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Christian Quotes by R. C. Sproul


October 09, 2001

Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy.

R. C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries




April 13, 2002

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.

R. C. Sproul




February 23, 2003

He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty out of ugliness. He can transform a sin-blistered man into a paragon of virtue. The Spirit changes people. The Author of life is also the Transformer of life.

R. C. Sproul




February 9, 2004

Isn't is amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it?

R. C. Sproul




March 10, 2004

Humanism was not invented by man, but by a snake who suggested that the quest for autonomy might be a good idea.

R. C. Sproul




October 17, 2004

Cynicism and scepticism are the crudest form of quasi-intellectualism... Let the cynic become cynical of his cynicism and the septic sceptical of his scepticism and join the battle.

R. C. Sproul




January 24, 2005

Loving a holy God is beyond our moral power. The only kind of God we can love by our sinful nature is an unholy god, an idol made by our own hands. Unless we are born of the Spirit of God, unless God sheds His holy love in our hearts, unless He stoops in His grace to change our hearts, we will not love Him... To love a holy God requires grace, grace strong enough to pierce our hardened hearts and awaken our moribound souls.

R. C. Sproul




May 7, 2005

We do not segment our lives, giving some time to God, some to our business or schooling, while keeping parts to ourselves. The idea is to live all of our lives in the presence of God, under the authority of God, and for the honour and glory of God. That is what the Christian life is all about.

R. C. Sproul




November 3, 2005

God just doesn't throw a life preserver to a drowning person. He goes to the bottom of the sea, and pulls a corpse from the bottom of the sea, takes him up on the bank, breathes into him the breath of life and makes him alive.

R. C. Sproul




March 26, 2006

We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of God. Amazing grace is no longer amazing to us.

R. C. Sproul




October 29, 2006

The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in.

R. C. Sproul




May 26, 2007

Sin is cosmic treason.

R. C. Sproul

February 12, 2008

We are called to live Coram Deo, defined as: before the presence of God, under the authority of God and to the glory of God.

R. C. Sproul




June 17, 2008

For a work to be considered good it must not only conform outwardly to the law of God, but it must be motivated inwardly by a sincere love for God.

R. C. Sproul




February 8, 2009

The complaint that church is boring is never made by people in awe.

R. C. Sproul




November 8, 2009

Right now counts forever.

R. C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries




September 9, 2010

We have a Shepherd who cannot fall. We have a Shepherd who cannot die. He is no hireling who abandons his flock at the first sign of trouble. Our Shepherd is armed with omnipotent force. He is not threatened by the valley of shadows. He created the valley. He redeems the valley.

R. C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries




October 25, 2011

The valley of the shadow of death. It is a valley where the sun's rays often seem to be blotted out. To approach it is to tremble. We would prefer to walk around it, to seek a safe bypass. But men and women of faith can enter that valley without fear.

R. C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries










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