“What goes around, comes around.” This American idiom suggests a view of history that has more in common with ancient Greek philosophy than with the Judeo-Christian understanding of history. The grand difference between the ancient view of history and that found in Scripture is the …
Category: R. C. Sproul
WE ARE WEAK WHILE HE IS STRONG
A PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE BY R.C. SPROUL JR. I pastor a small church, very small. It is not my desire to pastor a small church. Two hundred to 250 sounds just about right to me. Beyond that and I think I’d like to see the church …
None Dare Call It Heresy
Is the flamboyant faith healer Benny Hinn a heretic? He was so branded by Hank Hanegraaff, the “Bible Answer Man,” in his recent book Christianity in Crisis. Hanegraaff’s Charge resulted in a radical outburst of indignant cries directed not at Hinn but at Hanegraaff. It …
Lucifer: Dark Angel of Light
If the right hand doesn’t get you, then the left one will.” This maxim expresses the double jeopardy faced by a prizefighter in the boxing ring. Like the ambidextrous pugilist, our adversary Satan has a two-pronged strategy. To defeat him we must wage war on …
Making Molehills Out Of Mountains
The Crisis Over Justification The crisis regarding the doctrine of justification that provoked the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century has not yet been resolved. Thus, the Reformation is by no means over. The dispute over justification that split the church back then threatens to …
Communing With God
The Lord’s Prayer 5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received …
And The Lord Regretted
Does The Lord Change His Mind? 5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD regretted that he had made man on …
Repentance
What Is A Godly Repentance? The opening message of John the Baptist, who served as a herald for Jesus, was, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” This call to repentance was an urgent appeal to sinners. No one who refuses to repent …
COVENANT OF WORKS
When Adam and Eve were created, they stood in a moral relationship with God, their Creator. They possessed a duty of obedience to Him without any inherent claim to reward or blessing for such obedience. In His love, mercy, and grace, however, God voluntarily entered …
Are Those Who Claim To Be Apostles Today Imposters?
THE APOSTLES Since twelve of those who were disciples of Christ later became His apostles, the two terms disciple and apostle are often confused. Although the terms are used interchangeably, they are not exact synonyms. A disciple is defined in the Bible as a “learner,” …
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