Tag: richard sibbes

  • Why You Can’t Stop a Person whose Confidence is in Christ

    Richard Sibbes wrote: A Christian is an impregnable person. He is a person that never can be conquered. Emmanuel became man to make the church and every Christian to be one with him. Christ’s nature is out of danger of all that is hurtful. The sun shall not shine, the wind shall not blow, to…

  • How Gospel works in our Christian Maturity

    Let us remember that grace is increased, in the exercise of it, not by virtue of the exercise itself, but as Christ by His Spirit flows into the soul and brings us nearer to himself, the fountain, so instilling such comfort that the heart is further enlarged. Richard Sibbes, “The Bruised Reed” (Carlisle, PA: Banner…