Christian Writers and Preachers

O deeps unfathomed as the sea,

O heights that reach beyond the high,

O Love that lavished all on me,

I know Thee now, I know Thee nigh.

O Love that is not here or there,

But like Thine own eternity

Is here, is there, is everywhere,

I yield, I love, I worship Thee.

—Amy Carmichael

“Oh that we may have such an estimate of the value of a single soul that we count whole days well spent to bring one fallen woman or one drunkard to the Saviour’s feet.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Do you want to know love?

Go to Calvary and see the Man of Sorrows die.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“I pray that the Lord may work in us the steadfast desire to do good on the quiet, by stealth, when no one looks on, when not a single disciple is near.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried”-that is history. “He loved me and gave Himself for me”-that is doctrine.

—J. Gresham Machen

You will find all through the Scriptures, when men were filled with the Holy Spirit, they preached Christ and not themselves. They preached Christ and Him crucified.

—D. L. Moody

“Behold our Lord and Master with divinely skilful art seeking after a single soul!”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Seek then strength from the Strong one and wisdom from the Wise One.”

— Charles Spurgeon

I will in the evening read for half an hour at least the Old Testament, with which I am not well acquainted.

—William Wilberforce

“If a man has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been challed to the ministry.”

— Charles Spurgeon

It is not by might or violence, therefore, that Christ rules in the kingdom given Him by the Father. He did not do this in His humiliation, and He does not do it in His exaltation.

—Herman Bavinck

Christ is the head of every believer, of every local congregation, and also of the church as a whole.

—Herman Bavinck

Ascending on high, He took captivity captive, gave gifts to men, and was exalted above all heavens, in order that He should fulfill all things (Eph. 4:8–10).

—Herman Bavinck

The treasure of merit is therefore not deposited by Christ anywhere on earth, not in the hands of a pope or a priest, not in a church or a sacrament; but the treasure of merit lies solely with and in Christ himself.

—Herman Bavinck

God by His Spirit must change the hearts of the people, if they are to walk in His ways, and keep His ordinances and statutes. The Spirit of the Lord alone works the true, spiritual, and moral life.

—Herman Bavinck

All the benefits that Christ by his Spirit gives to the church and to every believer can be summarized under one word: grace (John 1:16). But this one word implies a wealth of blessings.

—Herman Bavinck

In short, Christ and all His benefits, the love of the Father, and the grace of the Son, become our portion only in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.

—Herman Bavinck

At the creation the morning stars sang together and all the children of God rejoiced. At the birth of Christ the multitude of heavenly hosts raised the jubilee of God’s good will. On the birthday of the church that church itself sings the wonderful works of God in myriad tones.

—Herman Bavinck

There is no partaking in the benefits of Christ without our sharing in his person, for the benefits are inseparable from his person.

—Herman Bavinck

The Lord Christ is my righteousness, my whole and perfect righteousness

—George Whitefield

A soul doth never glorify or honour Christ upon a discovery or sense of the eternal redemption he hath purchased for him, but it is in him a peculiar effect of the Holy Ghost as our comforter.

—John Owen

A God of infinite goodness and benevolence loves those that have no excellency to move or attract it

—Jonathan Edwards

A new and more powerful proclamation of the law is perhaps the most pressing need of the hour… A low view of law always brings legalism into religion; a high view of law makes man a seeker after grace. Pray that the high view may prevail.

—J. Gresham Machen

A new and more powerful proclamation of the law is perhaps the most pressing need of the hour… A low view of law always brings legalism into religion; a high view of law makes man a seeker after grace. Pray that the high view may prevail.

—J. Gresham Machen

“We shall trust everything in those dear hands that were nailed to the cross for us.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“If ye love Christ, show it, and show it by doing good to others, by laying yourself out to help others that Jesus may have joy of them.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Though we are accustomed to hear the gospel often, it never loses its charm.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“The master-motive of a good shepherd is love. We are to feed Christ’s lambs out of love.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Trust in God to fulfill his Word to you, and it will be done.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Love, and then feed. If thou lovest, feed. If thou dost not love, then wait till the Lord hath quickened thee, and lay not thy unhallowed hand to this sacred service.”

– Charles Spurgeon