Tag: R.C. Sproul
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Knowing God
More than 200 names for God are recorded in the Bible. All of them are important. Each of them reveals and affirms certain characteristics of God. While God is incomprehensible – we will never exhaust what there is to know about Him – He is nevertheless knowable. He has revealed himself to us. To know…
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Lingering Guilt & Insulting God’s Integrity
What do you do with the person who says: “I’ve asked God to forgive me, but I still feel guilty?” A noted writer (R.C. Sproul, I think) was asked [this] once. [His reply:] “Well, if You still feel guilty, then pray to God again, but this time don’t ask Him to forgive you for the…
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Misusing the Proverbs
Great post by John Armstrong on Proverbs. Armstrong asserts: Perhaps no part of Holy Scripture has been more frequently abused… than the book of Proverbs. Armstrong goes on to explain what the proverbs are and are not, and their God-intended purpose. Not long ago a friend and I were discussing this very same problem, after…
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What is God Like?
What is God like? Describe to me the God you say you believe in. In the first chapter of his best selling book, Crazy Love, Francis Chan challenges his readers to ponder who God is. “Who is it that you are praying to?” Chan wants us to ask. I really appreciate that challenge and that…
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We Wish You a Merry X-mas
I knew better. I should have gone with my first instinct. But I didn’t. Several Decembers ago I was summoned for jury duty in Walker County, Georgia. Overhearing other prospective jurors engaged in various religious and low-level theological debates, I vowed to myself to remain quiet and not get involved in these discussions. For most…
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Walk in the Light – Studies in 1 John
If it is true, as they say, that one is known by the company he/she keeps, then the first epistle from the Apostle John is really good news for Christians. In the prologue of this letter John talks about Christian Fellowship. He tells us that, if we are in Christ, not only do we have…
