R. C. Sproul Quotes - Page 8

Reformed theology so far transcends the mere five points of Calvinism that it is an entire worldview.

Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.

Preachers must always fight the temptation to preach anything but Christ and Him crucified.

Why do those who keep insisting Jesus hung out with sinners also keep insisting there's no such thing as sin?

The idea of being the Substitute in offering an atonement to satisfy the demands of God’s law for others was something Christ understood as His mission from the moment He entered this world and took upon Himself a human nature. He came from heaven as the gift of the Father for the express purpose of working out redemption as our Substitute, doing for us what we could not possibly do for ourselves.

A Christian is not a skeptic. A Christian is a person with a burning heart, a heart set aflame with certainty of the resurrection.

The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity.

If you’re not accountable in life that means ultimately that your life doesn’t count.

God's grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious.

We have a tendency to think of GOD being glorified only in the manifestation of his mercy----- He is just as glorified by His justice.

If God says, 'I forgive you,' you are forgiven no matter how you feel, and to refuse that forgiveness is an act of arrogance.

What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself

Worship is not simply a feeling that is experienced; it must also involve understanding and the mind.

Confession should be a daily activity for the Christian, whose entire pilgrimage is characterized by the spirit of repentance.

If you care about the slaughter of the innocent, then for God's sake, speak up.

The rapture will not be secret but open and manifest. Its purpose will not be to whisk the elect away from the earth for a while until Christ returns for a 'second' Second Coming. The purpose of the rapture is to allow the saints to meet Jesus in the air as He returns and be included in His entourage during His triumphal descent from Heaven. His coming in this manner will be attended by the general resurrection, the final judgment, and the end of the world.

It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A Christian can have joy in his heart while there is still spiritual depression in his head. The joy that we have sustains us through these dark nights and is not quenched by spiritual depression. The joy of the Christian is one that survives all downturns in life.

Scratching people where they itch and addressing their 'felt needs' is a stratagem of the poor steward of the oracles of God. This was the recipe for success for the false prophets of the Old Testament.

In Reformed theology, if God is not sovereign over the entire created order, then he is not sovereign at all. The term sovereignty too easily becomes a chimera. If God is not sovereign, then he is not God.

We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.

If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved.

Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God.

Satan can do only what the sovereign God allows him to do.

Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.

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.