R. C. Sproul Quotes
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We break our promises to one another. We break our promises to God. But God never breaks His promises to us.
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We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run head on into this concept. We soon discover that John Calvin did not invent it.
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The more sanctified a person is the more heavily weighted his prayer time is in adoration.
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The house that is built upon the sand will crumble at the first sign of a windstorm.
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By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.
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At the moment I sin, I desire the sin more than I desire to please God.
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Jesus' life was a storm of controversy. The apostles, like the prophets before them, could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul said that he debated daily in the marketplace. To avoid controversy is to avoid Christ. We can have peace, but it is a servile and carnal peace where truth is slain in the streets.
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The only freedom that man ever has is when he becomes a slave to Jesus Christ.
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One might pray and not be a Christian, but one cannot be a Christian and not pray.
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The neutral view of free will is impossible. It involves choice without desire.
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The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.
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In salvation we are not only saved from sin and damnation; we are saved unto holiness. The goal of redemption is holiness.
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The only reason why I'm a Christian is because I'm a gift of the Father to the Son, not because of anything I've ever done.
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God did not die. The God who took on Himself a human nature died in His humanity, but the deity did not perish on the cross.
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The grounds of your justification are the perfect works of Jesus Christ. We're saved by works, but they're not our own.
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Prayer is not optional for the Christian; it is required.
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We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.
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The Arminian view makes the final decision of our salvation rest upon a human choice, not upon a divine action.
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If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.
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It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.
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Right now counts forever.
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If ever there were a time there was nothing, there would be nothing now.
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By His life, death, and resurrection, our Savior has conquered our enemies, and by His Spirit He has granted us to share in the victory.
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To say that God's sovereignty is limited by man's freedom is to make man sovereign.