Daily Reformed Quote

"His sovereignty is not diminished or thwarted. The hearer of the gospel is responsible for his..."

Thu, 31 May 2012 01:13:06 -0400

“His sovereignty is not diminished or thwarted. The hearer of the gospel is responsible for his response, but God is responsible for his ability to do so. The preacher of the gospel is responsible for his proclamation, but God is responsible for the transforming power. The gospel message goes out, and while some hearers respond with faith in Christ, some people simply can’t hear.”

- Matt Chandler

"The [Christian] message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity – hope of pardon, hope of peace..."

Tue, 29 May 2012 15:22:13 -0400

“The [Christian] message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity – hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory – because at the Father’s will Jesus became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross.”

- J.I. Packer

"Jesus Christ is not valued at all until He is valued above all"

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:30:47 -0400

“Jesus Christ is not valued at all until He is valued above all”

- St. Augustine

"The question in the Scriptures is never can you lose your salvation but rather, have you been saved..."

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:11:05 -0400

“The question in the Scriptures is never can you lose your salvation but rather, have you been saved to begin with. The Scriptures are very clear that you can have have spiritual experiences and you can even have seasons of your life that you like the idea of Jesus or even passionately like the idea of Jesus but not really know Him, love Him, and follow Him.”

- Matt Chandler

"As to why He chose the ones He did, we do not know, and can only say, “Even so, Father: for so..."

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:53:02 -0400

“As to why He chose the ones He did, we do not know, and can only say, “Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight.” The plain truth in Romans 8:29 is that God, before the foundation of the world, singled out certain sinners and appointed them unto salvation. This is clear from the concluding words of the verse: “Predestinate to be conformed to the image of His son.””

- A.W. Pink

"It is only in proportion as the Christian manifests the fruit of a genuine conversion that he is..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:17:02 -0400

“It is only in proportion as the Christian manifests the fruit of a genuine conversion that he is entitled to regard himself and be regarded by others as one of the called and elect of God. It is just in proportion as we add to our faith the other Christian graces that we have solid ground on which to rest in the assurance we belong to the family of Christ. It is not those who are governed by self-will, but “as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” (Rom. 8:14).”

- A.W. Pink

"The Bible never tells us to take a leap of faith into the darkness and hope that there’s Someobody..."

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:10:20 -0400

“The Bible never tells us to take a leap of faith into the darkness and hope that there’s Someobody out there. The BIble calls us to jump out of the darkness and into the light. That is not a blind leap.”

- R.C. Sproul

"Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity."

Sat, 19 May 2012 16:28:46 -0400

“Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.”

- Charles Spurgeon

"Failing to note the severity of God is attempted theft of all he’s due. To discount, disguise, or..."

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:48:35 -0400

“Failing to note the severity of God is attempted theft of all he’s due. To discount, disguise, or disbelieve what God does in response to the falling short of his glory is, in itself, falling short of his glory. So let’s note God’s severity.”

- Matt Chandler

"Faith and obedience are inescapably related. There is no saving faith in God apart from obedience to..."

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:01:02 -0400

“Faith and obedience are inescapably related. There is no saving faith in God apart from obedience to God, and there can be no godly obedience without godly faith.”

- John MacArthur

"God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of..."

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:01:18 -0400

“God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.”

- John Calvin

"How strange it is to know that she is at peace and all is well, and yet be so sorrowful!"

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:12:17 -0400

“How strange it is to know that she is at peace and all is well, and yet be so sorrowful!”

- Martin Luther - Following the death of his daughter Lena

"If there is any truth I ever speak, any truth my heart confess, any truth my mind know’s sure..."

Sun, 13 May 2012 18:01:42 -0400

“If there is any truth I ever speak, any truth my heart confess, any truth my mind know’s sure - this truth is that Jesus Christ is Lord.”

- G.S. Hill

"The root of an unmortified course is the digestion of sin without bitterness in the heart. When a..."

Sun, 13 May 2012 09:16:05 -0400

“The root of an unmortified course is the digestion of sin without bitterness in the heart. When a man has confirmed his imagination to such an apprehension of grace and mercy as to be able, without bitterness, to swallow and digest daily sins, that man is at the brink of turning the grace of God into lasciviousness and being hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.”

- John Owen

"When God is here spoken of as hardening some of the children of men, it is not to be understood that..."

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:45:40 -0400

“When God is here spoken of as hardening some of the children of men, it is not to be understood that God by any positive efficiency hardens any man’s heart. There is no positive act in God, as though he put forth any power to harden the heart. To suppose any such thing would be to make God the immediate author of sin. God is said to harden men in two ways: by withholding the powerful influences of his Spirit, without which their hearts will remain hardened, and grow harder and harder; in this sense he hardens them, as he leaves them to hardness. And again, by ordering those things in his providence which, through the abuse of their corruption, become the occasion of their hardening. Thus God sends his word and ordinances to men which, by their abuse, prove an occasion of their hardening”

- Jonathan Edwards

"I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His..."

Wed, 09 May 2012 18:01:57 -0400

“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.”

- Hudson Taylor

"Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered."

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:02:16 -0400

“Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered.”

- R.C. Sproul

"The bounden duty of a true believer towards men who profess to be Christians, and yet deny the Word..."

Mon, 07 May 2012 18:02:52 -0400

“The bounden duty of a true believer towards men who profess to be Christians, and yet deny the Word of the Lord, and reject the fundamentals of the Gospel, is to come out from among them.”

- Charles Spurgeon

"Of himself, the fallen sinner can no more repent evangelically, believe in Christ savingly, come to..."

Sun, 06 May 2012 18:03:19 -0400

“Of himself, the fallen sinner can no more repent evangelically, believe in Christ savingly, come to Him effectually, than he can create a world. “With men it is impossible” [Mk 10:27] rules out of court all special pleading for the power of man’s will. Nothing but a miracle of grace can lead to the saving of any sinner.”

- A.W. Pink

"Calvary not merely made possible the salvation of those for whom Christ died; it ensured that they..."

Sat, 05 May 2012 18:01:51 -0400

“Calvary not merely made possible the salvation of those for whom Christ died; it ensured that they would be brought to faith and their salvation made actual.”

- J.I. Packer