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 The more faithful preachers are to the Word of God in their preaching, the more liable they are to the charge of hypocrisy. Why? Because the more faithful people are to the Word of God the higher the message is that they will preach. The higher the message, the further they will be from obeying themselves. R. C. Sproul faithful hypocrisy people The wearing of fabric head coverings in worship was universally the practice of Christian women until the twentieth century. What happened? Did we suddenly find some biblical truth to which the saints for thousands of years were blind? Or were our biblical views of women gradually eroded by the modern feminist movement that has infiltrated the Church R. C. Sproul biblical christian views We cannot change God. God is unchangeable. If changes are to be made, they must be made in us. R. C. Sproul change-god ifs made When God's justice falls, we are offended because we think God owes perpetual mercy. We must not take His grace for granted. We must never lose our capacity to be amazed by grace R. C. Sproul justice fall thinking God’s sovereign will is not at the whim and mercy of our person and individual responses to it. R. C. Sproul sovereign individual mercy Without God man has no reference point to define himself. R. C. Sproul without-god men 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 atheist men philosophy 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. R. C. Sproul despair decision hands It is fashionable in some academic circles to exercise scholarly criticism of the Bible. In so doing, scholars place themselves above the Bible and seek to correct it. If indeed the Bible is the Word of God, nothing could be more arrogant. It is God who corrects us; we don’t correct Him. We do not stand over God but under Him. R. C. Sproul circles criticism exercise To despise doctrine is to despise the Word of God. R. C. Sproul word-of-god doctrine despise But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts. R. C. Sproul grace blessing heaven It is by virtue of the atonement that God can maintain His justice and yet demonstrate His mercy. R. C. Sproul atonement virtue justice Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing. R. C. Sproul biblical giving christ For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar. R. C. Sproul blessing christian liars We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed. R. C. Sproul claims christianity culture A married person does not live in isolation. He or she has made a promise, a pledge, a vow, to another person. Until that vow is fulfilled and the promise is kept, the individual is in debt to his marriage partner. That is what he owes. 'You owe it to yourself' is not a valid excuse for breaking a marriage vow but a creed of selfishness. R. C. Sproul selfishness doe promise The atonement is a multifaceted event-Jesus is shown providing surety for our debt to God, mediating the enmity between us and God, and offering Himself as a substitute to suffer God's judgment in our place. R. C. Sproul offering suffering jesus 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. R. C. Sproul oracles people needs 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. R. C. Sproul spiritual christian heart Divorce Myths: 1. When love has gone out of a marriage, it is better to get divorced. 2. It is better for the children for the unhappy couple to divorce than to raise their children in the atmosphere of an unhappy marriage. 3. Divorce is the lesser of two evils. 4. You owe it to yourself. 5. Everyone's entitled to one mistake. 6. God led me to this divorce. R. C. Sproul couple christian children
