Praise Refined by the Furnace of Holiness
Spurgeon observed that praise divorced from holiness is mere flattery—the kind of adulation a courtier might offer a tyrant. But when praise flows from a...
This is historical examples on authentic devotion and character transformation, drawing on Psalms 119:7.
Spurgeon observed that praise divorced from holiness is mere flattery—the kind of adulation a courtier might offer a tyrant. But when praise flows from a heart refined by obedience to God's commandments, it becomes the noblest utterance of the human soul. The psalmist writes, 'I will praise thee with uprightness of heart' (Psalm 119:7), and Spurgeon insisted this conjunction is no accident.…
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