--- title: "4 Biblical Quotes By R. C. Sproul" description: "4 Biblical quotes by R. C. Sproul. Plus more from R. C. Sproul and more Biblical sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/r-c-sproul-1006_bible_give-me-the-biblical-christ-or-give-me-n_253769.png" --- > [Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/give-me-the-biblical-christ-or-give-me-nothing/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/r-c-sproul-1006_bible_give-me-the-biblical-christ-or-give-me-n_253769.png) > [The wearing of fabric head coverings in worship was universally the practice of Christian women until the twentieth century. What happened? Did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/the-wearing-of-fabric-head-coverings-in-worship-was-universally-the/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/r-c-sproul-1006_biblical_the-wearing-of-fabric-head-coverings-in_624738.png) > [“To be a fool in biblical terms is not to be dimwitted or lacking in intelligence; it is to be immoral.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/to-be-a-fool-in-biblical-terms-is-not-to-be-dimwitted-or-lacking-in/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/r-c-sproul-1006_biblical_to-be-a-fool-in-biblical-terms-is-not-to_1779090.png) > [Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/here-then-is-the-real-problem-of-our-negligence-we-fail-in-our-duty/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/r-c-sproul-1006_bible_here-then-is-the-real-problem-of-our-neg_2560886.png) ## Other authors on Biblical - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bible-17752.jpg) Bible 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biblical/bible/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elie-wiesel-32332.jpg) Elie Wiesel 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biblical/elie-wiesel/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roger-e-olson-80682.jpg) Roger E. Olson 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biblical/roger-e-olson/) - [Michael S. Heiser 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biblical/michael-s-heiser/) - [J. I. 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C. Sproul > [We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/we-are-puzzled-and-bewildered-whenever-we-see-suffering-in-this-world/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [Evil may mar the divine image and cloud its brilliance, but it cannot destroy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/evil-may-mar-the-divine-image-and-cloud-its-brilliance-but-it-cannot/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [God's grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/god-s-grace-is-not-infinite-god-is-infinite-and-god-is-gracious/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [God Himself supplies the necessary condition to come to Jesus, that's why it is 'sola gratia,' by grace alone, that we are saved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/god-himself-supplies-the-necessary-condition-to-come-to-jesus-that-s/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [If God is not sovereign, God is not God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/if-god-is-not-sovereign-god-is-not-god/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [When God says something, the argument is over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/when-god-says-something-the-argument-is-over/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [“There is no such “mother” as Mother Nature. Nature itself is powerless to produce life of any kind. In itself, nature is barren. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/there-is-no-such-mother-as-mother-nature-nature-itself-is-powerless/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [Right now counts forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/right-now-counts-forever/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [The complaint that church is boring is never made by people in awe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/the-complaint-that-church-is-boring-is-never-made-by-people-in-awe/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [Sin can bring pleasure, but never happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/sin-can-bring-pleasure-but-never-happiness/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [I'm afraid that in the United States of America today the prevailing doctrine of justification is not justification by faith alone. It is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/i-m-afraid-that-in-the-united-states-of-america-today-the-prevailing/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [Heaven is a place where God will personally wipe away our tears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/heaven-is-a-place-where-god-will-personally-wipe-away-our-tears/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [In the decade of the 1980s, a massive and comprehensive study of religion in American life was undertaken by the Gallup organization. The results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/in-the-decade-of-the-1980s-a-massive-and-comprehensive-study-of/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [The rapture will not be secret but open and manifest. Its purpose will not be to whisk the elect away from the earth for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/the-rapture-will-not-be-secret-but-open-and-manifest-its-purpose-will/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [Sometimes we behave and perform with our lives, not for God, but for an audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/sometimes-we-behave-and-perform-with-our-lives-not-for-god-but-for-an/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biblical/r-c-sproul/#itemlist", "name": "4 Biblical Quotes By R. C. Sproul", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Give me the biblical Christ or give me nothing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "R. C. 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