R. C. Sproul Quotes
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By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.
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Prayer is not optional for the Christian; it is required.
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The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.
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When we behold the face of God, all memories of pain and suffering will vanish. Our souls shall be totally healed.
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A Christian is not a skeptic. A Christian is a person with a burning heart, a heart set aflame with certainty of the resurrection.
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The great triad of enemies for Christian growth contain the world, the flesh, and the devil.
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We tend to have mixed feelings about the holy. There is a sense in which we are at the same time attracted to it and repulsed by it. Something draws us toward it, while at the same time we want to run away from it. We can’t seem to decide which way we want it. Part of us yearns for the holy, while part of us despises it. We can’t live with it, and we can’t live without it.
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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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The irony of New Testament lordship is that only in slavery to Christ can a man discover authentic freedom.
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God Himself supplies the necessary condition to come to Jesus, that's why it is 'sola gratia,' by grace alone, that we are saved.
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People only have true understanding when they look at everything from God's perspective. Authentic wisdom begins when we understand that God is to be the object of our devotion, our adoration, and our reverence.
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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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Without God upholding the universe from moment to moment, nothing could continue to be.
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Jesus' life was a storm of controversy. The apostles, like the prophets before them, could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul said that he debated daily in the marketplace. To avoid controversy is to avoid Christ. We can have peace, but it is a servile and carnal peace where truth is slain in the streets.
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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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If God says, 'I forgive you,' you are forgiven no matter how you feel, and to refuse that forgiveness is an act of arrogance.
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To say that God's sovereignty is limited by man's freedom is to make man sovereign.
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The only freedom that man ever has is when he becomes a slave to Jesus Christ.
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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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Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing.
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We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.
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The Christian should be able to say with the psalmist, 'Oh, how I love your law.'
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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 can’t make the Bible come alive for anyone. The Bible is already alive. It makes me come alive.