Christian Writers and Preachers

The knowledge of ourselves, in reference to our supernatural end, is no small portion of our wisdom.

—John Owen

God has condescended to touch our hearts…by the wonderful variety and beauty of his Book.

—J. Gresham Machen

“Because God is infinitely happy, he delights in the happiness of his creatures.”

— Charles Spurgeon

It is utterly impossible to make a man better without Christ, and that is what men are trying to do. They are trying to patch up this old Adam’s nature. There must be a new creation.

—D. L. Moody

“We must never so evangelize the outside mass as to forget to fold and feed those within.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“The Lord Jesus himself is the Good Shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep, the Great Shepherd who is brought again from the dead, and the Chief Shepherd under whom he has appointed shepherds to watch for the souls of men.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Carry Christ’s burden, and your shoulders shall have rest.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“The Lord Jesus himself is the Good Shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep, the Great Shepherd who is brought again from the dead, and the Chief Shepherd under whom he has appointed shepherds to watch for the souls of men.”

– Charles Spurgeon

If you are ever tempted to think any promise of the Word too large and that you must discount it, remember that Christ is risen and that therein you have a proof and illustration of the “exceeding greatness of the power to us-ward who believe.”

—R. A. Torrey

“Our one instrument as fishers for Christ is the gospel of the grace of God.”

– Charles Spurgeon

Christ is perfectly and completely applied to the soul in the first act for righteousness.

—John Flavel

“We ought to work as if all depended upon us,

and then we are to trust God knowing that all depends on him.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Our urgent work— I mean yours and mine, my brethren— is to go out into the world and proclaim the blessed gospel of salvation to all who care to hear us.”

– Charles Spurgeon

This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there. – C.S. Lewis

Are we forever condemned to live the sordid life of utilitarianism?

—J. Gresham Machen

Let your petitions be presented as if you believed in God and had no doubt as to the efficacy of prayer.

— Charles Spurgeon

Cast yourselves on his undeserved mercy; he is full of love, and will not spurn you: surrender yourselves into his hands, and solemnly resolve, through his grace, to dedicate henceforth all your faculties and powers to his service.

—William Wilberforce

Let our closets and places of retirement be witnesses of our sincere and hearty praises.

—Jonathan Edwards

The aim of the Lord Jesus in establishing gospel administrations, and administrators, is ‘for the perfecting of the saints, the work of the ministry,’ etc. All is for them, all is for the family.

—John Owen

God suffers his dear children to fall into little miscarriages, that the eye may not say to the hand, ‘I have not need of thee;’ or again, the head to the foot, ‘I have no need of thee.’

—George Whitefield

How can they hope for salvation for their souls if they do not believe that ‘the Lord is risen indeed’?

— Charles Spurgeon

Without the consciousness of sin, the whole of the gospel will seem to be an idle tale.

—J. Gresham Machen

Yes, thank God, he has conquered Death and the grave; and you can shout now, “O grave, where is thy victory!” He went down into the grave and conquered it, and came up out of it; and now he says, “Because I live, ye shall live also.”

—D. L. Moody

“Set your affection upon Him who has set His affection upon you.”

– Charles Spurgeon

There is no more lively image of heaven than an assembly of Christians praising God.

—Jonathan Edwards

How could Jesus be our ransom from the grave if he had himself remained under the dominion of death?

— Charles Spurgeon

“Let the morning break with thoughts of Christ, and let your last thought at night be sweetened with his presence.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“O to love God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind, and with all our strength: that is what the law required, it is what the gospel enables us to render.”

– Charles Spurgeon

Jesus rose again.

This fact is proved better than any other event in history.

— Charles Spurgeon

The resurrection is the day of Christ’s crowning. He was Son and Messiah already before His incarnation. He was that also in His humiliation. But then His inner being was hidden under the form of a servant.

—Herman Bavinck