R. C. Sproul Quotes
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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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If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.
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Divorce Myths: 1. When love has gone out of a marriage, it is better to get divorced. 2. It is better for the children for the unhappy couple to divorce than to raise their children in the atmosphere of an unhappy marriage. 3. Divorce is the lesser of two evils. 4. You owe it to yourself. 5. Everyone's entitled to one mistake. 6. God led me to this divorce.
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The Word of God can be in the mind without being in the heart; but it cannot be in the heart without first being in the mind.
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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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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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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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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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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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We cannot change God. God is unchangeable. If changes are to be made, they must be made in us.
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We have no right to come before God at all, apart from the finished work of Christ.
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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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To be conformed to this world is to risk the loss of one’s eternal soul.
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Satan can do only what the sovereign God allows him to do.
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You are required to believe, to preach, and to teach what the Bible says is true, not what you want the Bible to say is true.
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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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The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God.
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Repentance is something that is brought about in the human heart by the work of God the Holy Spirit.
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Wealth is not wisdom's goal, but is often wisdom's reward.
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God is serious about how we worship Him, and we must be serious about it, too.
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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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If God is not sovereign, God is not God.
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The Christian life is to live all of your life in the presence of God.