109 Quotes by Sinclair B. Ferguson

The notion that we are children of God, his own sons and daughters, lies at the heart of all Christian theology, and is the mainspring of all Christian living.

As the early church fathers delighted in saying, Christ took what was ours so that we might receive what was His.

Marriage, and the process of coming to it, is not heaven! It is the bonding together of two needy sinners in order to make a partnership which is substantially greater than either of them alone.

The fallacy here? The subtle movement from seeing forsaking sin as the fruit of grace that is rooted in election, to making the forsaking of sin the necessary precursor for experiencing that grace. Repentance, which is the fruit of grace, thus becomes a qualification for grace. This.

In undiluted monergism, He called the galaxies into being, and He gives life to the dead in the same way.

The jewels of spiritual service are always quarried in the depths of spiritual experience. Never is this more true than in revival. Bend the church and save the people.

The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.

Most Christians have more Bibles than they know what to do with, but have little understanding of what is in them.

The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly. If you do not so live, you do not live in the presence of the Holy One of Israel.