Right Now Counts Forever by R.C. Sproul "You're out!" "I'm safe!" "Out!" "Safe!" "Out!" "It's my ball, and it's my bat, and I say that I'm safe." This is how we settled disputes over plays in our pickup baseball games played without the benefit of a referee or umpire. When a disputed play could not ...

Without the presence of the Spirit there is no conviction, no regeneration, no sanctification, no cleansing, no acceptable works . . . Life is in the quickening Spirit. —W A. CRISWELL By R.C. Sproul BIRTH and rebirth. Both are the result of the operation of the Holy Spirit. Just as nothing can liv...

In his latest book, Believing God: 12 Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept , Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. challenges Christians to take a second glance at the promises of God in the Bible in order to see anew the grandeur of what God has committed Himself to do for His people. Sproul explores twel...

by R.C. Sproul In his recent book, Christless Christianity , Dr. Michael Horton has analyzed the problems that assail the contemporary evangelical church community. Leaning heavily upon the research of sociologists of religion such as James Davidson Hunter, and others, Horton has been able accuratel...

A passion to see Christians take God at His word inspired Dr. R. C. Sproul Jr. to write Believing God: Twelve Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept , the latest release from Reformation Trust Publishing. "Of course we believe that God speaks truthfully," Sproul writes. "But do we really be...

by R.C. Sproul I remember Mama standing in front of me, her hands poised on her hips, her eyes glaring with hot coals of fire and saying in stentorian tones, "Just what is the big idea, young man?" Instinctively I knew my mother was not asking me an abstract question about theory. Her question was n...

by R.C. Sproul ( Pluralism and Relativism: "It's All Relative" pt. 1 ) Our Lives Have Been Changed by the Threat of Nuclear War In the twentieth century, the buzz word that replaced evolution was relativity. We are all aware of the changes in our lives that have been brought about by the scientific ...

by R.C. Sproul ( Continued from Pessimistic Existentialism pt. 4 ) As missionaries attempting to understand the way of thinking in our culture, we must turn our attention to twin topics under the umbrella heading of secularism--pluralism and relativism. Let us think once more of the high wall we exa...

Since I’m preaching through Galatians, one of the topics or themes is justification: how we are in a right relationship with God.  It is the main idea of the letter since they had fallen prey to false teachers with hetero-gospels. I thought it would be a good time to list my recommendations f...

by R.C. Sproul ( Continued from Pessimistic Existentialism pt. 3 ) "Be of Good Cheer--The World Has Overcome Us!" Here we see the vivid contrast between pessimistic existentialism and Christianity. Christianity also features a ringing call to courage. The most frequent negative prohibition found in ...