R. C. Sproul Quotes
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Confession should be a daily activity for the Christian, whose entire pilgrimage is characterized by the spirit of repentance.
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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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If there ever was a time when absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing.
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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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We are all servants. The only question is whom we will serve.
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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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Preachers must always fight the temptation to preach anything but Christ and Him crucified.
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Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. He is the Seeker; we are the ones who are running.
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Faith is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to us.
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Sin can bring pleasure, but never happiness.
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God is not interested in our public displays of piety. He's not interested in religion in terms of the outward show. He's interested in godliness.
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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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The great triad of enemies for Christian growth contain the world, the flesh, and the devil.
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The Bible alone is the only authority that can bind the conscience of a person absolutely because it is the only authority that carries with it the intrinsic authority of God Himself.
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We want to be saved from our misery, but not from our sin. We want to sin without misery, just as the prodigal son wanted inheritance without the father. The foremost spiritual law of the physical universe is that this hope can never be realized. Sin always accompanies misery. There is no victimless crime, and all creation is subject to decay because of humanity’s rebellion from God.
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It is the Holy Spirit who inspired the Bible. It is the Holy Spirit who illumines the Bible.
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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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To be known by God is the highest goal of human existence.
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Only a true faith that applies God’s Word to everything-incl uding economics-will lead to the revival and reformation our culture needs so badly.
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There are times when we suffer innocently at other people’s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice happens on a horizontal plane. No one ever suffers injustice on the vertical plane. That is, no one ever suffers unjustly in terms of his or her relationship with God. As long as we bear the guilt of sin, we cannot protest that God is unjust in allowing us to suffer.
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If Christ could make a complaint, it would be, "My bride never talks to me".
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Seeking God? We have totally revised corporate worship services to be sensitive to "seekers." If worship were to be tailored for seekers, it would be directed exclusively to believers, for no one except believers ever seeks God (Rom. 3:9-12).
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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.
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It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.