Christian Writers and Preachers

For never was any wound healed by a prepared, but unapplied plaster. Nor was it ever known, that a poor deceived, condemned sinner, was actually delivered out of that woeful state, until of God, Christ was made unto him, wisdom and righteousness, sanctification and redemption.

—John Flavel

Happy is the Christian that has a little band of friends that meet together regularly for prayer.

—R. A. Torrey

Unite with a church where there is a spirit of prayer, where the prayer-meetings are well kept up.

—R. A. Torrey

What is it that is chiefly worrying us as Christians?

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

The sincerity of our profession much depends upon the care we exercise in keeping our hearts. Most certainly, that man who is careless of the frame of his heart, is but a hypocrite in his profession, however eminent he be in the externals of religion.

—John Flavel

There is wonderful freedom in this life of simply following Jesus. This path is straight and plain.

—R. A. Torrey

The intrinsic evil and filthiness that is in sin keeps back the gracious soul from it: Abhor that which is evil; hate it as hell itself (Rom 12:9).

—John Flavel

Not only is the whole course of history known to God, and His purpose for the Church made plain, but what he has decreed will most certainly come to pass.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

There are men who worship gold just as really as if they had a sovereign hung up in their bedchamber, and said their prayers to it.

—R. A. Torrey

There are men and women who have a sorrow of such a character that they cannot confide it to any human ear; and they say: “Nobody knows it. Nobody sympathizes with me.” Yes, there is One who knows, and He sympathizes with you—God.

—R. A. Torrey

The Holy Spirit never leads anyone to disobey the Word of God.

—R. A. Torrey

The world has turned its back on God.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

The very greatness of God makes it impossible for us by our own efforts ever to arrive at God.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

If you will be Christ’s, you must submit to all those means Christ has appointed for the mortification of your corruptions, be they never so hard: rebukes from God, rebukes from men, by afflictions, and by the Word, for the mortification of sin.

—John Flavel

A truly gracious soul cannot long subsist without secret prayer. It is true – there is not always an equal freedom and delight, a like enlargement and comfort in those retirements, but yet he cannot be without them.

—John Flavel

When a man compares himself with others: thus measuring ourselves by ourselves, and comparing ourselves among ourselves, we show our folly and nourish our pride; but if any man will compare his own life with Christ’s, he will find abundant cause at every time to be humbled.

—John Flavel

There are some people who have lived forty or fifty years in the world, and have had scarcely one hour’s discourse with their own hearts.

—John Flavel

The sincere soul hates sin with an irreconcilable hatred. There was a time when sin and his soul fell out, but there never will be a time of reconciliation between them again.

—John Flavel

I don’t know how others find it, but I am sure I find sin in my very bosom, in my very bowels; it is present with me. O wretched man that I am! A gracious soul can mourn to see in others, but to find it in himself pierces him to the very heart.

—John Flavel

There is certainly nothing that will bring greater comfort and consolation to the believer than to understand the nature of prophecy.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

God will shortly put a blessed end to all your troubles, cares, and watchings. The time is coming when your heart will be as you would have it, when you will be discharged of these cares, fears & sorrows and never cry out, Oh my hard, proud, vain & earthly heart anymore.

—John Flavel

My sin may be as high as the highest mountain, but the sacrifice that covers it is as high as the highest heaven; my guilt may be as deep as the ocean, but the atonement that swallows it up is as deep as eternity.

—R. A. Torrey

Any one who is not a fisher of men is not following Christ.

—R. A. Torrey

I know that some of our knees are a bit old, but I still thought this interesting.

“Oftentimes, it helps us to a realization of the presence of God to read the Bible on our knees. The Bible became a new book to me when I took to reading it on my knees.”

—R. A. Torrey

All supposed leadings of God should be tested by the Word of God. The Bible is God’s revealed will. Any leading that contradicts the plain teaching of the Bible is certainly not the leading of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not contradict Himself.

—R. A. Torrey

Everything that is evil is under the judgment of God.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

People tell us the Bible is full of things that are impossible to believe. I know of nothing else so impossible to believe as that a holy God should love such individuals as you and me, as the Bible says He does. But as impossible as it is to believe, it is true.

—R. A. Torrey

The upright soul, though he may be drawn to sin, yet he cannot reflect upon his sin without shame and sorrow, which plainly shows it to be an involuntary surprise.

—John Flavel

Even though no one else seems to be following Jesus, be sure you follow Him.

—R. A. Torrey

You can never convict a man of sin, because that is the work of the Holy Spirit. You can reason and reason and you will fail. It is ours to preach the Word and look to the Holy Spirit to produce conviction.

—R. A. Torrey