R. C. Sproul Quotes

Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.

Christianity is the greatest intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched.

People are hurting and looking for answers. The Gospel gives us hope.

Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not know they have done anything to repent of and who do not feel that they need forgiveness.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

Perhaps I can say that I am a bit astute, that I can adapt to circumstances, but it is also true that I am a bit naive. Yes, but the best summary, the one that comes more from the inside and I feel most true is this: I am a sinner whom the Lord has looked upon.

My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'

Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off.

You and I are players, God's our coach, and we're playing the biggest game of all. We have a loving God that made us. We need to get on His team. It says in His word, there's only one way to Him and that's through Jesus Christ.

Christianity made us think there's one heaven.

I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!

Catholicism actually resembles a family that survives because even as it aspires to holiness, it understands and can live with sin and imperfection.

No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

According to the Burman system, there is no escape. According to the Christian system, there is. Jesus Christ has died in the place of sinners, has borne their sins; and now those who believe on Him, and become His disciples, are released from the punishment they deserve. At death, they are received into Heaven and are happy forever.

I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!

There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and poor; those places are Heaven and Hell. Heaven is a place made for those, who are born again, and who love God, and it is a place where they will be happy for ever.

I can't help but tell people of the greatest story ever told - God's love and our eternal life.

Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.

Christianity has always embraced both reason and faith.

I believe that all men and women will be saved.

The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection.

If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.