William Gurnall — Christian in Complete Armour

Sound Protestant and Evangelical doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless: it does positive harm. It is despised by keen-sighted and shrewd men of the world, as an unreal and…

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. God's wounds cure; sin's kisses kill.

Jesus stands at the Treasury of Infinite grace, ready to meet every application, and to supply every need. His fullness is for a poor, needy, asking people. He loves for us to bring the empty vessel.

That book must be worth reading—that has God for the author!

Mercy should make us ashamed to sin. Wrath should make us afraid to sin.

The promise is but the dish in which Christ, the true food of the soul, is served up; and, if faith's hand be on the promise, it is but as one that draws the dish to him, that he may come at the dainties in it. The promi…