William Law
God seeth different abilities and frailties of men, which may move His goodness to be merciful to their different improvements in virtue.
William Law
Tu te poses des questions sur Dieu ? Tu as entendu parler de Jésus ? Quant à la Bible, tu sais que c'est un livre chrétien. Tu veux en découvrir sur ces trois sujets et bien d'autres encore. Ce blog te propose de réfléchir sur ces sujets et plein d'autres encore. Fais-toi ta propre opinion sur les textes de ce blog. Et surtout n'hésite pas à laisser un commentaire pour les articles. Ton avis compte. Ce blog est géré par le Groupe Biblique Universitaire d'Angers.
William Law
God seeth different abilities and frailties of men, which may move His goodness to be merciful to their different improvements in virtue.
William Law
Thomas Schreiner
I think we also learn from this to be charitable towards different views. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind, at least if you can be. But we must distinguish between central issues of the faith and issues which aren’t central. Some people have a hard time doing that. Everything for them is of equal importance in the Bible. But that’s not true. There are some things that are non-negotiable in our faith. The Trinity is non-negotiable. The authority of Scripture is non-negotiable. The substitutionary atonement, justification by faith alone, the deity of Christ, and, of course, I could mention other things. But there are less clear matters in the Bible as well; things like when the rapture will take place and what we’re looking at today regarding the millennium. We must beware of being divisive, and schismatic, and inflexible on matters that are less important. That really shows, I think, a character flaw in us – something that God wants to work on in us.
Thomas Schreiner
[L'évangélisation] consiste à annoncer la bonne nouvelle de Jésus, et à le faire avec honnêteté, urgence et joie, en utilisant la Bible, en menant une vie qui la soutient, en priant, et en faisant tout cela pour la gloire de Dieu.
Mark Dever, The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, Crossway, 2007, p. 107.
[Evangelism] is telling the good news about Jesus, and doing it with honesty, urgency, and joy, using the Bible, living a life that backs it up, and praying, and doing it all for the glory of God.
Mark Dever, The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, Crossway, 2007, p. 107.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Hope itself is like a star - not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Lorsque j'étais au Tibet, j'ai vu un bouddhiste, un moine, qui avait vécu pendant cinq ou six ans dans une grotte. Lorsqu'il est entré dans la grotte, il avait une bonne vue. Mais parce qu'il est resté si longtemps dans l'obscurité, ses yeux sont devenus de plus en plus faibles, et finalement il est devenu complètement aveugle. Il en va de même pour nous. Si nous n'utilisons pas les bénédictions que nous avons reçues de Dieu pour Sa Gloire, nous risquons de les perdre à jamais.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
While I was in Tibet I saw a Buddhist, a monk, who had lived for five or six years in a cave. When he went into the cave he had good eyesight. But because he stayed so long in the darkness his eyes grew weaker and weaker, and at last he became quite blind. It is just the same with us. If we do not use the blessings which we have received from God for His Glory, we are in danger of losing them forever.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
Billy Sunday
The difference between God's side and the devil's is the difference between heaven and hell.
Billy Sunday
Albert Barnes
It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God.
Albert Barnes
Thomas Watson
A man may read the figures on the dial, but he cannot tell how the day goes unless the sun is shining on it; so we may read the Bible over, but we cannot learn to purpose till the spirit of God shine upon it and into our hearts.
Thomas Watson
Henry Drummond
To correspond with the God of Science, the Eternal Unknowable, would be everlasting existence; to correspond with "the true God and Jesus Christ," is Eternal Life. The quality of the Eternal Life alone makes the heaven; mere everlastingness might be no boon. Even the brief span of the temporal life is too long for those who spend its years in sorrow.
Henry Drummond
Matthew Henry
We have no sufficient strength of our own. All our sufficiency is of God. We should stir up ourselves to resist temptations in a reliance upon God's all-sufficiency and the omnipotence of his might.
Matthew Henry
B.B. Warfield
The Bible is authoritative, for it is the Word of God; it is intelligible, for it is the word of man. Because it is the word of man in every part and element, it comes home to our hearts. Because it is the word of God in every part and element, it is our constant law and guide.
B.B. Warfield
François Fénelon
To realize God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.
Francois Fenelon
John Wesley
We are to bear with those we cannot amend, and to be content with offering them to God. This is true resignation. And since He has borne our infirmities, we may well bear those of each other for His sake.
John Wesley
Les ennuis sont l'un des grands serviteurs de Dieu car ils nous rappellent à quel point nous avons continuellement besoin du Seigneur.
Jim Cymbala
Trouble is one of God's great servants because it reminds us how much we continually need the Lord.
Jim Cymbala
George V. Wigram
Sorrows and trials are like the sand and grit that polish a stone.
George V. Wigram
A. B. Simpson
You will have no test of faith that will not fit you to be a blessing if you are obedient to the Lord. I never had a trial but when I got out of the deep river I found some poor pilgrim on the bank that I was able to help by that very experience.
A. B. Simpson
Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness, 2012, p. 42-43.
When we violate our sense of right and wrong, even if the action in itself is not sinful, we are guilty of sin. “Whatever does not proceed from faith is sin” (Rom. 14:23). That means, if you don’t believe what you are doing is acceptable, then it’s not acceptable for you to do it. You must not ignore your conscience… Even if the Bible gives the green light, the red light in your conscience should not be transgressed.
Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness, 2012, p. 42-43.
Mark Dever et Paul Alexander
When the Gospel enables us to live in love, even though we may have nothing else in common save Christ, it is a testimony to its power to transform a group of sinful, self-centered people into a loving community united by a common relationship with Jesus Christ.
Mark Dever and Paul Alexander
François Fénelon
I believe that we are conforming to the divine order and the will of Providence when we are doing even indifferent things that belong to our condition.
Francois Fenelon
John Newton
The love I bear Christ is but a faint and feeble spark, but it is an emanation from himself: He kindled it and he keeps it alive; and because it is his work, I trust many waters shall not quench it.
John Newton