We cannot find God for the same reason that a thief can't find a police officer. — Michael Horton Officers Copy Share Image
The gospel frees us to confess our sins without fear of condemnation. — Michael Horton Christianity Copy Share Image
Christians are driven by God's promises, and directed by God's purposes. — Michael Horton Christian Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' I respond, 'Why pray if He isn't? — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
God's church is not a stage for us to perform on but a garden for us to grow in. — Michael Horton Church Copy Share Image
Our weaknesses are an opportunity for God to show his strength. — Michael Horton God Copy Share Image
The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but… — Michael Horton Christian Copy Share Image
The gospel is entirely a message about what someone else has done not only for me but also for the renewal of… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
God is not a supporting actor in our life movie. We exist for his purposes, not the other way around. — Michael Horton Actors Copy Share Image
The power of God unto salvation is not our passion for God, but the passion He has exhibited toward us sinners by… — Michael Horton Passion Copy Share Image
If you want to be an athlete, there's no way around it: You have to go to the gym. You can't Google… — Michael Horton Athlete Copy Share Image
“Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts—it’s able to endure temptations—because it faces [them], not because it pretends [they’re] not there.” — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
Baptism is not only a sacrament of our union with Christ; it is also a sacrament of our communion as the body… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
Long before genetics became a flourishing field, Christians have spoken about sin as an inherited condition. — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
Jesus and spirituality can easily become therapies that merely help us cope with life. They can serve us if we chose Him… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
There are versions of the pro-gay and anti-gay agenda that assume a simplistic rather than simple understanding of the issue - at… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
“…Genuine holiness…makes us more progressively aware of and disturbed by our ongoing struggles with indwelling sin. We grow more aware of our… — Michael Horton Holiness Copy Share Image
But the heart of Christianity is Good News. It comes not as a task for us to fulfill, a mission for us… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
“Neither divine nor demonic, this world is the theater of God’s glory. Bound by no inner necessity or thirst for self-completion, the… — Michael Horton God Copy Share Image
No one has to be taught to trust in themselves. No one has to be taught that what you experience inside yourself… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
As we are brought into God's extraordinary kingdom through ordinary means, we are remade, no longer fashioned as competitors for commodities in… — Michael Horton Christ Copy Share Image
Does Scripture forbid homosexual behavior? Of course it does. Jesus and his apostles taught that God's intention in marriage is for a… — Michael Horton Apostles Copy Share Image
Our society trains us to think of marriage as a contractual arrangement. If one party fails to fulfill his or her end,… — Michael Horton Arrangements Copy Share Image
I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it… — Michael Horton America Copy Share Image
No one will be offended if we tell them that they are good people who could be a little better. The offense… — Michael Horton Advice Copy Share Image
The key to maturity is time and community. Discernment and godly wisdom develop in a community that spans generations. The church is… — Michael Horton Aging Copy Share Image
Once we truly grasp the message of the New Testament, it is impossible to read the Old Testament again without seeing Christ… — Michael Horton Bible Copy Share Image
To preach the Bible as 'the handbook for life,' or as the answer to every question, rather than as the revelation of… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
My conscience does not render a positive verdict in God’s courtroom when I look inside myself. The only reason I can sleep… — Michael Horton Beloved Copy Share Image
Evangelicalism as a movement is rushing headlong toward theological ambiguity, which is another way of saying apostasy. — Michael Horton Ambiguity Copy Share Image
Excellence is being thwarted not only by laziness but by reckless attachment to causes, programs, and - in some cases, leaders. — Michael Horton Attachment Copy Share Image
The proper focus of holiness is not on being set apart from something (i.e., the world), but on being set apart for… — Michael Horton Focus Copy Share Image
God’s Word does not merely impart information; it actually creates life. It’s not only descriptive; it’s effective too, God speaking is God… — Michael Horton Acting Copy Share Image
We need more Christians who take their place alongside believing and unbelieving neighbors in the daily gift exchange — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
Eternal joy can never be taken from God's people. Therefore ambition, restlessness, and avarice can be put away for the first time… — Michael Horton Ambition Copy Share Image
Once we truly grasp the message of the 'New Testament', it is impossible to read the 'Old Testament' again without seeing Christ… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
Ask the proficient athlete, artist, businessperson, or homemaker what creates excellence and they'll all agree: a commitment to long-term goals - and… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, we need to stop thinking about what we can make of ourselves and start thinking more… — Michael Horton Brother Copy Share Image
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