Apostasy occurs when a church leaves its historic moorings, abandons its historic confessional position, and degenerates into a state where either essential Christian truths are blatantly denied or the denial of such truths is widely tolerated. R. C. Sproul More Quotes by R. C. Sproul More Quotes From R. C. Sproul This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie. R. C. Sproul expression believe lying In the psalms, we have a collection of 150 prayers that were inspired originally by the Holy Ghost. If you want to know how God is pleased and honored in prayer, why not immerse yourself in the prayers that he himself has inspired? R. C. Sproul why-not prayer want We are cosmic traitors. We must recognize this problem within ourselves if we are to grasp the necessity of the cross. R. C. Sproul traitor problem crosses Doctrine does matter. R. C. Sproul doctrine matter doe All that God had to do to harden Pharaoh's heart, or to harden your heart, is to withhold His own grace. R. C. Sproul pharaohs grace heart It is one thing to fall victim to the flood or to fall prey to cancer; it is another thing to fall into the hands of the living God. R. C. Sproul cancer hands fall Satan could make an "A" in my Systematic Theology course. He knows the information and knows that the information is true. R. C. Sproul systematic satan information Faith never requires us to crucify our minds or deny our senses. R. C. Sproul senses deny mind To call a Christian a theist is roughly equivalent to calling the space shuttle Atlantis a glider. R. C. Sproul space calling christian When people ask me to name the Ligonier teaching material they should use to help them grow; I tell them, 'You should start with The Holiness of God.' R. C. Sproul teaching names people The power of the gospel is the word of God . . . nobody needs a gospel if there’s no judgment, or law, if God is not a God of judgment. If there is no such thing as hell, what good is the gospel? R. C. Sproul judgment law needs If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God. R. C. Sproul sovereign ifs believe If I know anything about the character of God after fifty years of ministry, I know that God hates abortion. R. C. Sproul hate character years Prayer is not optional for the Christian; it is required. R. C. Sproul optional prayer christian The truth of Scripture is meant not only to be studied-it’s meant also to be sung. R. C. Sproul scripture The whole concept of providence is that God knows everything about what we do. R. C. Sproul god-knows providence whole The whole basis for our relationship with God is rooted and grounded in grace, in that which is not earned. R. C. Sproul relationship-with-god our-relationship grace There’s a long and sacred history of the use of X to symbolize the name of Christ, and from its origin, it has meant no disrespect. R. C. Sproul disrespect names long The clearest sensation that a human being has when he experiences the holy is an overpowering and overwhelming sense of creatureliness. That is, when we are in the presence of God, we are humbled and become most aware of ourselves as creatures. This is the opposite of Satan's original temptation, "You shall be as gods. R. C. Sproul satan temptation opposites In His tender mercies, God has an incredible capacity to love the unlovely. R. C. Sproul capacity-to-love incredibles mercy
