William Cowper on Happiness

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, December 31, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life."
William Cowper



John Owen on Grace

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"There is an infinite distance between God and His creatures, and it is an act of sheer grace for Him to take notice of earthly things. Christ, as God, is completely self-sufficient in His own eternal blessedness. How great, then, is the glory of His self-humiliation in taking our nature that He might bring us to God! Such humiliation was not forced on Him; He freely chose to do it."
John Owen



John Calvin on Defending the Faith

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent."
John Calvin


John Knox on Preaching

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: | Posted On Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit."
John Knox

John Adams on the Commandments

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , , | Posted On Monday, December 27, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.  If 'Thou shalt not covet' and 'Thou shalt not steal' were not commandments of heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free."
~John Adams~ 

 
 

William Secker on Sin

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, December 24, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Many blush to confess their faults, who never blush to commit them."
William Secker

Alexander Hamilton on Liberty

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties!"
~Alexander Hamilton~

William Tyndale on Persecution

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"For if God be on our side, what matter maketh it who be against us, be they bishops, cardinals, popes, or whatsoever names they will?"
William Tyndale



Thomas A' Kempis on Relying Upon God

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Therefore ought a man to rest wholly upon God, so that he needeth not seek much comfort at the hands of men."
~Thomas A' Kempis~

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Horatius Bonar on Atonement

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, December 20, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; anothers life, anothers death, I stake my whole eternity."
Horatius Bonar


A.W. Pink on Contentment

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Contentment, then, is the product of a heart resting in God. It is the soul's enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding. It is the outcome of my will being brought into subjection to the Divine will. It is the blessed assurance that God does all things well, and is, even now, making all things work together for my ultimate good."
A.W. Pink



Benjamin Franklin on Time

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , , | Posted On Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Employ they time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour!"
~Benjamin Franklin~

Charles Spurgeon on Trials

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of."
Charles Spurgeon

John Adams on Good Character

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, December 13, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Oh!  That I could wear out of my mind every mean and base affection, conquer my natural pride and self conceit, expect no more difference from my fellows than I deserve, acquire that meekness, and humility, which are the sure marks and characters of a great and generous soul, and subdue every unworthy passion and treat all men as I wish to be treated by all."
~John Adams~

Leonard Ravenhill on Sin

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, December 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it."
Leonard Ravenhill



Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Love

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Give me such love for God and men, as well blot out all hatred and bitterness."

~Dietrich Bonhoeffer~

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones on True Christianity

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 8:58 AM

"The most vital question to ask about all who claim to be Christian is this: Have they a soul thirst for God? Do they long for this? Is there something about them that tells you that they are always waiting for His next manifestation of Himself? Is their life centred on Him? Can they say with Paul that they forget everything in the past? Do they press forward more and more that they might know Him and that the knowledge might increase, until eventually beyond death and the grave they may bask eternally in 'the sunshine of His face?' That I might know him!"
Martyn Lloyd-Jones

George Washington on Reverence to God

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , , | Posted On Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"When you speak of God or his attributes, let it be seriously and with reverence."
~George Washington~

  

Charles Spurgeon on Family and Children

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Monday, December 6, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word."
Charles Spurgeon



John Adams on Man and State

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , , | Posted On Friday, December 3, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"I believe in God and in His wisdom and benevolence: and I cannot conceive that such a being could make such a species as the human merely to live and die on this earth. 
If I did not believe a future state I should believe in no God.  This universe, this all, would appear with all it's swelling pomp, a boyish firework!"
~John Adams~

Adoniram Judson on Trials

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated sufferings."
Adoniram Judson



George Mason from His Last Will and Testament

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , , | Posted On Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"I recommend it to my sons, from my own experience in life, to prefer the happiness of independance and a private station to the roubles and vexations of public business; but if either their own inclinations or the necessity of the times should engage them in public affairs, I charge them, on a father's blessing, never to let the motives of private interest or ambition to induce them to betray, nor the terrors of poverty and disgrace, or the fear of danger of death deter them from asserting the liberty of their counrty, and endeavoring to transmit their posterity those sacred rights to which themselves were born."

~George Mason~ 

Richard Sibbes on God's Love

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof."
Richard Sibbes

Benjamin Franklin on Spending Time Wisely

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , , | Posted On Monday, November 29, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour."
~Benjamin Franklin~

Richard Baxter on Obedience

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, November 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM

"Lord, whatever you want, wherever you want it, and whenever you want it, that's what I want."
Richard Baxter


George Washington's Thanksgiving Decleration

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , , | Posted On Thursday, November 25, 2010 at 9:00 AM

A Thanksgiving Declaration from George Washington

"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence
of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and
humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of
Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to “recommend to
the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer,
to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and
signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an
opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety
and happiness:”

Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of
November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the
service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of
all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all
unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind
care and protection of the people of this country previous to their
becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable
interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the
late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which
we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we
have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our
safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately
instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are
blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful
knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which
He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers
and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him
to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all,
whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and
relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National
Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government
of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully
executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations
(especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with
good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and
practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among
them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of
temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best."


Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October, A.D. 1789.

A.W. Pink on Character

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 8:57 AM

"Before He furnishes the abundant supply, we must first be made conscious of our emptiness. Before he gives strength, we must be made to feel our weakness. Slow, painfully slow, are we to learn this lesson; and slower still to own our nothingness and take the place of helplessness before the Mighty One"
A.W. Pink

John Knox on Law

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, November 22, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason."
John Knox


Greg Bahnsen on Reason

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, November 19, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Imagine a person who comes in here tonight and argues 'no air exists' but continues to breathe air while he argues. Now intellectually, atheists continue to breathe - they continue to use reason and draw scientific conclusions [which assumes an orderly universe], to make moral judgments [which assumes absolute values] - but the atheistic view of things would in theory make such 'breathing' impossible. They are breathing God's air all the time they are arguing against him."
Greg Bahnsen


A.W. Pink on Christian Living

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"A consciousness of our powerlessness should cast us upon Him who has all power. Here then is when a vision and view of God's sovereignty helps, for it reveals His sufficiency and shows us our insufficiency."  

