Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.
R. C. SproulThe gospel of Jesus Christ must be defended in every generation. It is always the center of attack by the forces of evil.
R. C. SproulTo know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.
R. C. SproulThe Advent season is that time when we seek to, in a manner of speaking, mute our memory of what has already happened, that we might brighten our joy that it happened. We leave the already of His advent to taste the bitter of the not yet. We, in short, go back, that we might look forward to His coming.
R. C. SproulThe 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.
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