Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
JOHN CALVINThe fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
More John Calvin Quotes
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There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
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The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
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Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
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You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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