Scratching people where they itch and addressing their 'felt needs' is a stratagem of the poor steward of the oracles of God. This was the recipe for success for the false prophets of the Old Testament.
R. C. SproulThe fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.
R. C. SproulThe resurrection was God the Father's way of authenticating all of the truths that were declared by Jesus.
R. C. SproulHere then is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy.
R. C. Sproul