It is well to remember that reading books about the Bible is a very different thing to searching the Word for oneself.

H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)

We are not preaching the Gospel of a dead Christ, but of a living Christ who sits exalted at the Father’s right hand, and is living to save all who put their trust in Him. That is why those of us who really know the Gospel never have any crucifixes around our churches or in our homes. The crucifix represents a dead Christ hanging languid on a cross of shame. But we are not pointing men to a dead Christ; we are preaching a living Christ. He lives exalted at God’s right hand, and He “saves to the uttermost all who come to God by Him.”

H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)

All self-effort is but sinking sand. Christ alone is the Rock of our salvation.

H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)

When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety . . . He went to Calvary’s cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him. He settled for everything, and then He cried, ‘It is finished.’ And on the basis of that finished work, God can freely forgive, and justify completely, every poor sinner who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ.

H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)

The Christian life is never static. One must either grow in grace, or there will be backsliding and deterioration.

H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)

God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves, but in God.

H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)

We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.

H.A. Ironside (Author, 1876 – 1951)

The truth taught by Jesus Christ is the right way to live.

John Bertram Phillips (Author, 1906 – 1982)

Christ is the aperture through which the immensity and magnificence of God can be seen.

John Bertram Phillips (Author, 1906 – 1982)

We shall never want to serve God in our real and secret hearts if He looms in our subconscious mind as an arbitrary Dictator or a Spoil-sport, or as one who takes advantage of His position to make us poor mortals feel guilty and afraid. We have not only to be impressed by the “size” and unlimited power of God, we have to be moved to genuine admiration, respect, and affection, if we are ever to worship Him.

John Bertram Phillips (Author, 1906 – 1982)