A Quote from Charles Spurgeon Regarding John Gill

"My eminent predecessor, Dr. [John] Gill, was told, by a certain member of his congregation who ought to have known better, that if he published his book, The Cause of God and Truth, he would lose some of his best friends, and that his income would fall off. The doctor said, 'I can afford to be poor, but I cannot afford to injure my conscience;' and he has left his mantle as well as his chair in our vestry."

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[C. H. Spurgeon, Autobiography , 2 vols. (Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1973) 2:477]

Short Quotes to Toss About in Your Mind

"When it comes to truth, ‘tolerance’ is a travesty; when it comes to personal relationships, it’s a virtue." –Hank Hanegraaff

"Controversy for the sake of controversy is sin; controversy for the sake of truth is a Divine command." -Walter Martin

"Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is never alone!!" -John Calvin

“When the plough man and the garage attendant know the Bible as well as the theologian does, and know it better than some contemporary theologians, then the desired awakening shall have already occurred." -Gordon H. Clark

"He who claims to be a skeptic of one set of beliefs is actually a true believer in another set of beliefs." -Phillip E. Johnson

"What is today a matter of academic speculation begins tomorrow to move armies and pull-down empires." -J. Gresham Machen (1881-1936)

"There is nothing so likely to lead to error or heresy than to begin with the parts rather than the whole." -Dr. D. Martyn Lloyed-Jones

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." -Elbert Hubbard

"Most people value themselves, but mostly for the wrong reasons." -Daniel Copeland