Tony Reinke

“What then has become of your blessedness?” (Galatians 4:15) Calvin: “We need no teaching to seek the thing which we think to be good and profitable for us: for every man is inclined to that by nature, yes, and too much given unto it. But the mischief is that we know not the

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Preston (1639 ): “There are wonderful things to be seen in the Law, if a man’s eyes are opened. ‘Open my eyes,’ says David in Psalm 119, ‘that I may see the wonderful things of your Law.’ How much more wonderful, then, are the things to be seen in the Lord himself, if he but

Polwheile (1658): “God alone stands as humanity’s highest good. God, considered in absolute terms, is the object of all our happiness; less than whom would leave us unfulfilled, more than whom we need not seek to find complete satisfaction. Only God is an object proportionate to

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A delight that outwears time. Hugh Binning (1670/2025): “Certainly, whatsoever else you give your hearts to and spend your time upon, either it will leave you in the midst of your days and at your end you shall be a fool or else, leaving it at the end of your days as you must,

A body scarred by persecution, stonings, floggings, and chronic illness — strong to endure the mission. Strength made perfect in weakness. Deissmann (1957): “The human greatness of St. Paul is revealed by the great polar contradictions observable in his nature. St. Paul had

Augustine: “Who can help but tremble at the thought of these judgments of God, whereby he accomplishes whatever he pleases even in the hearts of wicked men while yet rendering to each according to his merits?”¹ ¹ Ex. 9:16; Josh. 11:20; 2 Sam.

Caluin’s poetic paraphrase of Psalm 51:12 (1577): “But render me my wonted ioyes againe, Which sinne hath rest, and planted in theyr place Doubt of thy mercy ground of all my paine.”

Calvin on Romans 5:11 (1583): “Now he climbs to the highest level of rejoicing. When we celebrate that God is ours, every good thing that can be imagined or desired flows from this source. For God is not only the greatest of all good things, but contains within himself their

“… we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.” (1 John 1:4) Calvin (1580): “In the end, the person who truly benefits from the gospel is someone who finds happiness in their relationship with God, finds contentment in that relationship alone, and values it so

Hensworth W. C. Jonas: “One of the ways that single people make an idol out of marriage and imagine that it will bring salvation and resolve all their issues is when they get nauseatingly picky in their evaluations of spousal prospects. As they consider a prospective spouse, they

Arrowsmith (1657): “Johanna hath a fire-lance.”

Arrowsmith (1657/2024): “My dear fellow soldiers, we must immediately arm ourselves — though we are still mere mortals — for the study of God’s attributes that, in the state of immortality, without even the slightest fatigue, we shall eternally celebrate.”

Fitting. Decorous. Inherently due. “… all things were created through him [δι’ αὐτοῦ] and for him [εἰς αὐτόν].” (Col 1:16) Davenant (1646): “Christ is not only the efficient cause (causam efficientem) of all creatures, but also the final cause (causam finalem), for