"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for."
- Charles H. Spurgeon (via onethousandtimesover)
One of my favorites.
"Let it be counted folly or frenzy or whatsoever. It is our wisdom and our comfort; we care for no knowledge in the world but this, that man has sinned and God has suffered; that God has made himself the sin of men and that men are made the righteousness of God."
- Richard Hooker (via cicarson)
"Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws."
- Tim Keller (via adeneilts)
Anonymous asked: Have you always accepted the thoughts of Calvinism? I am having a hard time grasping and accepting some of the points. If you haven't always accepted Calvinism, how did you come to accepting them? Do you have any books you would recommend to read to further my knowledge of Calvinism? Do you still question or struggle with any of those five points?
When I first came upon these doctrines I hated them. I remember mocking and looking down on those who held these convictions. However, it was when I started reading the word more diligently and more seriously I had no choice but to see the truth in what these great doctrines rightly point out. It was solid preaching by men like John MacArthur, John Piper, and David Platt who gave me a high view of God and of his holiness and grace. It was a solid group of wonderful friends who had also wrestled through these things and met to read the word openly and honestly. I still have questions, and I still wrestle through some of these great doctrines, but I see them plainly and explicitly in scripture. These doctrines that once made me bitter and uneasy have now become my greatest source of comfort.
As far as books on the subject I would recommend 2:
What is Reformed Theology - R.C. Sproul
For Calvinism - Michael Horton
I would also take time to read through John Piper’s “What We Believe about the 5 Points of Calvinism” found here..
as well as Charles Spurgeon’s “A Defense of Calvinism”
Love the original by The Darkness, but this makes me feel good.
HOLY HECK. Listen.
"The goal of missions is the worldwide worship of the God-man by his redeemed people from every tribe, tongue, and nation. The outcome of missions is all peoples delighting to praise Jesus. And the motivation for missions is the enjoyment that his people have in him. Missions aims at, brings about, and is fueled by the worship of Jesus."
- David Mathis, Finish the Mission: Bringing the Gospel to the Unreached and Unengaged, p. 14. (via cicarson)
"You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago."
- (via thatkindofwoman)
(Source: ordinarywonder, via thatkindofwoman)
"My sin, oh, the bliss
of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross
And I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
O my soul!"
- (via adeneilts)
"I praise God that he has not left the invitation to salvation up to sinful men and women who in their rebellion would never choose him. I praise God that he has taken the initiative to call and enable us to follow Jesus, so that in his overcoming grace we might find eternal satisfaction for our souls."
- David Platt // Follow Me (via meggielynne)
"I am fallen, flawed, and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength."
- Adam Young of Owl City (via beauty-from-ashes)
(Source: breatheinthetwilight, via adeneilts)
"This, we remember, is the great reward of the gospel: God Himself. When we risk our lives to run after Christ, we discover the safety that is found only in His sovereignty; the security that is found only in His love, and the satisfaction that is found only in His presence. This is the eternally great reward, and we would be foolish to settle for anything less."
- David Platt, Radical (via martelthechristianrapper)
(Source: francineannabelle, via adeneilts)
