R. C. Sproul Quotes
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For the soul of a person to be inflamed with passion for the living God, that person's mind must first be informed about the character and will of God. There can be nothing in the heart that is not first in the mind. Though it is possible to have theology on the head without its piercing the soul, it cannot pierce the soul without first being grasped by the mind.
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If the being of God ceased for one second, the universe would disappear.
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What makes art Christian art? Is it simply Christian artists painting biblical subjects like Jeremiah? Or, by attaching a halo, does that suddenly make something Christian art? Must the artist’s subject be religious to be Christian? I don’t think so. There is a certain sense in which art is its own justification. If art is good art, if it is true art, if it is beautiful art, then it is bearing witness to the Author of the good, the true, and the beautiful
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Every person needs to feel significant. We want our lives to count. We yearn to believe that in some way we are important and that hunger for significance-a drive as intense as our need for oxygen-doesn't come from pride or ego. It comes from God because he wants each of us to understand how important we are. ... We must seek our roots, our origin, and our destiny so that we can know our present value. ..... ...We can help each other realize that we are persons of significance being made in the image of God.
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We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed.
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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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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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In salvation we are not only saved from sin and damnation; we are saved unto holiness. The goal of redemption is holiness.
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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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The resurrection was God the Father's way of authenticating all of the truths that were declared by Jesus.
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When God writes our names in the 'Lamb's Book of Life' He doesn't do it with an eraser handy. He does it for eternity.
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The truth of Scripture is meant not only to be studied-it’s meant also to be sung.
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The Arminian view makes the final decision of our salvation rest upon a human choice, not upon a divine action.
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You are required to believe, to preach, and to teach what the Bible says is true, not what you want the Bible to say is true.
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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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It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.
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Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us.
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I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it—His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.
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Your personal testimony, however meaningful it is to you, is not the gospel.
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I can’t make the Bible come alive for anyone. The Bible is already alive. It makes me come alive.
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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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Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity.
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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".