Dr. Robert Charles (R. C.) Sproul (1939—2017) was one of the most influential American theologians during the last fifty years. As an author and apologist Sproul had a wonderful way of making difficult theological concepts understandable to the average Christian. Sproul was a very popular and sought after speaker, wrote more than 100 books, and is one of the most quoted theologians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Below are just a few of his many notable quotations.1
“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.”
“Humanism was not invented by man, but by a snake who suggested that the quest for autonomy might be a good idea.”
“There are only two ways that God’s justice can be satisfied with respect to your sin. Either you satisfy it or Christ satisfies it. You can satisfy it by being banished from God’s presence forever. Or you can accept the satisfaction that Jesus Christ has made.”
“Isn’t it amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it?”
“The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.”
“The gospel is only good news when we understand the bad news.”
“Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.”
“We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.”
“As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.”
“The world is filled with God’s glory. You can’t turn without bumping into it.”
“The only freedom that man ever has is when he becomes a slave to Jesus Christ.”
“Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.”
“Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously.”
“It’s not the wickedness of the pagan that breaks my heart. It’s the compromise of the Christian that grieves my soul.”
“What higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God?”
“When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.”
“There is nothing in this universe you need more desperately than Christ.”
“The Bible never tells us to take a blind leap of faith into the darkness and hope that there’s somebody out there. The Bible calls us to jump out of the darkness and into the light. That is not a blind leap. The faith that the New Testament calls us to is a faith rooted and grounded in something that God makes clear is the truth.”
“Genuine love for Jesus manifests itself in obedience to His commandments.”
“There is not one piece of cosmic dust that is outside the scope of God’s sovereign providence.”
“Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy.”
“God is not going to negotiate His holiness…in order to accommodate us.”
“To be known by God is the highest goal of human existence.”
“Faith…involves trusting in the future promises of God and waiting for their fulfillment.”
“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.”
“The closer we are to God, the more the slightest sin will cause us deep sorrow.”
“Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God.”
1 All these quotes are from the websites below:
24 R. C. Sproul Quotes | ChristianQuotes.info