Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The sin of Adam did not make the condemnation of all men merely possible; it was the ground of their actual condemnation.… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The doctrines of grace humble man without degrading him and exalt him without inflating him. — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Spirit never makes men the instruments of converting others until they feel that they cannot do it themselves; that their skill… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not to do;… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
No more soul-destroying doctrine could well be devised than the doctrine that sinners can regenerate themselves, and repent and believe just when… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The grace of God exalts a man without inflating him, and humbles a man without debasing him. — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim to his attributes,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
It is because God is infinitely great and good that his glory is the end of all things; and his good pleasure… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Zeal is the chief source, or one of the chief sources of spiritual power. God employs living souls to communicate life. In… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
There is more of power to sanctify, elevate, strengthen, and cheer in the word Jesus (Jehovah-Saviour) than in all the utterances of… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Bible contains all the extant revelations of God, which He designed to be the rule of faith and practice for his… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to deny it in the… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Christian humility does not consist in denying what there is of good in us; but in an abiding sense of ill-desert, and in the… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that he is… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
“Κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν, according to the power that worketh in us. The infinite power of God from which so much… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
True zeal is connected with a holy life. It is remarkable how often the greatest zealots for God, the Church, and sound doctrine (as… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The sin of Adam did not make the condemnation of all men merely possible; it was the ground of their actual condemnation. So the… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
A Christian is one who recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, as God manifested in the flesh, loving us… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His divine perfection,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image