R. C. Sproul Quotes
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Wealth is not wisdom's goal, but is often wisdom's reward.
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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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The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.
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The Advent season is that time when we seek to, in a manner of speaking, mute our memory of what has already happened, that we might brighten our joy that it happened. We leave the already of His advent to taste the bitter of the not yet. We, in short, go back, that we might look forward to His coming.
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The great misconception in our day is this: that God isn´t concerned to protect His own integrity. He´s a kind of wishy-washy deity, who just waves a wand of forgiveness over everybody. No. For God to forgive you is a very costly matter.
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God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.
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The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God.
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What is the difference between the Christian God, and the gods of the other religions?" He simply, yet profoundly answered, "The main difference is this: The God of Christianity exists.
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What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself.
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The higher purpose of the cross was that the Father would be glorified by the satisfaction of His justice.
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The very heart of worship, as the Bible makes clear, is the business of expressing, from the depths of our spirits, the highest possible honor we can offer before God.
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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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Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.
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Worship is not simply a feeling that is experienced; it must also involve understanding and the mind.
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The one place where the Christian can be naked without fear is in the presence of Christ.
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The question is not, "Why is there only one way to God?" but "Why is there even one way?"
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The Bible's truth does not depend in any way on whether or not a person believes the truth.
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The whole basis for our relationship with God is rooted and grounded in grace, in that which is not earned.
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What higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God?
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Grace and mercy are never deserved.
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The Christian life is to live all of your life in the presence of God.
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When people ask me how old the Earth is, I tell them I don't know because I don't.
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When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.
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When God says something, the argument is over.