Is it not true that we need a higher standard of personal holiness in this day? Where is our patience? Where is our zeal? Where is our love? Where are our works? Where is the power of religion to be seen, as it was in times gone by? – J.C. Ryle
The more trouble we have seeing Jesus, the more we wander into foolish thinking. The consequences are devastating: sinful patterns of self-indulgence, angry conflicts with other people, and bitter thoughts about ourselves as well as others. If these are some of the struggles that we have – habitual sin, broken relationships, self-loathing – then we must not be seeing the love of Jesus the way that God wants us to see it.
– Phil Ryken in Loving Jesus More
– James M. Hamilton, Jr. on Revelation 2:8-11 in Revelation (PTW)
– Joel Beeke on Revelation 2:8-11 in Revelation
To love Christ more is the deepest need, the constant cry of my soul…. Out in the woods and on my bed and out driving, when I am happy and busy, and when I am sad and idle, the whisper keeps going up for more love, more love, more love!– Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
– John MacArthur on Ephesians 2:1-7 in Because The Time Is Near
The loss of a vital love relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ opened the doors to spiritual apathy and indifference to others. Despite its outwardly robust appearance, a deadly spiritual cancer was growing at the heart of the Ephesian church.
– John MacArthur on Ephesians 2:1-7 in Because The Time Is Near
A good preacher must be committed to this, that nothing is dearer to him than Christ and the life to come.– Martin Luther
– C. T. Studd
– C.T. Studd
Brian J. Mikul 