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Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. (Psalm 29.2)

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Suffering, a Door to Spiritual Growth

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

Suffering so unbolts the door of the heart, that the Word has easier entrance.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

HT: @cslchsnmore

Pastor, Remember by Faith Who Your Fellow Church Members Are

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

Every time we look upon our congregations, let us believingly remember that they are the purchase of Christ’s blood, and therefore should be regarded by us with the deepest interest and the most tender affection.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

HT: @cjmahaney

Pastor, Keep It Simple

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

I REALLY struggle with this!

“The plainest words are the profitablest oratory in the weightiest matters.”

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

HT: @reformbookshelf

How We Preach Is Almost As Important As What We Preach

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

So great a God, whose message we deliver, should be honored by our delivery of it.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

HT: @joshbuice

Study Hard

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter’s wise words to every pastor:

Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

Pastor, Preach Every Sermon As If It Were Your Last

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

I preached as never sure to preach again and as a dying man to dying men.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

Compensation for All Loss

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

Heaven will pay for any loss we may suffer to gain it; but nothing can pay for the loss of heaven.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

HT: @challies

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Sermons Full of Mere Words

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

A sermon full of mere words, how neatly soever it be composed, while it wants the light of evidence, and the life of zeal, is but an image or a well-dressed carcase.

Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor, p. 149

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There Should Be No Rival to the Bible in Our Reading

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

Let all writers have their due esteem, but compare none of them with the Word of God. We will not refuse their service, but we must abhor them as rivals or competitors.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

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We Will Give Ourselves to Prayer and the Ministry of the Word

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Matt Jury under Richard Baxter

He preacheth not heartily to his people, that prayeth not earnestly for them.

Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor, p. 122

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