None But Christ

Till we are reconciled to God, and, born again through His Spirit, have become new creatures in Christ Jesus, we are His enemies.

Our works do not spring from love for Him, and therefore cannot have any value in His eyes. And how imperfect are even the best works of the saints! There is foulness enough in the purest heart, and in respect of their motives, manner, and object, sin enough in our best actions—those whereby we do most good, and earn most commendation, to condemn us.

To speak of us not in our worst, but in our best state, not of the sins we commit, but of the services we render, our wine has its water, our silver has its dross.

And so, abandoning every hope of acceptance with a holy God through our own merit, let us cling to Christ, as a drowning man to the plank that, embraced in his arms, floats him to shore; the language of our faith an echo of His who breathed out His life with these words on His lips, “None but Christ I none but Christ.”—GUTHRIE.

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Magnifying Glass of Faith

Philip Yancey

In my spiritual journey as well as in my writing career I have long lingered in the margins, pondering unanswerable questions about the problem of pain, the conundrums of prayer, providence versus free will, and other such matters.

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Rosetta Stone

Philip Yancey

In the incarnation, God’s Son deliberately “handicapped” himself, exchanging omniscience for a brain that learned Aramaic phoneme by phoneme, omnipresence for two legs and an occasional donkey, omnipotence for arms strong enough to saw wood but too weak for self-defense.

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The Image of God

John MacArthur

What is the image of God? The Hebrew word for “image,” tselem, comes from a root that speaks of carving. It is the same word used to speak of graven images (Ex. 20:4). It almost seems to convey the idea that man was carved into the shape of God.

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The Truth About Science

John MacArthur

Unlike scientific theory, God’s Word is eternally unchanging. Unlike the opinions of man, its truth is revealed by the Creator Himself! It is not, as many suppose, at odds with science.