Quote for Saturday, October 24, 24, 2026

1. "I would rather be a preacher in a pulpit than a prince on a throne." Christopher Love (1618-1651) (Source)

2. "Our opportunities to do good are our talents? Cotton Mather (1663-1728) (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

• Cotton Mather: American Puritan, by Rev. David McKay
• Demon Possession in early America, Santan, Satanism, and the Occult, Part 1, by Cotton Mather
• Demon Possession in early America, Santan, Satanism, and the Occult, Part 3, by Cotton Mather

3. "To the question, 'should one preach doctrine?' the Puritan answer would have been, 'Why? What else is there to preach?' Puritan preachers were not afraid to bring the profoundest theology into the pulpit if it bore on their hearer's salvation...doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrite, but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep. The preacher's job is to proclaim the faith, not to provide entertainment for unbelievers. In other words, to feed the sheep and not amuse the goats." - Dr. J. I. Packer - A Quest For Godliness - The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

• Puritanism Under the Stuarts 1603-1640, by Dr. J. I. Packer
• The Elizabethan Settlement, by Dr. J. I. Packer
• Elizabethan Puritans, by Dr. J. I. Packer

4. “Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man – myself” - Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

• Ten Special Helps and rules against Satan's Devices, by Thomas Brooks
• The Mark of the beast, Antichrist in Worship, Verses Purity in Worship and Ordinances, by Thomas Brooks

5. “The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay upon the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him, is to not believe that God loves you.” - John Owen (1616-1683) (Source)

• The Power of Free Will, by John Owen
• John Owen on the Holy Spirit, Part 1, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson
• John Owen on the Holy Spirit, Part 2, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson