Satan is so wily, his agents so surround us, their designs are so masked, their language so plausible, their manners so insinuating, their appearance often so imposing, their arguments so subtle, their activity so unwearied, their insight into our weaknesses so keen, their enmity against Christ and His gospel so implacable, their lack of all principle and all honesty so thorough, that the net may be drawing around us, before we have the slightest suspicion of these infernal plots being directed against us!
— J.C. Philpot (1802–1869), Prediger
Topics: Temptation & Struggle, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: For Reflection
J.C. Philpot
Joseph Charles Philpot (1802–1869) war ein englischer Theologe und Prediger, der nach seinem Austritt aus der anglikanischen Staatskirche als Pastor der Strict Baptists und langjähriger Redakteur der Zeitschrift „The Gospel Standard“ wirkte. Er stand für einen kompromisslosen Calvinismus sowie eine erfahrungsbezogene Glaubenspraxis, die persönliche Anfechtungen und den Trost durch Gottes souveräne Gnade betonte. Heutigen Bibellesern bieten seine Auslegungen und Andachtstexte eine seelsorgerlich ausgerichtete Orientierung für Phasen geistlicher Krisen und Prüfungen.
All quotes by J.C. Philpot (8)
The devil is a better theologian than any of us, and he is still a devil.
A.W. Tozer
Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.
Craig Groeschel
Martin Luther
Fyodor Dostoevsky
And Satan trembles when he sees, the weakest saint upon his knees.
William Cowper
Our old man is crucified, but he is long at dying.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Dante Alighieri
Gilbert Keith Chesterton