To preach the Bible as 'the handbook for life,' or as the answer to every question, rather than as the revelation of Christ, is to turn the Bible into an entirely different book. This is how the Pharisees approached Scripture, as we can see clearly from the questions they asked Jesus. For the Pharisees, the Scriptures were a source of trivia for life's dilemmas.
People ask me, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' I respond, 'Why pray if He isn't? - Michael Horton
People ask me, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' I respond, 'Why pray if He isn't?
- Michael Horton
Our weaknesses are an opportunity for God to show his strength. - Michael Horton
Our weaknesses are an opportunity for God to show his strength.
But the heart of Christianity is Good News. It comes not as a task for us to fulfill, a mission for us to accomplish, a game plan for us to follow wi… - Michael Horton
But the heart of Christianity is Good News. It comes not as a task for us to fulfill, a mission for us to accomplish, a game plan for us to follow wi…
Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts-it's able to endure temptations-bec ause it faces them, not because it pretends they're not there. - Michael Horton
Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts-it's able to endure temptations-bec ause it faces them, not because it pretends they're not there.
A church that is deeply aware of it's misery and nakedness before a holy God will cling tenaciously to an all sufficient Savior, while one that is se… - Michael Horton
A church that is deeply aware of it's misery and nakedness before a holy God will cling tenaciously to an all sufficient Savior, while one that is se…
The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but message. - Michael Horton
The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but message.
The key to maturity is time and community. Discernment and godly wisdom develop in a community that spans generations. The church is called to be thi… - Michael Horton
The key to maturity is time and community. Discernment and godly wisdom develop in a community that spans generations. The church is called to be thi…
When the focus becomes 'What would Jesus do?' instead of 'What has Jesus done?' the [conservative/liberal] labels no longer matter. - Michael Horton
When the focus becomes 'What would Jesus do?' instead of 'What has Jesus done?' the [conservative/liberal] labels no longer matter.
I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it nearly mi… - Michael Horton
I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it nearly mi…
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