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Compare, And Be Astonished

February 8, 2017

“Look unto the Lord Jesus Christ; look unto him as he hung naked, wounded, bleeding, dead, and forsaken upon the cross. Look unto him again as he now reigns in glory, possessed of all power in heaven and in earth, with thousands of thousands of saints and angels worshipping before him; and then compare your sins with his blood, your wants with his fullness, your unbelief with his faithfulness, your weakness with his strength, your inconstancy with his everlasting love….

Even in Darkness, Convinced of God’s Love

January 23, 2017

“You cannot rely on your experiences to prove the love of God. They may indeed give you evidences of it. But when you are in the dark, those very things may seem to mock you. There is one place you can go…There is no other evidence or argument that can be brought in all the dark providences of human experience that can withstand the mighty logic of the evidence of Calvary. If God has said, ‘I love you so much…

The Mighty Logic of the Evidence of Calvary

January 18, 2017

“You cannot rely on your experiences to prove the love of God. They may indeed give you evidences of it. But when you are in the dark, those very things may seem to mock you. There is one place you can go…There is no other evidence or argument that can be brought in all the dark providences of human experience that can withstand the mighty logic of the evidence of Calvary. If God has said, ‘I love you so much…

The Purpose in the Unexpected and Upsetting

January 11, 2017

“We should not be too taken aback when unexpected and upsetting and discouraging things happen to us now. What do they mean? Simply that God in his wisdom means to make something of us which we have not attained yet, and he is dealing with us accordingly. Perhaps he means to strengthen us in patience, good humor, compassion, humility or meekness, by giving us some extra practice in exercising these graces under especially difficult conditions. Perhaps he has new lessons…

Momentous Knowledge for the New Year

January 4, 2017

The other day I mentioned that Knowing God by J.I. Packer is the one book I reread every year. This excerpt is one of the reasons why: What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlines it–the fact that he knows me. I am graven on the palms of his hands. I am never out of his mind. All my knowledge of him depends on his sustained initiative in…