They are advanced indeed that are at home in God, and live a life of communion with him, not only in solemn ordinances, but even in the common accidents and occurrences of the world. Every day is a sabbath day, a day of ‘holy rest’ with the meek and quiet soul, that is, one of […]

Our security lies not in our faithfulness, but in the faithfulness of God and His Word…..
So our faithfulness is not the ground of our confidence; rather, our confidence is the ground of our faithfulness.
–Douglas Wilson in Back to Basics

“I also saw that it was ot my good feelings that made my righteousness better, and that my bad feelings did not make my righteousness worse; for my righteousness was Jesus Christ Himself, ‘the same yesterday, and today, and forever’ (Heb. 13:8).”
“I saw that all those graces of God that belonged to me but which […]

vs. 9 “Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy son’s sons. “
vs. 15 “Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves…”
 vs. 23 “Take […]

Meekness teaches and enables us patiently to bear the anger of others, which property of meekness we have special occasion for in reference to our superiors and equals. Commonly, that which provokes anger is anger, as fire kindles fire; now meekness prevents that violent collision which forces out these sparks, and softens at least one […]

Quietness is the thing which even the busy, noisy part of the world would pretend to desire and pursue: they will be quiet, yea, that they will, or they will not endure the least disturbance of their quietness. But verily they go a mad way to work, in pursuit of quietness; greatly to disquiet themselves […]