor with God based upon the reconciliation accomplished by Christ. . . It is only as we appreciate the implications of alienation from God and the reality of the wrath which alienation evinces that we can understand the richness of the biblical notion of peace. . .
John Murray, The Epistle to the Romans
Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:48AM Strive for peace with everyone Hebrews 12:14a.
This is a sustained and determined pursuit; as one hunts prey, so Christians are to seek after peace.
Richard Phillips, Hebrews, pg. 555
Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 06:22AM The apostle lays sustained emphasis upon faith--the gospel is "the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes". It is not, therefore, a righteousness efficient unto the salvation of all unconditionally and indiscriminately. But it is one invariably efficient wherever there is faith. If it is a God-righteousness, it is also a faith-righteousness--these are mutually interdependent because of their respective natures. It is faith that places us in the proper relation to this righteousness because faith is receiving and resting--it is self-renouncing, it looks away from itself and finds its all in Christ.
John Murray, The New International Commentary on the New Testament, THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS
Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 08:30AM Grasping the sovereignty of God ought to humble us. First, we should be humbled to consider that we are under the care of a God who controls all things, down to the hairs on our head. We live our lives not only coram Deo, before the face of God, but also within the power of His almighty hand. Second, we should remember that a God so powerful, well, His thoughts are not our thoughts, His ways are not our ways. We should not be quick to read His inscrutable purposes. We should, however, be resolute to trust them.
The Significant from the Insignificant
R.C. Sproul, Jr.
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 07:19AM Learning never exhausts the mind
Leonardo DaVinci
