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> [“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 more than they do to his saving grace. God remains free to show compassion on whomever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/our-natural-reason-tells-us-that-good-people-finish-first-and/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

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## More by Michael S. Horton

> [“The flesh of Christ is like a rich and inexhaustible fountain that pours into us the life springing forth from the Godhead into itself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/the-flesh-of-christ-is-like-a-rich-and-inexhaustible-fountain-that/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“All of the Reformers agreed among themselves and with Rome on the point that the Supper lies at the heart of the person of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/all-of-the-reformers-agreed-among-themselves-and-with-rome-on-the/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“As the pretensions of modernity are unmasked today, it is a good time for us to recover our nerve, “always being prepared to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/as-the-pretensions-of-modernity-are-unmasked-today-it-is-a-good-time/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“To study theology involves entering into a long, ongoing conversation, one that we did not begin. Others have been talking about God long before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/to-study-theology-involves-entering-into-a-long-ongoing-conversation/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“True faith calls on the name of Jesus for salvation from death, hell, sin, and Satan. Therefore, sound theology has its source in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/true-faith-calls-on-the-name-of-jesus-for-salvation-from-death-hell/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“Jerome does not condemn singing absolutely, but he corrects those who sing theatrically, or who sing not in order to arouse devotion but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/jerome-does-not-condemn-singing-absolutely-but-he-corrects-those-who/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/calvin-showed-little-patience-toward-those-especially-leaders-in-the/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“In short, Calvin has been given too much blame by critics and too much credit by fans. His real genius is to be found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/in-short-calvin-has-been-given-too-much-blame-by-critics-and-too-much/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“Trials are the workshop of a Father, not the threats of a Judge. The arrow that looks as if it were targeting our heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/trials-are-the-workshop-of-a-father-not-the-threats-of-a-judge-the/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“The orthodox hold the mean between these extremes, maintaining that the providence of God is so occupied about sin as neither idly to permit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/the-orthodox-hold-the-mean-between-these-extremes-maintaining-that/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/this-may-be-the-most-valuable-and-the-most-challenging-thing-we-can/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“The same word that is faith-producing and life-generating for some is for others an occasion to become more resolute in unbelief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/the-same-word-that-is-faith-producing-and-life-generating-for-some-is/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“We can be grateful that Jesus embraced the cross and then entered his glory instead of demanding glory first.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/we-can-be-grateful-that-jesus-embraced-the-cross-and-then-entered-his/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/i-m-not-saying-that-there-is-something-wrong-with-moving-to-the-city/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/our-natural-reason-tells-us-that-good-people-finish-first-and/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

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