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| e2995a0 | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Hini nothing was made that was made. In Hini was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 35df5f6 | And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 2131729 | In The City of God Augustine says: "The will, therefore, is then truly free, when it is not the slave of vices and sins. Such was it given us by God; and this being lost by its own fault, can only be restored by Him who was able at first to give it." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| b929c06 | not prohibit an appropriate quest for literary sources or even oral sources that may be discerned through source criticism, but it draws a line as to the extent to which such critical analysis can go. When the quest for sources produces a dehistoricizing of the Bible, a rejection of its teaching, | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 07fe7a0 | All of our prayers are to include thanksgiving. Like the leper, we must pause, turn back, and give thanks. We are so indebted to God that we can never exhaust our opportunities for expressing gratitude. Forgetting | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 964fb7a | Sometimes we make an artificial separation or distinction between the Old and New Testaments. We talk about the Old Testament as law and the New Testament as gospel, as if there were no law in the New Testament and no gospel in the Old Testament. Paul says at the very beginning that the gospel is not a novelty; it is the same gospel that was promised numerous times before. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 0a0d78b | the gospel of Christ was given in the promise of the curse of the enemy. That | R.C. Sproul | ||
| e7034c8 | The problem, as history has demonstrated, is that when everyone owns everything, no one owns anything. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 6619689 | How awesome is this place!" This was Jacob's response to being in the house of God. People do not normally feel that way in church. There is no sense of awe, no sense of being in the presence of One who makes us tremble. People in awe never complain that church is boring." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| dea0c3c | Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God" (Rom. 5:1-2)." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| f567248 | this: "If God Himself were to design worship, what would it look like?" -- | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 2ebc456 | We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 9aaf671 | Paul declared, "There is none who seeks after God" (Rom. 3:11). The unbeliever never seeks God. The unbeliever is a fugitive from God. The natural pattern for humanity is to run from Him, to hide from Him. Jesus came to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10). He is the Seeker; we are the ones who are running. In humanity's sinful state, we may look for answers to life's puzzles, but we do not seek God." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 3a53987 | Thus, we urge our Christian brothers and sisters of all professions and denominations | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 33c0925 | There is such a thing as backsliding. Sometimes the slide seems as if it is greased with the slickest substance the Devil can use. But like children who totter at the top of a slide, fearful to move, we have a heavenly Father who guards the edge and who waits at the bottom of the slide to catch us in His arms. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 0dc4f46 | The term "born-again Christian" is a redundancy. It is a kind of theological stuttering. If one is born again, then one is a Christian. If one is a Christian, then one is born again. There are no non-born-again Christians and no born-again non-Christians. To be reborn is to be born into Christ by the Holy Spirit. This is a prerequisite for the Christian life. It is also the genesis, the beginning of the Christian life." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 699fe3a | There is a poisonous doctrine--one that dies hard in Christian circles--called the doctrine of perfectionism. It teaches that some people have already attained spiritual perfection in this world. Those who teach this doctrine promise a "second work of grace," a "second blessing" of instant sanctification. Turn away from such teachers." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 403ea12 | When I hugged you for the burgers. Susan Reynolds isn't the only one good at sleight of hand." Puller" | David Baldacci | ||
| 6d4cbb3 | The journey has but one guarantee: Christ promises to go with us and to bring us out the other side. Our Lord finishes what He starts. He does not abort His handiwork in the middle of its creation. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 9b7ebe8 | For Rome justification is the result of faith plus works. In Reformed theology justification is the result of faith alone, a faith that always produces works. Antinomianism teaches justification by faith minus works. Reformed theology rejects both the Roman and the antinomian views. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 2052104 | we need to learn to "read with a comb"--that is, developing a value system that gives us the ability to be critical of what we study. Here the word critical does not mean approaching our studies with a negative attitude. It means being cautious and discerning." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| ad9ce64 | True prayer presupposes an attitude of humble submission and adoration to the Almighty God. