Charles Spurgeon on Joy

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"You are commanded to rejoice, Brothers and Sisters, because this is for your profit. Holy joy will oil the wheels of your life's machinery. Holy joy will strengthen you for your daily labor. Holy joy will beautify you and, as I have already said, give you an influence over the lives of others."

Charles Spurgeon


G. K. Chesterton on Rules and Responsibilities

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Friday, December 28, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.”

G.K. Chesterton


Martyn Lloyd-Jones on God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“God is the Creator and the Sustainer of everything that is.”

Martyn Lloyd-Jones


J. C. Ryle on Christians

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“A true Christian must be no slave to fashion, if he would train his child for heaven.  He must not be content to do things merely because they are the custom of the world; to teach them and instruct them in certain ways, merely because it is usual; to allow them to read books of a questionable sort, merely because everybody else reads them; to let them form habits of a doubtful tendency, merely because they are the habits of the day.”

J.C. Ryle


Octavius Winslow on the Natural Man

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"THE natural man is a god to himself. Yes, he has his gods many. Whether it be self-righteousness, self-gratification, the world, wealth, family, in whatever form it appears, "other lords have dominion over him," to the exclusion of the one true and living God. The nature of the human mind is such, that it must love and worship some object supremely."

Octavius Winslow


Charles Spurgeon on Joy

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, December 24, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"There are many more flies caught with honey than with vinegar and there are many more sinners brought to Christ by joyful Christians than by doleful Christians!"

Charles Spurgeon


G.K.Chesterton on Reason

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, December 21, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"When learned men begin to use their reason, then I generally discover that they haven’t got any.”

G.K.Chesterton


Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Faithfulness of God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“Hold on to the faithfulness of God. Believe when you do not understand, that he knows all about you, that he is committed to taking care of you. He has promised it.”

Martyn Lloyd-Jones


J. C. Ryle on Love

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.”

J.C. Ryle


Octavius Winslow on the Christian's Faith

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"The Christian's faith includes not merely what we are to believe, but also what we are to practice."

Octavius Winslow


Charles Spurgeon on Living Holy Lives

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"The preaching of holy lives is living preaching. The most effective ministry from a pulpit is that which is supported by godliness from the pew."

Charles Spurgeon


G. K. Chesterton on Religion

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, December 14, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"We do not really want a religion that is right where we are right. What we want is a religion that is right where we are wrong."

G. K. Chesterton


Martyn Lloyd-Jones on The Gospel

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“The gospel is the announcement, the proclamation, of the greatest and the most astonishing good news that has ever come into this world of time.”

Martyn Lloyd-Jones


J. C.Ryle on Christians

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“True Christians are to be in the world like SALT. Now salt has a peculiar taste of its own, utterly unlike anything else. When mingled with other substances, it preserves them from corruption. It imparts a portion of its taste to everything it is mixed with. It is useful so long as it preserves its savor, but no longer.”

J. C. Ryle


Octavius Winslow on the Spiritual Life

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"The spiritual life which God has breathed into our souls will never rest until it reaches its full and perfect development."

Octavius Winslow


Charles Spurgeon on Ones Life as Preaching

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Monday, December 10, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"It is well to preach as I do, with my lips; but you can all preach with your feet, and by your lives, and that is the most effective preaching."

Charles Spurgeon


G. K. Chesterton on Idolatry

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, December 7, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice."

G. K. Chesterton


Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Man Before God

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , , | Posted On Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“It is of no use pretending before God.”

Martyn Lloyd-Jones


J. C. Ryle on the Sympathy of Jesus

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 5:30 AM

“The sympathy of Jesus is a truth which ought to be peculiarly dear to all believers. They will find in it a mine of strong consolation.”

J. C. Ryle


Octavius Winslow God's Work in HIs Peoiple

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"When the Spirit of God moved upon the face of unformed nature, and a new world sprang into life, light, and beauty, He pronounced it very good. But what must be His estimate of that new creation which His Spirit has wrought in the soul, whose moral chaos He has reduced to life, light, and order!"

Octavius Winslow


Charles Spurgeon on Joy

Posted by Bluegrass Endurance | Labels: , | Posted On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 5:30 AM

"THERE is a marvelous medicinal power in joy. Most medicines are distasteful, but this, which is the best of all medicines, is sweet to the taste and comforting to the heart."

Charles Spurgeon