R. C. Sproul Quotes
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Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God.
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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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All that God had to do to harden Pharaoh's heart, or to harden your heart, is to withhold His own grace.
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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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God is serious about how we worship Him, and we must be serious about it, too.
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When one encounters truth, one encounters the God whose truth it is.
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Regeneration is a work of the omnipotent power of God, power that nothing can overcome or resist.
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I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths.
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Dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith.
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Dr. Boice's commentary series is a treasure for the church and for her pastors. No expository preacher can afford to be without it.
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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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The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.
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I believe it to be one of the most important discipleship resources we have produced at Ligonier.
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Modern man has lost any sense of God's nearness, but Christianity teaches that God reveals himself through every single thing he has ever brought into being, whether a created object or historical event.
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Doctrine does matter.
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Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.
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It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.
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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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We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.
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To be a Christian is to be a theologian-a student of God and his will. The contemporary disdain for theological content and emphasis on self-image and emotions were not shared by the apostolic church.
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But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.
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If God is not sovereign, God is not God.
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For a work to be considered good it must not only conform outwardly to the law of God, but it must be motivated inwardly by a sincere love for God.
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The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God.