We are far too good at analyzing what is wrong with the culture and far too myopic at analyzing what is wrong in the church.
Sinclair B. FergusonRepentance is a characteristic of the whole life, not the action of a single moment.
Sinclair B. FergusonGod's promises are not fortune cookies. We do not use them in order to get a spiritual "fix" for the day.
Sinclair B. FergusonThis, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of holiness or sanctification, but in what God has done in Christ, and for us in union with him. Rather than view Christians first and foremost in the microcosmic context of their own progress, the Reformed doctrine first of all sets them in the macrocosm of God's activity in redemptive history. It is seeing oneself in this context that enables the individual Christian to grow in true holiness.
Sinclair B. Ferguson