R. C. Sproul Quotes
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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 moment we think we deserve mercy a little alarm bell should go off in our head because we are not talking about mercy anymore but justice.
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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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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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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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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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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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When people ask me how old the Earth is, I tell them I don't know because I don't.
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Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.
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If God is not sovereign, God is not God.
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Just as the normative standard for the good and for the true is God, so the ultimate standard of beauty is God.
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Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God more deeply and come to know the One with whom we are speaking more intimately, that growing knowledge of God reveals to us all the more brilliantly who we are and our need to change in conformity to Him. Prayer changes us profoundly.
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There's probably no concept in theology more repugnant to modern America than the idea of divine wrath.
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To be spiritually dead is to be diabolically alive
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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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Worship is not simply a feeling that is experienced; it must also involve understanding and the mind.
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The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.
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For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.
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I rest solely in His righteousness and in His atonement because I know there is nothing I can do to make up for my own iniquity.
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Christ is still in Christmas, and for one brief season the secular world broadcasts the message of Christ over every radio station and television channel in the land. Never does the church get as much free air time as during the Christmas season.
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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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If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved.
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What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself.