Christian Writers and Preachers

With respect to the death of Christ, there is a great difference betwixt one man and another; he laid down his life for the sheep, he prayed for them, and not for the world.

—John Flavel

See how our LORD’s sheep are scattered abroad, having too, too few true shepherds; I beseech you, go on, and point out to them the Redeemer’s good pastures.

—George Whitefield

He who has communion with Christ, when he is *highest in duties of sanctification and holiness, is clearest in the apprehension of his own unprofitableness*, and rejects every thought that might arise in his heart of setting is peace in them, or upon them.

—John Owen

Since praise is so comely a thing, let all be exhorted to praise God.

—Jonathan Edwards

He who has communion with Christ, when he is *highest in duties of sanctification and holiness, is clearest in the apprehension of his own unprofitableness*, and rejects every thought that might arise in his heart of setting is peace in them, or upon them.

—John Owen

But he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself.

—John Milton

There is never a fear that has not a corresponding Fear not.

—Amy Carmichael

“We must have the Word of the Lord.

With this Word alone we can withstand the devil.”

— Charles Spurgeon

The gospel is gospel, good news for all creatures, not a proclamation of destruction and death, but of resurrection and life.

—Herman Bavinck

While everything in the Old Testament was in preparation for Christ, everything now stems from him. Christ is the turning point of time. The promise made to Abraham extends now out to all nations.

—Herman Bavinck

“Tablets of stone, though apparently durable, can readily enough be broken, and so can God’s commands; so are they indeed broken every day by us, and those who have the clearest knowledge of the will of God nevertheless offend against him.”

– Charles Spurgeon

The whole of life, including business and all of social relations, must be obedient to the law of love.

—J. Gresham Machen

The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do. And the Spirit can do nothing of himself; but what he hears from the Father and Son; and it is impossible it should be otherwise, considering not only the unity of their nature, but also of their will and design.

—John Flavel

“You may preach up the anger of God, and the terrors of the world to come, but these do not melt the heart to loyal obedience.”

– Charles Spurgeon

I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.

—John Milton

“You consider sin a mere trifle, scarcely worth thinking about;

but God regards it as an evil and an accursed thing.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“The sword of justice hath less power over human hearts than the sceptre of mercy.”

– Charles Spurgeon

None of us can know how poor we are in comparison with what we might have been if we had lived habitually nearer to God in prayer.

— Charles Spurgeon

I have great respect for a man who can stand up for what he believes is right against all the world. He who can stand alone is a hero.

—D. L. Moody

Wonder is the desire of knowledge.

—Thomas Aquinas

God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want. – C.S. Lewis

As a boy, I was not a Christian. I did not have the privilege of growing up in a home where Christ was known and loved. God spoke to me through a street preacher who quoted the words of Jesus, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.”

—AW Tozer

While we are settling the date of Jesus’ birth, the world is doing without its Christmas message.

—J. Gresham Machen

Without watchfulness, humiliation, and prayer, the sense of divine things must languish, as much as the grass withers for want of refreshing rains and dews.

—William Wilberforce

Lift up your voice like a trumpet, and preach the truth as it is in JESUS.

—George Whitefield

He that walks in the light of new obedience, he hath communion with God, and in his presence is fulness of joy for ever; without it, there is nothing but darkness, and wandering, and confusion.

—John Owen

Faith is a grace that gives God the glory of his sufficiency and faithfulness.

—Jonathan Edwards

Christ our Captain is calling for volunteers; here are the terms: Whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the Gospel’s the same shall find it.

—Amy Carmichael

Priceless as the gift of speaking may be,

the practice of silence in some aspects far excels it.

— Charles Spurgeon

“When the Holy One smites his own Son, his wrath against sin is evident to all.”

– Charles Spurgeon