Michael Horton Quotes

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• As Paul argues, it is the righteousness of God that is revealed in the law, and this condemns us all (Ro 1:18 - 3:20), while…
• The object is evident in the name of the discipline. Similarly, theology (theologia) is the study of God. The object of theology is not the…
• When the focus becomes 'What would Jesus do?' instead of 'What has Jesus done?' the [conservative/liberal] labels no longer matter.
• No one has to be taught to trust in themselves. No one has to be taught that what you experience inside yourself is more authoritative…
• In such a therapeutic, pragmatic, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps society as ours, the message of God having to do all the work in saving us comes as an…
• The gospel is entirely a message about what someone else has done not only for me but also for the renewal of the whole creation.
• Baptism is not only a sacrament of our union with Christ; it is also a sacrament of our communion as the body of Christ.
• Long before genetics became a flourishing field, Christians have spoken about sin as an inherited condition.
• The gospel frees us to confess our sins without fear of condemnation.
• Evangelicalism as a movement is rushing headlong toward theological ambiguity, which is another way of saying apostasy.
• The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but message.

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