Repentance is a characteristic of the whole life, not the action of a single moment.
Sinclair B. FergusonYou do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism and bondage! No, true freedom in any area of life is the consequence of regular discipline. It is no less true of the life of prayer.
Sinclair B. FergusonEvil deeds are the fruit of an evil heart. They are not an aberration from our true self but a revelation of it.
Sinclair B. FergusonWhere God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows. Where there is no spirit of worship, there God has been dethroned and displaced.
Sinclair B. FergusonWhen I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted by God, that He is my heavenly Intercessor - then His blood is the antidote to the poison in the voices that echo in my conscience, condemning me for my many failures. Indeed, Christ's shed blood chokes them into silence!
Sinclair B. Ferguson