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Quote by Alan Redpath

“The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.”

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Alan Redpath

Alan Redpath, a British author born on January 9, 1907, and died on March 16, 1989. His works spanned various genres, including novels, poetry, and drama. Redpath is known for his unique literary style and profound insights into human nature. more

“Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy scriptures ever have the pre-eminence, and, next to them, those solid, lively, heavenly treatises which best expound and apply the scriptures, and next, credible histories, especially of the Church... but take heed of false teachers who would corrupt your understandings.”

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Author:Richard Baxter

“Surely if men's hearts were right, short sermons would be enough.”

Ifs Men Heart Enough Would Be Religious Preacher Preaching Sermons Baptists

Book:Sermons on the Parables

Source: Sermons on the Parables

“Don't plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.”

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Book:My Utmost for His Highest

Source: My Utmost for His Highest

“Because he is; that is, because he is an infinitely glorious, good, wise, holy, powerful, righteous, self-subsisting , self-sufficient , and all-sufficient being; the fountain and author of all being and good; the first cause, last end, and sovereign Lord of all; therefore, he is to be worshipped: therefore, are we to admire, adore, and love him; to praise, to trust and to fear him.”

Source: A Discourse Concerning the Holy Spirit: Wherein an Account is Given of His Name, Nature, Personality, Dispensation, Operations and Effects. Also the Nature and Necessity of Gospel Holiness, and the Difference Between Grace and Morality

“Christ is the meat, the bread, the food of our souls. Nothing is in him of a higher spiritual nourishment than his love, which we should always desire.”

Should Soul Spiritual Desire Christ Higher Bread Meat His Love Nourishment Spiritual Nourishment

Book:THE GLORY OF CHRIST

Source: THE GLORY OF CHRIST

“A good character is the best tombstone.”

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Author:Charles Spurgeon

“Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that he is very exact and does many things, or that he fasts twice in the week, and gives tithes of all he possesses, but that he is sinless.”

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Book:The Way of Life

Source: The Way of Life

“We are not to look upon our sins as insignificant trifles. On the other hand, we are not to regard them as so terrible that we must despair. Learn to believe that Christ was given, not for picayune and imaginary transgressions, but for mountainous sins; not for one or two, but for all; not for sins that can be discarded, but for sins that are stubbornly ingrained.”