“religious speech becomes assimilated to the pragmatic rationality of rules, steps, techniques, and programs for personal transformation and well-being.” — 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
“This requires a lifetime of divine therapy: having our minds and hearts transformed by God’s Word.” — 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 Bible knows nothing of any contrast between truth and experience, head and heart, theology and practical living.” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“It is the theology of the cross over against theologies of glory that drives Calvin’s reforming zeal.” — 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
“Like the easy-listening Muzak that plays ubiquitously in the background in other shopping venues, the message of American Christianity has simply become… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“When people call for “deeds, not creeds,” asking, “What Would Jesus Do?” without much interest in the query, “What has Jesus done?”… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The church’s principal officers are not monks, artisans, and a retinue of priests whose calling is to serve images they’ve made, but… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“To study theology involves entering into a long, ongoing conversation, one that we did not begin. Others have been talking about God… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“It is a tragedy that different interpretations of the sacrament of union with Christ and communion with his body have occasioned so… — 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
“This may be the most valuable and the most challenging thing we can learn from Calvin’s ecclesiology today: that the church is… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Monastic spirituality concentrated on private disciplines, as if detaching oneself from "the world" (i.e. society) might make one holier. Anabaptist piety was… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“In the doctrine of the Trinity,” wrote Herman Bavinck, “beats the heart of the whole revelation of God for the redemption of… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Antinomianism and legalism conspire in forcing us to make a false choice: Is salvation a matter of God's forgiveness or is it… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The church has a very narrow commission. It is not called to be an alternative neighborhood, circle of friends, political action committee,… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“the Bible is not primarily concerned with me and my quest for personal meaning and fulfillment. It’s a story about God, who… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Christ is ubiquitous in this subculture, but more as an adjective (Christian) than as a proper name. While we swim in a… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“And even though the resurrection of Jesus, by itself, is meaningless apart from the unfolding biblical drama that begins with creation and… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Jerome does not condemn singing absolutely, but he corrects those who sing theatrically, or who sing not in order to arouse devotion… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“In short, Calvin has been given too much blame by critics and too much credit by fans. His real genius is to… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“All of our faith and practice arise out of the drama of Scripture, the “big story” that traces the plot of history… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Whether you realize it or not, you are a theologian. You come to a book like this with a working theology, an… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Start with Christ (that is, the gospel) and you get sanctification in the bargain; begin with Christ and move on to something… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“We can be grateful that Jesus embraced the cross and then entered his glory instead of demanding glory first.” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“a religion of human goodness will never sustain a people in times of disaster and threat.” — 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
“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
“The authority of the Scriptures does not depend on the decision of the church or the individual to validate it. To paraphrase… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Where evangelical spiritualities tend to move from the individual to the family to the church, Reformed piety moves in the other direction:… — 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
“True faith calls on the name of Jesus for salvation from death, hell, sin, and Satan. Therefore, sound theology has its source… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Jerome does not condemn singing absolutely, but he corrects those who sing theatrically, or who sing not in order to arouse devotion… — 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
