Ligonier Academy (September 2013)

"Everything may look dark, and threatening, and hopeless; needs may press, and difficulties may interpose, and impossibilities may present themselves in your case; nevertheless, cling in prayer, and faith, and hope, to the "God of hope,'' and your hope in Him, through Christ, however slender and dim, shall not make you ashamed. Hope on, like Abraham, "who against hope believed in hope," and who "staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God," and you shall be brought, like him, safely and triumphantly through all your trials, difficulties, and needs." - Octavius Winslow

"So, when Christ delays to help his saints now, you think this is a great mystery — you cannot explain it; but Jesus sees the end from the beginning. Be still, and know that Christ is God." - Robert Murray M'Cheyne

"If we instil the characteristics of work, courage, and perseverance in our children but do not instil in them the grace of humility, they will be marked by the spirit of the Pharisee: virtuous in many ways but too proud to see their need of God. King Uzziah had perseverance and loyalty, but his empire and influence crumbled because of a lack of humility. "After Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall" (2 Chronicles 26:16)." - Alistair Begg

"[Charles] Hodge became known as a professor who took every opportunity to encourage his students to approach God in a spirit of awe and wonder, not a spirit of metaphysical mastery and rationalist dissection. Reminiscent of his alpine awe, Hodge believed that the immensity of God's mercy should wash over the believer, not be approached so rationally as to diminish its infinite, all-encompassing grandeur." - Paul Gutjahr

"It is terrible to find how little progress ones philosophy and charity have made when they are brought to the test of domestic life." - C.S. Lewis