Grantian Florilegium

In his Lectures on Moral Philosophy , Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) regularly reminded his students that, “In bygone days when God’s covenant ...

Prentice Herman Polk (1898-1984) was fascinated with photography from as early as he could remember. He began studying through a correspond...

”I hope to over-hope and over-believe any troubles.” “Grace withereth without adversity.” “I see grace groweth best in winter.” “Your rock d...

“Often the same thing that makes one person bitter makes another better.” J.C. Ryle “God often digs wells of joy with spades of affliction....

Meditating on the strange ironies of Nehemiah 6:1-9, I could not help but remember a poignant, similarly-themed song by Derek Webb and Caedm...

“Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, there is no cant to me more hateful than the cant of an ostentatious and affected ...

"There is a certain gentleness about really great Christians. There are many ways to observe this, but perhaps one of the best is to no...

"It is not enough for a prophet to believe in his message; he must believe in its acceptability. He must have confidence in God and in ...

On this day in 1871, Augustus St. Clair was given an extremely dangerous undercover investigative assignment for the New York Times . He wa...

"A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. And just as in poetry and painting, the mathematician's pattern...