Quotable

Wherein do evangelical Churchmen fall short of their great predecessors in the eighteenth century? They fall short in doctrine. They are neither so full nor so distinct, nor so bold, nor so uncompromising. They are afraid of strong statements. They are too ready to fence, and guard, and qualify all their teaching....Only let the evangelical ministry of England return to the ways of the eighteenth century and I firmly believe we should have as much success as before.

   Bishop J.C. Ryle, from Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century (Banner of Truth, 1978), pp. 430-31

Oh, that God would write in characters of fire on the hearts of his people those pregnant words, “That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”

   Thomas E. Peck, quoted in Iain H. Murray, Evangelicalism Divided (The Banner of Truth Trust, 2000), p. 214