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> [“There's this thing that I like to call the RC Sproul principle of hermenutics. When you're reading the bible and you come across someone doing something really stupid, don't say to yourself "I'm glad I'm not him". Ask yourself "How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/there-s-this-thing-that-i-like-to-call-the-rc-sproul-principle-of/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

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## More by R.C. Sproul Jr

> [“The world is in a mad dash of personal peace and affluence. Sadly, too often the evangelical church is not much different. Of course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/the-world-is-in-a-mad-dash-of-personal-peace-and-affluence-sadly-too/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“Together my wife and I are building the kingdom of God, exercising dominion, beating back the weeds of stinky dippers, tending the garden God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/together-my-wife-and-i-are-building-the-kingdom-of-god-exercising/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“Dominion is all about conquest; that's what we're made for. Men live for a cause, and this is the cause-the crusade to which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/dominion-is-all-about-conquest-that-s-what-we-re-made-for-men-live/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“I am not interested in standing for what I believe in, but in standing for the truth. I and my conscience are liars. God's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/i-am-not-interested-in-standing-for-what-i-believe-in-but-in-standing/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“Daily I witness my spiritual betters in my own children. When the snows come, I see ice crystals falling, slick roads, and rising heat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/daily-i-witness-my-spiritual-betters-in-my-own-children-when-the/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“Just as the church needs members with different skills, our world must have various forms of labor, interdependent and thus valuable. A world full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/just-as-the-church-needs-members-with-different-skills-our-world-must/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“There's this thing that I like to call the RC Sproul principle of hermenutics. When you're reading the bible and you come across someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/there-s-this-thing-that-i-like-to-call-the-rc-sproul-principle-of/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“Because we are more adult than actually mature, we tend to take our sins and baptize them, dressing them up as spiritual maturity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/because-we-are-more-adult-than-actually-mature-we-tend-to-take-our/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“Perhaps the most shockingly transcendent thing about the God we worship is that He is pleased to stoop down to us, to draw near,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/perhaps-the-most-shockingly-transcendent-thing-about-the-god-we/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“If you should ever be blessed to be far enough from the cacophony of civilization when a heavy snow falls, you can even hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/if-you-should-ever-be-blessed-to-be-far-enough-from-the-cacophony-of/)

[R.C. Sproul Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr-2/)

> [“The call to delight in our heavenly Father is not one that can be rightly obeyed with bootstrap effort. One cannot grimly determine to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr-2/the-call-to-delight-in-our-heavenly-father-is-not-one-that-can-be/)

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