G. Campbell Morgan

They Said It: Four Quotes On The Book Of Malachi

Rick TryonLeave a comment

Here are four quotes from four different voices on themes in the Book of Malachi:

G. Campbell Morgan — on empty religious ritual:

    “I am more afraid of the profanity of the sanctuary than I am of the profanity of the street.”

    Charles Spurgeon — on Malachi 3:17 and God’s “jewels”:

      “Our God, who regards quality more than quantity…”

      Matthew Henry — on Malachi as the final prophetic voice of the Old Testament:

        “Though he be the last… the Spirit of prophecy shines as clearly, as strongly, as brightly in him as in any that went before.”

        Dwight L. Moody — paired with Malachi’s criticism of weary, halfhearted worship:

          “I get tired in the work, but I never get tired of the work.”

          Malachi’s target isn’t atheism. It’s comfortable, going-through-the-motions religion—people who still show up, still perform the rituals, and still use God’s name, but whose hearts have checked out. That’s probably one reason this 2,400-year-old little book can still hit uncomfortably close to home.

          They Said It: Four Quotes On The Book Of Zephaniah

          Rick TryonLeave a comment

          Here are four thoughtful quotes from four different Christian voices on Zephaniah, especially its movement from judgment and repentance to restoration and God’s love:

          Charles Spurgeon — on Zephaniah 3:17:

            “This presence alone suffices to inspire us with peace and hope.”

            G. Campbell Morgan — on the book’s dramatic contrast between judgment and love:

            “It is the heartbeat of God that throbs through these passages.”

            John Calvin — summarizing Zephaniah’s message to the faithful:

              “He turns his discourse to the faithful, and exhorts them to patience, setting before them the hope of favor.”

              Matthew Henry — on the overall message of Zephaniah:

                “[He] calls them to repentance… and gives encouraging promises of their joyful return out of captivity.”

                They Said It: Four Quotes On The Book Of Judges

                Rick TryonLeave a comment

                Here are four interesting and insightful quotes about the seventh book of the Bible, Judges.

                G. Campbell Morgan

                “The book of Judges reveals the awful peril of forgetting God and the inevitable chaos that follows when there is no recognized authority under Him.”

                Judges 21:25 (KJV):

                “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”

                Barry G. Webb

                “Judges is not a book of heroes so much as a book of failure—failure of leadership, failure of faith, and failure of the people to live as God’s covenant community.”

                Judges 2:10–11 (KJV):

                “And there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
                And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim.”

                Daniel I. Block

                “The judges were not saviors in the full sense but instruments of divine mercy, raised up in a time of moral and spiritual collapse.”

                Judges 2:16 (KJV):

                “Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.”

                Tremper Longman III

                “The repeated refrain, ‘Everyone did what was right in his own eyes,’ is not a celebration of freedom but a diagnosis of Israel’s sickness.”

                Judges 17:6 (KJV):

                “In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”