“I do not believe the gospel because I believe in God; rather, I believe in God because of the gospel.” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“God did not become flesh and suffer an ignominious death at our hands so that we could have sprawling church campuses, programs,… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Only when we start with the gospel — the most controversial point of Christian faith — are we ready to talk about… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“We are not called to live the gospel but to believe the gospel and to follow the law in view of God’s… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The gospel is not something you can just tack on to another worldview. On the contrary, it makes you rethink everything from… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The law tells us what to do; the gospel tells us what God has done for us in Christ.” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Regardless of the official theology held on paper, moralistic preaching (the bane of conservatives and liberals alike) assumes that we are not… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The greatest threat to Christ-centered witness even in churches that formally affirm sound teaching is what British evangelical David Gibson calls ‘the… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The gospel isn’t just enough to justify the ungodly; it’s enough to regenerate and sanctify the ungodly. However, only because (in the… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“God’s downward descent to us in grace reversed by our upward ascent in pragmatic enthusiasm, we are increasingly becoming a sheep without… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Secularization—that is, the gradual conformity of our thinking, beliefs, commitments, and practices to the pattern of this fading age—is not just something… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“As we discussed earlier, the gospel is “folly to Gentiles” (1Co 1:23) not only because of its message (namely, a crucified Messiah… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“In American religion, as in ancient Gnosticism, there is almost no sense of God’s difference from us—in other words, his majesty, sovereignty,… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The flesh of Christ is like a rich and inexhaustible fountain that pours into us the life springing forth from the Godhead into itself.… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“All of the Reformers agreed among themselves and with Rome on the point that the Supper lies at the heart of the person of… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“As the pretensions of modernity are unmasked today, it is a good time for us to recover our nerve, “always being prepared to make… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“To study theology involves entering into a long, ongoing conversation, one that we did not begin. Others have been talking about God long before… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“True faith calls on the name of Jesus for salvation from death, hell, sin, and Satan. Therefore, sound theology has its source in a… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“Jerome does not condemn singing absolutely, but he corrects those who sing theatrically, or who sing not in order to arouse devotion but to… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“Calvin showed little patience toward those—especially leaders in the church—who displayed either explicitly or implicitly that they did not take God’s Word seriously. The… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“In short, Calvin has been given too much blame by critics and too much credit by fans. His real genius is to be found… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“Trials are the workshop of a Father, not the threats of a Judge. The arrow that looks as if it were targeting our heart… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“The orthodox hold the mean between these extremes, maintaining that the providence of God is so occupied about sin as neither idly to permit… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“This may be the most valuable and the most challenging thing we can learn from Calvin’s ecclesiology today: that the church is not something… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“The same word that is faith-producing and life-generating for some is for others an occasion to become more resolute in unbelief.” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“We can be grateful that Jesus embraced the cross and then entered his glory instead of demanding glory first.” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“I’m not saying that there is something wrong with moving to the city to pursue an adrenaline-racing calling. And I understand the fact that… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“Our natural reason tells us that good people finish first and cheaters never prosper. However, believers have no right to God’s common grace any… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