~A.W. Pink~


Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Christian Life

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: | Posted On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 8:57 AM

"It is not a true Gospel that gives us the impression that the Christian life is easy, and that there are no problems to be faced. That is not the New Testament teaching. The New Testament is most alarming at first, indeed terrifying, as it shows us the problems by which we are confronted. But follow it-go on! It does not stop halfway, it goes on to this addition, this second half; and here it shows us the way in which, though that is the truth concerning the battle, we can be enabled to wage it, and not only to wage it, but to triumph in it. It shows us that we are meant to be "more than conquerors."
Martyn Lloyd-Jones

A.W. Tozer on Christianity Today

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , , | Posted On Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Evangelical Christianity today is now tragically below the New Testament standard.  Worldliness is an accepted part of our way of life.    Our religious mood is social instead of spiritual.  we have lost the art of worship.  We carry on our religious activities after the methods of the modern advertiser.   Our literature is shallow and out hymnody borders on sacrilege.  and scarcely anyone appears to care!"

~A.W. Tozer~


J. Hudson Taylor on Anxiety and Grace

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Monday, November 15, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how. That is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest positions He must give me His grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient."
J. Hudson Taylor

Abraham Kuyper on Your Soul

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, November 12, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Because God has made your soul, there is something in it of God Himself, a divine stamp has been impressed upon you; there is something of God's power, thought, and creative genius in you, as in no other.  You are one of the Lord's own works of art, precisely like which He created none other."

~Abraham Kuyper~


Stephen Charnock on Works

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Works make not the heart good, but a good heart makes the works good."
Stephen Charnock


Augustine of Hippo on Conscience

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"A good conscience is the place of Christ; the temple of the Holy Ghost; the paradise of delight; the standing Sabbath of the saints."
~St. Augustine of Hippo~

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John Flavel on Instructing Ones Children

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"If you neglect to instruct your children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the way of wickedness? No. If you will not teach them to pray, he will teach them to curse, swear, and lie. If ground be uncultivated, weeds will spring.—If the season of their youth is neglected, how little probability is thereof any good fruit afterwards!"
John Flavel

Thomas A' Kempis on Wisdom

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, November 8, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"To have a low opinion of our own merits and to think highly of others is an evidence of wisdom."

~Thomas A' Kempis~

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R.J. Rushdoony on Property

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, November 5, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"We are stewards of all that we have under God. No man has a right to our property, but neither do we. We have received of the Lord that which we have; it is to be used, first, to prosper our covenant family in Christ. Second, it must be used to further His Kingdom. Third, we must help in Christ's name those who are in need."
R.J. Rushdoony
(Commentary on Deuteronomy)


John Bunyan on Parenting

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Take heed that the misdeeds for which thou correctest thy children be not learned them by thee. Many children learn that wickedness of their parents for which they beat and chastise them."
John Bunyan

Augustine on Election

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"God chooses us, not because we believe, but that we may believe".
Augustine, Bishop of Hippo

Charles Spurgeon on Altering God's Word

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"I have heard men with prudish and mock-modesty, who would like to alter the Bible; and (I almost blush to say it) I have heard minister’s alter God’s Bible, because they were afraid of it. Have you never heard a man say, “He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not,” What does the Bible say? “shall be damned.” But that does not happen to be polite enough, so they say, “shall be condemned.” Gentlemen! pull the velvet out of your mouths; speak God’s word; we want none of your alterations. I have heard men in prayer, instead of saying, “Make your calling and election sure,” say “Make your calling and salvation sure.” Pity they were not born when God lived, far-far back, that they might have taught God how to write." 

~Charles Spurgeon~

John Calvin on Science

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, November 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ."
John Calvin



John Knox on Resistance

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, October 29, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord's name by him, offend God."
John Knox



George Whitefield on Calvinism

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"We are all born Arminians." It is grace that turns us into Calvinists."

~ George Whitefield ~
 

James Madison on Providence

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"We have all been encouraged to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that Almighty Being whose power regulates the destiny of nations, whose blessings have been so conspicuously dispensed to this rising Republic."
James Madison
(Inaugural Address)


J.C. Ryle on Prayer

Posted by Antoinette Petersen | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer." 

~ J.C. Ryle~

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Daniel Webster on The Word of God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: | Posted On Monday, October 25, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper. I make it a practice to read the Bible through once every year."
Daniel Webster



Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Family

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, October 22, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"Whether we like it or not, a breakdown in home-life will eventually lead to a breakdown everywhere. This is, surely, the most menacing and dangerous aspect of the state of society at this present time. Once the family idea, the family unit, the family life is broken up - once that goes, soon you will have no other allegiance."
Martyn Lloyd-Jones

David Brainerd on God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 9:00 AM

"God was so precious to my soul that the world with all its enjoyments appeared vile. I had no more value for the favor of men than for pebbles."
David Brainerd





A.W. Tozer on Worship

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 9:30 AM

"In my opinion, the great single need of the moment is that light-hearted superficial religionists be struck down with a vision of God high and lifted up, with His train filling the temple. The holy art of worship seems to have passed away like the Shekinah glory from the tabernacle. As a result, we are left to our own devices and forced to make up the lack of spontaneous worship by bringing in countless cheap and tawdry activities to hold the attention of the church people."
A.W. Tozer