CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
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"the man who never reads will never be read:he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains, proves that he has no brains of his own. Brethren, what is true of our ministers is true of all our people. You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writters and expositions of the Bible. We are quite persuaded that the very best way for you to be spending your leisure, is to be either reading or praying. You may get much instructions from books which afterwards you may use as true weapon in your Lord and Master's service. Paul cries, 'Bring the books' - Join in the cry"
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
"All human books grow stale after a time- but with the Word of God, the desire to study it increases, while the more you know of it, the less of it you think you know. The Book grows upon you; as you dive into its depths, you have a fuller perception of the infinity which remains to be explored. You are still sighing to enjoy more of that which it is your bliss to taste"
R. C. SPROUL
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"I think there are few things more dangerous than preachers out there preaching that God loves everybody unconditionally...because the message that is heard by the people who hear that is, there are no conditions. 'I can continue to live just as I'm living, in full rebellion against God, and I have nothing to worry about because there aren't any conditions I have to meet. God loves me unconditionally; I don't have to repent; I don't have to have to come to Jesus; I don't have to leave my life of sin. No conditions. No strings attached. God loves me just the way I am. He's glad that I turned out so nicely' . Sometimes we close our eyes to what the Bible says frequently about God's posture towards the impenitent. God, the Bible tells us, abhors, detests, the wicked who are impenitent. And then people say; 'well, God loves the sinner, he just hates the sin' . But.......He doesn't send the sin to hell..... He sends the sinner there. And so this is very dangerous stuff when we tell people, 'God loves you unconditionally' "
MARTYN LLOYD JONES
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"Present-day preaching does not save men, the churches are not getting converts. There is something even worse than that about the situation as I see it, and that is that present-day preaching does not even annoy men, but leaves them precisely where they were, without a ruffle and without the slightest disturbance . The church is regarded as a sort of dispensary where drugs and soothing mixtures are distributed and in which everyone is to be eased and comforted. And the one theme of the church must be 'the love of God' . Anyone who happens to break these rules and who produces a disturbing effect upon members of his congregation is regarded as an objectionable person..... "
JOHN CALVIN
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"A person who calls himself a 'Christian' and makes no effort to live a sanctified life has no right to the name"
JOHN CHARLES RYLE
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"Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's Book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul. Do not let newspapers, novel, and romances be read, whiles the prophets and Apostles be despised. Do not let the exciting and the sensual swallow your attention, while the edifying and the sanctifying can find no place in your mind"
PAUL WASHER
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"To fight against pride, it is wise to surround ourselves with those who know us and love us enough to speak words of correction and rebuke"
JOHN F. MACARTHUR
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"A solid, biblical understanding of true worship would be the perfect antidote to the pragmatic, program-driven, prosperity-obsessed mentality so many evangelical churches now cultivate. By striving so hard to fulfill human needs, satisfy human desires, manipulate human emotions, and massage the human ego, the church somehow seems to have lost sight of what true worship is supposed to be about. The typical church is actually practising a kind of populist religion that is all about self-love, self-esteem, self-fulfillment, and self-glory. All those things point people in exactly the opposite direction from true worship"
