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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 1c87044 | You are responsible to believe and to teach what the Bible teaches, not what you would like for it to teach. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| da26c3b | One can go through the external motions of a profession but not truly be in possession of the inward reality of salvation. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 003d0a6 | Our subconscious thought patterns collapse the quantum wave functions and generates the reality. | Amit Ray | ||
| b3caca1 | When we look at the Trinitarian work of redemption, we make a distinction between its design and its accomplishment. Our redemption is designed and mandated by the Father (in conjunction with the other members of the Godhead), and the Father sends the Son into the world. This is why, throughout the Gospel of John, we repeatedly have heard Jesus say, both to His disciples and to His adversaries, that He came to do the will of the Father. The.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| d2bda2f | In the final analysis, the only reason I ant a Christian is that the Father wants to honor the Son. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 46dd898 | The true power, the power that will change your life, is the power, the dunamis, of God the Holy Spirit, and God promises to attend the preaching of His Word with that power. Preaching has no power unless God the Holy Spirit takes His Word and penetrates hearts with it. That's where the power is if you believe the Word of God. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 8d9bb0a | The failures of Judas, of Peter, and of their fellow disciples should cause us to fall to our knees in surrender, asking Christ to cause us to stand. Only by His power will we remain loyal to Him. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| ebfad5b | When we pray, we must remember who God is and who we are before Him. We must remember first and foremost that God's name is to be kept holy. We must remember that He is the Source of our provision and that all good things come from Him. We are to live in such a way that we make visible the kingdom of God in this world. We must regularly confess our sin, for that is one of the surest marks of a Christian. We are to pray that God will protect.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 39aa736 | Idle speculation about God is a fool's errand. If we wish to know Him in truth, we must rely on what He tells us about Himself. | R. C. Sproul | ||
| 938876d | every major discussion of ethics these days begins with an analysis of the chaotic situation of modern culture. Even secular writers and thinkers are calling for some sort of basic agreement on ethical behavior. Humanity's "margin of error," they say, is shrinking with each new day. Our survival is at stake. These "prophets of doom" point out that man's destructive capability increased from 1945 to 1960 by the same ratio as it did from the .. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 7c3b21a | had gone to heaven. Enoch was "translated" and Elijah was "taken up." One could "ascend" a ladder (Jesus had told Nathanael that he would see angels ascending and descending on the Son of Man, and Jacob beheld a ladder in his midnight dream at Bethel) or one could "ascend" to Jerusalem, moving to a higher elevation from sea level. The term could be used figuratively to refer to the elevation of a king to his royal office. But no one ever ha.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| f5f3e82 | to Jerusalem. They must have been giddy: laughing, skipping, and singing the whole way. They recalled the words of Jesus in the upper room of the promise of another Comforter who would come. They were glad in heart because they finally understood where Jesus was going and why He was going there. Earlier, Christ had said, "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended" | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 59bb57c | not just a matter of "doing the right thing" but of figuring out what the right thing is. This proliferation of options generates confusion in our world and, for many, a sense of despair. Will we ever reach a cultural consensus that will stabilize the shifting sands of pluralism? All this talk of "theories of ethics" may" | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 38138b5 | 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 | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 989c147 | Honor must go not to our organizations, our denominations, our individual modes of worship, or even our particular churches, but to God alone. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| bebeb23 | General revelation provides us with the knowledge that God exists. "The heavens declare the glory of God," says the psalmist. God's glory is displayed in the works of His hands. This display is so clear and manifest that no creature can possibly miss it. It unveils God's eternal power and deity (Romans 1:18-23). Revelation in nature does not give a full revelation of God. It does not give us the information about God the Redeemer that we fi.. | R. C. Sproul | ||
| 8fa9321 | The first element of prayer should be adoration, or praise. The Psalms, which are inspired samples of godly prayer, are heavily weighted on the side of adoration. I've noticed over many years that as we grow in the discipline and in the delight of prayer, it seems that we naturally spend more and more of our time on this first element. Second, prayer should include confession of our sin; as we remember who we are when we come into God's pre.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 99fdc56 | Frenzy, the counterfeit of fervency, is a contrived attempt to simulate godly fervor. Those who deliberately manipulate people's emotions are served warning here. There is something holy, something sovereign, about genuine spiritual fervor that cannot be manufactured artificially. It is easy to confuse frenzy and fervor, but the confusion is deadly. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 874b38f | here are vast numbers of portraits of Jesus in the art galleries of this world. These images are often so conflicting that they offer little help in achieving an accurate picture of what Christ looked like during the period | R.C. Sproul | ||
| f4fc191 | Dr. R. C. Sproul is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, an international multimedia ministry based in Lake Mary, Florida. He also serves | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 5565ea2 | Meditate, Visualize and Create your own reality and the universe will simply reflect back to you. | Amit Ray | ||
