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Help Us Proclaim the Biblical View of Marriage
from R.C. Sproul Jul 12, 2012 Category: Ministry News
Man is trying to put asunder what God has put together, but sinners will not see their foolishness unless God's people fight the real war—the war to promote and defend the biblical worldview. Ligonier is equipping Christians to fight this battle, and we need your support to continue this vital work. Keep Reading -
Does R.C. Sproul Believe in Miracles?
from R.C. Sproul Jul 11, 2012 Category: Articles
I get this question all the time, "R.C., do you believe that miracles happen today?" If you want me to give the simple answer, the answer is no. Today, you can go into a pastor's office and see a sign that says, "Expect a Miracle." But if you expect a miracle—if miracles are expectable—there's nothing miraculous about them. If they're ordinary then they carry no certifiable weight. It's by their extraordinary character that they have sign power: sign-ificance.
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4 Interpretive Guidelines for Understanding Jesus’ Parables
from R.C. Sproul Jul 06, 2012 Category: Articles
When reading and studying the parables of Jesus, it's important to keep in mind these four guiding principles.
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Jesus’ Death Wasn’t Enough
from R.C. Sproul Jun 29, 2012 Category: Articles
Any six-year-old child who has spent a few Lord's Day mornings in Sunday school is able to give an accurate answer to the question, "What did Jesus do for you?" Usually that child will say, "Jesus died on the cross for my sins." That's a true and profound statement, but it is only half of the matter.
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Mustard Seeds and The Greatness of God
from R.C. Sproul Jun 13, 2012 Category: Articles
In the 1980s, I was involved with the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy, which sought to call the church and the church's scholars back to a firm defense of the inspiration and infallibility of Holy Writ. There was a New Testament professor at one of the largest seminaries in America who had abandoned the doctrine and was teaching his students that no one could believe in the inerrancy of sacred Scripture because there is a clear mistake in Mark 4:30-32.
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The Eternal Significance of The Infinitely Insignificant
from R.C. Sproul May 12, 2012 Category: Articles
We often do not know what God does with our service. We plant the seed, go to bed, and, while we sleep, God germinates the seed so that life grows and eventually produces a full harvest. Keep Reading -
An Update on Reformation Bible College
from R.C. Sproul May 09, 2012 Category: Ligonier Academy
"I would have given anything to have been able to go to a college like this after I graduated from high school." Keep Reading -
Hell
from R.C. Sproul Apr 27, 2012 Category: Articles
We have often heard statements such as "War is hell" or "I went through hell." These expressions are, of course, not taken literally. Rather, they reflect our tendency to use the word hell as a descriptive term for the most ghastly human experience possible. Yet no human experience in this world is actually comparable to hell. If we try to imagine the worst of all possible suffering in the here and now we have not yet stretched our imaginations to reach the dreadful reality of hell.
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Forsaken — Jesus Became A Curse
from R.C. Sproul Apr 04, 2012 Category: Articles
If there ever was an obscenity that violates contemporary community standards, it was Jesus on the cross. After he became the scapegoat and the Father had imputed to him every sin of every one of his people, the most intense, dense concentration of evil ever experienced on this planet was exhibited. Jesus was the ultimate obscenity.
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The Supreme Malediction — Jesus Became A Curse
from R.C. Sproul Apr 02, 2012 Category: Articles
One image, one aspect, of the atonement has receded in our day almost into obscurity. We have been made aware of present-day attempts to preach a more gentle and kind gospel. In our effort to communicate the work of Christ more kindly we flee from any mention of a curse inflicted by God upon his Son. We shrink in horror from the words of the prophet Isaiah (chap. 53) that describe the ministry of the suffering servant of Israel and tells us that it pleased the Lord to bruise him. Can you take that in? Somehow the Father took pleasure in bruising the Son when he set before him that awful cup of divine wrath. How could the Father be pleased by bruising his Son were it not for his eternal purpose through that bruising to restore us as his children?
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