Spirituality can be a cheap substitute for righteousness.
– R.C. Sproul, Pleasing God, copyright 1988, page 33
Spirituality can be a cheap substitute for righteousness.
– R.C. Sproul, Pleasing God, copyright 1988, page 33
Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and realizing of the gospel in our souls.
– John Owens
as quoted by Edmund Clowney, The Church: Contours in Christian Theology, copyright 1988, page 88
Finally we have been brought to the point where we both can and must get our life’s priorities straight. From current Christian publications, you might think that the most vital issue for any real or would be Christian in the world today is church union, or social witness, or dialogue with other Christians and other faiths, or refuting this or that -ism, or developing a Christian philosophy and culture, or what have you. But our line of study makes the present-day concentration on these things look like a gigantic conspiracy of misdirection. Of course, it is not that; the issues themselves are real and must be dealt with in their place. But it is tragic that, in paying attention to them, so many in our day seem to have been distracted from what was, is and always will be the true priority for every human being – that is learning to know God in Christ.
– J.I. Packer, Knowing God, copyright 1973, page 279
By repeating sins over and over again we can mute the inner voice of conscience. We fall into the decadence described by Paul in Romans 1 whereby we not only continue in sin but encourage others to join us in it (Romans 1:32).
– R.C. Sproul, Pleasing God, copyright 1988, page 219