Christian Writers and Preachers

“Seek all knowledge, but, above all, meditate day and night on the law of the Lord.”

— Charles Spurgeon

The modern liberal desires to produce upon the minds of simple Christians (and upon his own mind) the impression of some sort of continuity between modern liberalism and the thought and life of the great Apostle. But such an impression is altogether misleading.

—J. Gresham Machen

Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness. – C.S. Lewis

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

—Thomas Aquinas

“Only my faith makes life worthwhile to live.”

— Charles Spurgeon

Praise is the act of intelligent creatures and not the act of mere machines or things without life.

—Jonathan Edwards

There is no such division in the external operations of God that any one of them should be the act of one person, without the concurrence of the others

—John Owen

Love, love to JESUS, casts out fear.

—George Whitefield

Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours. – C.S. Lewis

“He is Alpha, and he is Omega; he is the Author and he is also the Finisher of our faith.”

– Charles Spurgeon

Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.

—Thomas Aquinas

“We shall meet in heaven one day;

until then may the God of all grace be our helper.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“The great redemptive work is for ever finished, and Christ has done it all. “

– Charles Spurgeon

There can be no greater mistake than to suppose that Jesus ever separated theology from ethics, or that if you remove His theology – His beliefs about God and judgment, future woe for the wicked and future blessedness for the good – you can leave His ethical teaching intact.

—J. Gresham Machen

“You have not to contribute even a quarter of a penny to the ransom price for your redemption, for it is paid to the uttermost farthing.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“It was the joy of Christ that he should finish the work which his Father gave him to do; and he has finished it, and therefore he is glad; will not you also rejoice in his finished work?”

– Charles Spurgeon

When you are arguing against God you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all. – C.S. Lewis

One before whom we could stand in our own merit without fear? He who will may be satisfied with such a God.

—J. Gresham Machen

One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness. – C.S. Lewis

“The love of Jesus is the source of salvation.

He loves,

he looks,

he touches us,

we live.”

— Charles Spurgeon

To think of parting with peace, health, liberty, relations, wives, children; it is offensive, heavy, and grievous to the best of the saints: but their souls cannot bear the thoughts of parting with Jesus Christ; such a thought is cruel as the grave.

—John Owen

To think of parting with peace, health, liberty, relations, wives, children; it is offensive, heavy, and grievous to the best of the saints: but their souls cannot bear the thoughts of parting with Jesus Christ; such a thought is cruel as the grave.

—John Owen

Study to show the simplicity of JESUS CHRIST, and strive to imitate those holy matrons, who not only administered to our LORD of their substance, but also followed him to the accursed tree.

—George Whitefield

Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing praises unto our God. It is profitable and advantageous. It is health to the mind. The soul is greatly bettered and advantaged by it. It is an exercise that naturally tends to the spiritual life, to strengthen, confirm and increase it.

—Jonathan Edwards

Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing praises unto our God. It is profitable and advantageous. It is health to the mind. The soul is greatly bettered and advantaged by it. It is an exercise that naturally tends to the spiritual life, to strengthen, confirm and increase it.

—Jonathan Edwards

“How gloriously has Christ rolled away the great load of human sin, adequately recompensed the claims of divine justice, and magnified the law, and made it honourable!”

– Charles Spurgeon

“We dwell in a temple of providence and grace where everything speaks of his glory.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“You are beloved of the Lord, and a friend of the Son of God!”

– Charles Spurgeon

“[…]you have the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Friend, your Divine Companion; you are going to sit and feast with him presently at his own table.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Our Christ is not dead.

He still holds the stars in his right hand.”

— Charles Spurgeon