R. C. Sproul - Knowing Scripture (1977)

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The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in.

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Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy.

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The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.

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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 can have knowledge without having wisdom, but one cannot have wisdom without having knowledge.

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Only God can provide us with an eternal perspective and speak to us with absolute and final authority.

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I can't make the Bible come alive for anyone. The Bible is already alive. It makes me come alive.

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