R. C. Sproul Quotes
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We are not doomed to an ultimate conflict with no hope of resolution. The message of the Scripture is one of victory - full, final and ultimate victory. It is not our doom that is certain, but Satan's. His head has been crushed by the heel of Christ, who is the Alpha and Omega.
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Truth is too important to kill it in the streets for the sake of peace.
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It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A Christian can have joy in his heart while there is still spiritual depression in his head. The joy that we have sustains us through these dark nights and is not quenched by spiritual depression. The joy of the Christian is one that survives all downturns in life.
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Without God upholding the universe from moment to moment, nothing could continue to be.
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Scripture does not say that God is 'love, love, love' or that He is 'wrath, wrath, wrath,' but that He is 'holy, holy, holy.'
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Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.
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The resurrection was God the Father's way of authenticating all of the truths that were declared by Jesus.
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If Christ could make a complaint, it would be, "My bride never talks to me".
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Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.
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Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing.
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The God of popular religion is not holy.
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Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy.
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In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.
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Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.
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Before I can call upon Christ as my Savior, I have to understand that I need a savior. I have to understand that I am a sinner. I have to have some understanding of what sin is.I have to understand that God exists. I have to understand that I am estranged from that God, and that I am exposed to that God's judgment. I don't reach out for a savior unless I am first convinced that I need a savior. All of that is pre-evangelism. It is involved in the data or the information that a person has to process with his mind before he can either respond to it in faith or reject it in unbelief.
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There is no time in human history when you were more perfectly represented than in the Garden of Eden.
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Reformed theology so far transcends the mere five points of Calvinism that it is an entire worldview.
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Only God can provide us with an eternal perspective and speak to us with absolute and final authority.
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Unbelief is judged by Jesus not as an intellectual error but as a hostile act of prejudice against God himself.
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To solve a marriage problem, you have to talk with each other about it, choosing wisely the time and place. But when accusations and lengthy speeches of defense fill the dialogue, the partners are not talking to each other but past each other. Take care to listen more than you speak. If you still can't agree on a solution, consider asking a third party, without a vested interest, to mediate.
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In the culture of pluralism...the only thing that cannot be tolerated is a claim to exclusivity.
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To honor God as God, we must worship Him as He and He alone decrees.
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Sin can bring pleasure, but never happiness.
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There’s a long and sacred history of the use of X to symbolize the name of Christ, and from its origin, it has meant no disrespect.