Quotables #5

Here are the last few months of screenshots that I've collected featuring quotes from modern and not-so-modern theologians. I'd like to hear from you as to which ones you found most inspiring, memorable, convicting or thought provoking. 

For me they are:  #3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 10. Oh never mind, they are all my favorites!  

(But #10 really made me exclaim "WOW!")


1.  "Lord, grant that we all may have on the wedding garment."  George Whitefield

2.  "It is humbling, but inescapably true, the only reason that we love is that in glorious, sacrificial grace, He first loved us."  Paul Tripp

3.  "It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than resentful for what is withheld. One attitude or the other becomes a way of life."  Elisabeth Elliot

4.  "Jesus forgave a thief dangling on a cross... That thief would never study the Bible, never attend synagogue or church, and never make amends to those he had wronged. He simply said 'Jesus, Remember Me,' and Jesus promised, 'Today you will be with me in paradise.' It was another shocking reminder that grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us."  Philip Yancey

5.  "If you are in a night of trial, think of tomorrow; cheer up your heart with the thought of the coming of your Lord."  Charles Spurgeon

6.  "It is necessary for the Spirit of God to burn into our hearts this mystery, that the most important work we have to do is that which must be done on our knees, alone with God, away from the bustle of the world and the plaudits of men."  O. Hallesby

7.  "Christians shouldn't expect to be exempt from the common curse of the Fall. And we also shouldn't expect non-Christians to be exempt from the common grace of a God who created all things and loves all that He has made."  Michael Horton

8.  "The story of the Bible is of man placing himself where God deserves to be and of God coming and placing Himself where man deserves to be."  Alastair Begg

9.  "I am profoundly grateful to God that He did not grant me certain things for which I asked, and that He shut certain doors in my face."  D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

10.  "Luke's story of Jesus' life begins with Him being cared for by a man named Joseph, who places Him in a borrowed resting place in which no baby had ever been laid. It ends with Jesus being cared for by a man named Joseph, who lays Him in another borrowed resting place, where no man had ever been laid."  Sinclair Ferguson