Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will… Once I would make much ado, if I saw not the world carved and set in order to my liking; now I am silent, when I see God… is fattening and feeding the children of [...]

I glean so much from the Desiring God blog that I have to hold back from linking to it almost on a daily basis. Today John Piper’s topic was “Christ is the Staff of Old Age.” I particularly loved this part of his quote from Samuel Rutherford:
Therefore I commend Christ to you as the staff [...]

My shallow and ebb thoughts are not the compass Christ saileth by. I leave his ways to himself, for they are far, far above me…There are windings and to’s and fro’s in his ways, which blind bodies like us cannot see.
Every day we may see some new thing in Christ. His love hath neither brim [...]

He taketh the bairns in his arms when they come to deep water; at least, when they lose ground and are put to swim, then his hand is under their chin. ~Samuel Rutherford
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have [...]

When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord’s choicest wines. ~Samuel Rutherford
When I read that sentence today, to say I chuckled wouldn’t be quite right, but it was somewhat near that. Mr. Rutherford caught me. When I’m in the cellar of affliction, my usual response is to enumerate the various [...]

One of the best little treasures found in my Christmas stocking is this sumptuous little book, The Loveliness of Christ, from the letters of Samuel Rutherford. The soft red leather binding is a feast for the eyes, and the contents I’ve read so far are a feast for the heart. I can understand why they’re [...]