357 Quotes by R. C. Sproul

The rapture will not be secret but open and manifest. Its purpose will not be to whisk the elect away from the earth for a while until Christ returns for a 'second' Second Coming. The purpose of the rapture is to allow the saints to meet Jesus in the air as He returns and be included in His entourage during His triumphal descent from Heaven. His coming in this manner will be attended by the general resurrection, the final judgment, and the end of the world.

At the moment I sin, I desire the sin more than I desire to please God.

To despise doctrine is to despise the Word of God.

I believe it to be one of the most important discipleship resources we have produced at Ligonier.

If there is one maverick molecule in all the universe, then God is not sovereign. And if God is not sovereign, He is not God.

We may live in a culture that believes everyone will be saved, that we are 'justified by death' and all you need to do to go to heaven is die, but God’s Word certainly doesn’t give us the luxury of believing that.

There is nothing in this universe you need more desperately than Christ.

I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths.

It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A Christian can have joy in his heart while there is still spiritual depression in his head. The joy that we have sustains us through these dark nights and is not quenched by spiritual depression. The joy of the Christian is one that survives all downturns in life.