Thoughts

Jesus is continually testing his disciples, putting them to the test to draw out their faith...

Although many may know of the German reformer Martin Luther, fewer people know his thoughts on naming churches after pioneers or reformers...

Glorious consummation! All the other glories of Heaven are but dim emanations from this all excelling glory...

What! is the beggar to be "raised from the ash-heap, set among Princes, and made to inherit a throne of glory?" Is dust and ashes, a puny rebel, a guilty traitor — to be pitied, pardoned, loved, exalted from the depths of despair, raised to the heights of Heaven...

My soul! is it night with you here? Are you wearied with these midnight tossings on life's tumultuous sea? Be still!..

If the meeting of a long absent friend or brother on earth is a joyous event — then what, my soul, must be the joy of your union with this Brother of brothers, this Friend of friends!...

Marvel of marvels! The sleeping ashes of the sepulcher — springing up at the blast of the archangel's trumpet!...

How wondrous and varied are the figures which Jesus employs to express the tenderness of His covenant love! My soul! your Savior-God has married you!...

O my soul! Is this blessedness yours in prospect? Are you ready, if called this night to lie down on your death-pillow, sweetly to fall asleep in Jesus?...

Petrus hatte vergessen, dass er ein Apostel war, und er hatte auch seines Herrn Gottheit vergessen. Er hatte den geraden Weg der Nachfolge verlassen und es selbst noch nicht einmal bemerkt...