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| 657f8aa | The purpose of theology is not to tickle our intellects but to instruct us in the ways of God, so that we can grow up into maturity and fullness of obedience to Him. That is why we engage in theology. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| a002846 | La exaltacion de Cristo no solo fue politica; tambien fue sacerdotal. El no solo asumio el cetro del Rey, sino tambien la vestimenta del Sumo Sacerdote. En su ascension, Jesus entro al santuario asi como al palacio. Jesus no solo se sienta a la derecha de Dios, sino que se arrodilla. El ha entrado al Lugar Santisimo, el Santo de los Santos, para interceder a diario por su pueblo. Somos un pueblo cuyo Rey ora por nosotros llamandonos por nue.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 64a8921 | For an action to be judged good by God, it must fulfill two primary requirements. The first is that the action must correspond outwardly to the demands of the law. Second, the inward motivation for the act must proceed from a heart that is altogether disposed toward the glory of God. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| ba25e7b | Alguien podria preguntarse si Dios no esta lo suficientemente informado sin que se le advierta de lo que nos pesa y de lo que considerariamos necesario. Asi, no tendria sentido pedir nada con oraciones, igual que no solemos pedir nada a quienes ante nuestros asuntos no tienen interes y se duermen. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| b678b2a | En la Institucion de la religion cristiana, Juan Calvino hace algunas profundas observaciones respecto a la oracion: Alguien | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 13725b0 | Nos es necesario implorar asiduamente a Dios: Primero, para que nuestro corazon se inflame de un inmenso y ardiente deseo de siempre buscarlo, amarlo y honrarlo, debemos habituarnos a encontrar en el nuestro refugio, en todas las circunstancias, como unico puerto de salvacion. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| d5c2f34 | A pagan, a person of profound corruption, may do acts externally conforming to the demands of the law. The internal motivation, however, is that of selfish interest or what the theologians call "enlightened self-interest," a motive that is not in harmony with the Great Commandment. Our external deeds may measure up to the external demands of the law, while at the same time our hearts are far removed from God." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 741bc5d | La oracion, como todo lo demas en la vida cristiana, es para la gloria de Dios y para nuestro beneficio, en ese orden. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 7718e8b | Walking the narrow way involves not a distorted mental attitude but a clear understanding of what righteousness demands. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 621f95c | The prayer of faith is a prayer of trust. The very essence of faith is trust. | faith suffering trials trust | R.C. Sproul | |
| f501373 | Perhaps the most important principle in Scripture regarding abilities is found in Paul's injunction that we ought to make a sober analysis of ourselves, not thinking too highly of ourselves (Rom. 12:3). Through sober analysis, we can make a serious, | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 5f6fde9 | the term ethics is often used interchangeably with the word morality. That the two have become virtual synonyms is a sign of the confusion that permeates the modern ethical scene. Historically, the two words had quite distinctive meanings. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 16fb54c | Ethics define what people ought to do; morals describe what people actually do. The difference between them is between the normal and the descriptive. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 4671c05 | puntos de discrepancia acerca de temas particulares de debate entre denominaciones, pero lo cual revela una notable unidad de confesion acerca de los puntos | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 9ac6632 | One critical factor in this dilemma is the fact that ministers are profoundly pressed to conform to acceptable contemporary standards. The person who comes to the minister for counsel is not always looking for guidance from a transcendent God, but rather for permission to do what he or she wants-a license to sin. The Christian counselor is vulnerable to sophisticated forms of manipulation coming from the very people who seek his advice. The.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| f1c5f15 | Ethics involves the question of authority. The Christian lives under the sovereignty of God, who alone may claim lordship over us. Christian ethics is theocentric as opposed to secular or philosophical ethics, which tend to be anthropocentric. For the humanist, man is the norm, the ultimate standard of behavior. Christians, however, assert that God is the center of all things and that His character is the absolute standard by which question.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 644ea6b | The sovereignty of God deals not only with abstract principles but with real lines of authority. God has the right to issue commands, to impose obligations, and to bind the consciences of men. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| b453c36 | When theonomy is abandoned for autonomy, the biblical description of that action is sin. It is the creature's declaration of independence from his Creator. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 7ba37e8 | Pleasing God is at the heart of worship. Therefore, our worship must be informed at every point by the Word of God as we seek God's own instructions for worship that is pleasing to Him. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| a2e1f2e | It is necessary for fire, but alone it does not guarantee the result of fire. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 26915c7 | In the United States, our concept of liberty has changed drastically from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first century. The change has much to do with our understanding of autonomy. Modern man considers the quest for autonomy to be a noble and virtuous declaration of human creativity. From the Christian vantage point, however, the quest for autonomy represents the essence of evil, as it contains within its agenda the assassination of .. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 8caf6a3 | I am the LoRD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not. . ." (Ex. 20:2-4a, emphasis added). We see that this is not law for law's sake, but for people's sake." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 5ea91b3 | scholarship together with down-to-earth writing, Tabletalk helps you understand the Bible and apply it to daily living. Trusted theological resource-- Tabletalk avoids trends, shallow doctrine and popular movements to present biblical truth simply and clearly. Thought-provoking topics--each issue contains challenging, stimulating articles on a wide variety of topics related to theology and Christian living. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| bbff61f | Man was created with an aspiration for significance, which is a virtue. Man can pervert that drive into a lust for power, which is a vice. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| c823002 | The Bible teaches that if we sin against one point of the law, we sin against the whole law. Does this not imply that sin is sin and that ultimately there are no degrees? | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 9cfc217 | When I violate one point of God's law, I bring myself into opposition to God Himself. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| a2c8ee8 | Your thoughts are your message to the world. Just as the rays are the messages of the Sun | Amit Ray | ||
| 18866f3 | Mind is a flexible mirror, adjust it, to see a better world. | Amit Ray | ||
| 0b9a0ba | For Plato, knowledge that is restricted to the material world is at best mere opinion and at worst ignorance. The task of education is to lead people out of darkness into light, out of the cave and its shadows and into the noonday sun. The Latin term educare describes this process. Its root meaning is "to lead out of," as the root ducere means "to lead." We" | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 862e3cb | proper | R.C. Sproul | ||
| a99ec14 | Sin is a revolutionary act in which the sinner seeks to depose God from His throne. Sin is a presumption of supreme arrogance in that the creature vaunts his own wisdom above that of the Creator, challenges divine omnipotence with human impotence, and seeks to usurp the rightful authority of the cosmic Lord. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| d0f3b4c | t the heart of Christian ethics is the conviction that our firm basis for knowing the true, the good, and the right is divine revelation. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| e733501 | Christianity is not a life system that operates on the basis of speculative reason or pragmatic expediency. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| fbbf9a8 | We assert boldly that God has revealed to us who He is, who we are, and how we are expected to relate to Him. He has revealed for us that which is pleasing to Him and commanded by Him. Revelation provides a supernatural aid in understanding the good. This point is so basic and so obvious that it has often been overlooked and obscured as we search for answers to particular questions. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| cff9744 | God has not given us specific instructions for each and every possible ethical issue we face, but neither are we left to grope in the dark and to make our decisions on the basis of mere opinion. This is an important comfort to the Christian because it assures us that in dealing with ethical questions, we are never working in a vacuum. The ethical decisions that we make touch the lives of people, and mold and shape human personality and char.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 0798116 | Todo tiene una causa, y la causa ultima, como hemos visto, es Dios. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| fe0aa20 | place as to an office. He departed from the arena of humiliation and suffering to enter into His glory. In one moment, He leapfrogged from the status of despised Galilean teacher to the cosmic King of the universe, jumping over the heads of Pilate, Herod, and all the other rulers of the earth. The ascension catapulted Jesus to the right hand of God, where He | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 4a3f1f0 | and are to be the authentic witnesses ofYahweh. However, no border was to be crossed or mission undertaken until first the Spirit came down. The disciples returned to Jerusalem rejoicing for the purpose of their wait; | R.C. Sproul | ||
| a6ec096 | One of the things for which humans will have to stand trial before the heavenly tribunal is their ecological transgressions. Instead of dressing the garden, tilling and keeping it, we have polluted, exploited, and violated the garden. We'll also have to answer for the fact that fish eggs are more protected than human embryos, and that there are people who worship cattle while others are dying of starvation. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 3bb5da2 | We'll also have to answer for the fact that fish eggs are more protected than human embryos, and that there are people who worship cattle while others are dying of starvation. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 855eaaa | Puesto que Dios posee honor infinito, majestad infinita, y santidad infinita, el mas leve pecado tiene consecuencias infinitas. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| a0935fc | ohn Wesley, the founder of Methodism, testified that his conversion experience occurred after he was already an ordained clergyman. He was at a meeting in Aldersgate Street in London, listening to a sermon from the book of Romans, and as he heard the words of Scripture-words he had heard many times before-he suddenly felt his heart "strangely warmed." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| ba50214 | In some Christian circles the biblical call to a childlike faith has been elevated to a spiritual ideal that radically distorts the biblical meaning of faith. The New Testament does describe a certain childlike faith as a virtue. Jesus said, "Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it" (Mark 10:15). But" | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 46f0345 | One of the chief functions of miracles in the New Testament, according to the apostolic testimony, was to authenticate agents of revelation, such as the apostles. God attested that these people were speaking His Word by the wonders and the miracles they performed. Such authenticating miracles would have been completely useless if non-agents of revelation could have performed such works. If Satan had the ability to perform true miracles, Nic.. | R.C. Sproul |