We are cosmic traitors. We must recognize this problem within ourselves if we are to grasp the necessity of the cross.
R. C. SproulPrayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God more deeply and come to know the One with whom we are speaking more intimately, that growing knowledge of God reveals to us all the more brilliantly who we are and our need to change in conformity to Him. Prayer changes us profoundly.
R. C. SproulTo be a Christian is to be a theologian-a student of God and his will. The contemporary disdain for theological content and emphasis on self-image and emotions were not shared by the apostolic church.
R. C. SproulWe break our promises to one another. We break our promises to God. But God never breaks His promises to us.
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