| 46ea18c | We need Christ-the real Christ. A Christ born of empty speculation or created to squeeze into the philosopher's pattern simply won't do. A recycled Christ, a Christ of compromise, can redeem no one. A Christ watered down, stripped of power, debased of glory, reduced to a symbol, or made impotent | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 59df517 | Forgetting the benefits of God is also the mark of the immature Christian, one who lives by his feelings. He is prone to a roller-coaster spiritual life, moving quickly from ecstatic highs to depressing lows. In the high moments, he feels an exhilarating sense of God's presence, but he plunges to despair the moment he senses an acute absence of such feelings. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| bb6b16e | I am frequently amazed at the difference between the accent I find in the pages of sacred Scripture and that which I read in the pages of religious magazines and hear preached in the pulpits of our churches. We have an image of God as full of benevolence. We see Him as a celestial bellhop we can call when we need room service or as a cosmic Santa Claus who is ready to shower us with gifts. He is pleased to do whatever we ask Him to do. Mean.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| b4fc9a0 | There is also irony here: when Christ sets us free from slavery to the flesh, he calls us to the royal liberty of slavery to him. That is why we call him Master. We acknowledge that it is from him that we get our marching orders. He is the Lord of our lives. We are not our own. We are not autonomous or independent. Unless people understand their relationship to Christ in these terms, they remain unconverted. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| f707c9d | During his distinguished academic career, Dr. Sproul helped train men for the ministry as a professor at several leading theological seminaries. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 1644695 | Legalism is concerned simply with external conformity and is blind to internal motivation. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 7bf8e51 | I think the biggest problem we have in our time is a severe ignorance of the content of Scripture. Sadly, this is true even among evangelicals, who claim to revere the Word of God and elevate the authority of Scripture. We simply don't know what's in the Bible, so it's not surprising that we don't know what the Bible teaches about prayer. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 4b65d3c | The more we are in the Word of God, the more the Spirit who inspired the Word and who illumines it for us will use the Word to confirm in our souls that we are truly His, that we are indeed among the children of God. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| e5eb96a | The Council of Chalcedon produced the following statement, known as the Chalcedonian Creed: Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body; of one substance with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance .. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 09deb7b | Nevertheless, we can make a distinction between the three persons of the Trinity, because each member of the Godhead has unique attributes. We say the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, but we don't say that the Father is the Son, the Son is the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Spirit is the Father. There are distinctions between them, but the distinctions are not essential, not of the essence. They are real, but they do not.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| c64b2db | works affects | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 5792ae9 | To be a fool in biblical terms is not to be dimwitted or lacking in intelligence; it is to be immoral. | R. C. Sproul | ||
| fd1ab84 | Why do some in society think that the church should not speak out on political issues? Why do some in the church think that the church should avoid political or legislative affairs? | R.C. Sproul | ||
| eb68496 | Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments. | Amit Ray | ||
| fd48297 | The Son of God The New Testament recounts few instances when God was heard speaking from heaven. When He did, it was normally to announce something startling. God was zealous to announce that Jesus Christ was His Son. At Jesus' baptism, the heavens opened and God's voice was heard, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased" (Matt. 3:17). Elsewhere, the Father declared from heaven, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him" (.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 2324321 | Thus, John is saying that Jesus did His miracles not for their own sake but to point the observer and the reader beyond them to something that was significant to Himself as the One who spoke | R.C. Sproul | ||
| ba69ef4 | For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin" (Rom. 14:23)." | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 3abdbe4 | We have already seen that our suffering is part of the total plan of God and that God can work through evil to accomplish His plan. The fact that God has a plan is indicative that He has a purpose. The fact that He is sovereign is indicative that He is fulfilling that purpose even when He allows suffering to come upon us. As in the case of Job, He may not reveal what His purpose is, but we have good reason to trust Him. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| fb47674 | I think the attribute of the church that is most seriously under attack in our day is its Apostolicity, because there has been a wholesale rejection within the church of the authority of sacred Scripture. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 91c772c | Obedience unlocks the riches of the Christian experience. Prayer prompts and nurtures obedience, putting the heart into the proper "frame of mind" to desire obedience. Of" | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 6f232c7 | We tend to remain conscious of the boundary flags for the course of this world. That slavish adherence to a course that is set out for us by the world is a mark of an unregenerate person, Paul says. Not | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 42d4e79 | I once gave a lecture in which I publicly denied the existence of God. I said: "I want to emphatically affirm today that God does not exist. In fact, if He did exist, I would stop believing in Him." If anything ever sounded like a nonsense statement, that was it. But I simply meant that God is not in a state of becoming. He is in a state of pure being. If He were in a state of existence, He would be changing--at least according to the way t.. | R.C. Sproul | ||
| 84bf17d | God does not vacillate on His promises. | R.C. Sproul |