R. C. Sproul Quotes
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I’ve often wondered where Jesus would apply His hastily made whip if He were to visit our culture. My guess is that it would not be money-changing tables in the temple that would feel His wrath, but the display racks in Christian bookstores.
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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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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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The power of the gospel is the word of God . . . nobody needs a gospel if there’s no judgment, or law, if God is not a God of judgment. If there is no such thing as hell, what good is the gospel?
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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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The question is not, "Why is there only one way to God?" but "Why is there even one way?"
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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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Satan can do only what the sovereign God allows him to do.
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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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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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Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.
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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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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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If God is not sovereign, God is not God.
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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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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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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 higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God?
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The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.
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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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For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.
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What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself.