The sweetest fragrance, the most beautiful aroma that God has ever detected emanating from this planet, was the aroma of the perfect sacrifice of Jesus that was offered once and for all on the cross.
R. C. SproulAs the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.
R. C. SproulJesus' life was a storm of controversy. The apostles, like the prophets before them, could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul said that he debated daily in the marketplace. To avoid controversy is to avoid Christ. We can have peace, but it is a servile and carnal peace where truth is slain in the streets.
R. C. SproulGod did not die. The God who took on Himself a human nature died in His humanity, but the deity did not perish on the cross.
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