R. C. Sproul - Christian Quotes

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In the decade of the 1980s, a massive and comprehensive study of religion in American life was undertaken by the Gallup organization. The results of the study were as terrifying as they were revealing. Americans, even evangelical Americans, are woefully ignorant of the content of Scripture and even more ignorant of the history of Christianity and classical Christian theology.

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A Christian is not a skeptic. A Christian is a person with a burning heart, a heart set aflame with certainty of the resurrection.

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For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.

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No Christian can avoid theology. Every Christian is a theologian. Perhaps not a theologian in the technical or professional sense, but a theologian nevertheless. The issue for Christians is not whether we are going to be theologians but whether we are going to be good theologians or bad ones.

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One might pray and not be a Christian, but one cannot be a Christian and not pray.

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To call a Christian a theist is roughly equivalent to calling the space shuttle Atlantis a glider.

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Confession should be a daily activity for the Christian, whose entire pilgrimage is characterized by the spirit of repentance.

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Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.

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