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 204519b | anti can mean "against" or "instead of." In language," | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 738a9cb | into the philosopher's | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 3bcb5c9 | distort the real Christ is to oppose Him with a false | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 678285f | by the Draft Committee. The present text makes clear exactly what the Council affirmed and denied. Obviously, those who signed the articles do not necessarily concur in every interpretation advocated by the commentary. Not even the members of the Draft Committee are bound by this, and perhaps not even Dr. Sproul, since his text underwent certain editorial revisions. However, this commentary represents an effort at making clear the precise p.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 453efcd | God is inseparably linked to the coming of Pentecost. In a certain sense, Jesus lacked the authority to dispatch the Spirit prior to His ascension. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| c0a6b27 | The ascension of Jesus was the supreme political event of world history. He ascended not so much | R.C. Sproul | ||
| d79c7e0 | This is the very heart of the gospel. In order to get into heaven, will I be judged by my righteousness or by the righteousness of Christ? If I have to trust in my righteousness to get into heaven, I must completely and utterly despair of any possibility of ever being redeemed. But when we see that the righteousness that is ours by faith is the perfect righteousness of Christ, we see how glorious is the good news of the gospel. The good new.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 9ef5d8d | They are seeking the benefits of God. Natural humanity's sin is precisely this: wanting the benefits of God without God Himself. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| bb8731d | To seek God is a lifelong pursuit. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 8dbb52e | application of the doctrine of biblical inerrancy as an essential element for the authority of the church. It was created to counter the drift from this important doctrinal foundation by significant segments of evangelicalism and the outright denial of it by other church movements. In October 1978, the council held a summit meeting in Chicago. At that time, it issued a statement on biblical | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 6dd975d | conducted by the Draft Committee. The present text makes clear exactly what the Council affirmed and denied. Obviously, those who signed the articles do not necessarily concur in every interpretation advocated by the commentary. Not even the members of the Draft Committee | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 5d4cca7 | with winsomeness and clarity this great tenet in witness to which we are gladly uniting. -Roger R. Nicole | R.C. Sproul | ||
| c0d6ded | place in the fall of 1979, with Drs. Geisler, Hoehner, Nicole, and Radmacher in attendance. It was the consensus of those present that we should not undertake to modify a statement that so many people had signed, both at the summit meeting and afterward. But in order to ward off misunderstandings and to provide an exposition of the position advocated by the ICBI, it was thought desirable to provide a | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 3144daf | of Drs. Clowney, Packer, Sproul, Norman L. Geisler, Harold W. Hoehner, Donald E. Hoke, Roger R. Nicole, and Earl D. Radmacher labored very hard around the clock to prepare a statement that might receive the approval of a great majority of the participants. Very special attention | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 9e51f18 | this should be reflected not only in the articles in their original form but also in the present publication. It was not the aim of those who gathered at Chicago to break relations with those who do not share our convictions concerning the | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 931b936 | authority of the church. It was created to counter the drift from this important doctrinal foundation by significant segments of evangelicalism and the outright denial of it by other church movements. In October 1978, the council held a summit meeting in Chicago. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 5147d77 | a Preamble, a Short Statement, Nineteen Articles of Affirmation and Denial, and a more ample Exposition. Materials submitted at the meeting | R.C. Sproul | ||
| df7dc0a | Sproul. These were discussed in a number of ways by groups of delegates from the Advisory Board and in various partial and plenary sessions at the summit. Furthermore, written comments were solicited and received in considerable numbers. A Draft Committee composed of Drs. Clowney, | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 05700a8 | of a total of 268) affixed their signatures to the Nineteen Articles. It was indicated that the Draft Committee would meet within the year to review and, if necessary, revise the statement. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| b0b3bdc | and perhaps not even Dr. Sproul, since his text underwent certain editorial revisions. However, this commentary represents an effort at making clear the precise position of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy as a whole. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 01d96e6 | infallibility, and inerrancy of the Bible, Lindsell took a stand and declared that the Bible remains trustworthy. It was this same desire to stand against the persistent questioning of the Bible's integrity that brought together more than 250 evangelical leaders in Chicago, Illinois, in October 1978. That summit meeting, convened | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 7d4dc9f | The Battle for the Bible. In that little book, Lindsell addressed what had become a huge matter of controversy-the truthfulness and reliability of the Scriptures. In the face of myriad arguments against the inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy of the Bible, Lindsell took a stand and declared that the Bible remains trustworthy. | R.C. Sproul |