Michael S. Horton

“Antinomianism and legalism conspire in forcing us to make a false choice: Is salvation a matter of God's forgiveness or is it…

— Michael S. Horton

“Reason quite properly rejects contradiction, but rationalism abhors mystery, which every heresy attempts in its own way to resolve.”

— 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…

— Michael S. Horton

“In American religion, as in ancient Gnosticism, there is almost no sense of God’s difference from us—in other words, his majesty, sovereignty,…

— Michael S. Horton

“Regardless of the official theology held on paper, moralistic preaching (the bane of conservatives and liberals alike) assumes that we are not…

— Michael S. Horton

“Jesus was not revolutionary because he said we should love God and each other. Moses said that first. So did Buddha, Confucius,…

— Michael S. Horton

“We are justified through faith in Christ, not through doctrinal precision.”

— Michael S. Horton

“He demands perfect righteousness, not good intentions.”

— Michael S. Horton

“The church’s principal officers are not monks, artisans, and a retinue of priests whose calling is to serve images they’ve made, but…

— Michael S. Horton

“I expect that Calvin would evaluate our worship today not as too emotional, but as too narrow in its emotional repertoire.”

— Michael S. Horton

“Indeed, most mainline churches in the Reformed and Presbyterian tradition today either ignore or reject their Calvinistic distinctives.”

— Michael S. Horton

“The law tells us what to do; the gospel tells us what God has done for us in Christ.”

— Michael S. Horton

“This requires a lifetime of divine therapy: having our minds and hearts transformed by God’s Word.”

— Michael S. Horton

“Our choices are determined by our nature; we choose what we desire and we desire what is most consistent with our nature.”

— Michael S. Horton

“Wherever Reformed convictions gained a foothold, there was a revival of classical learning and interest in the arts and sciences—not only among…

— Michael S. Horton

“Nothing comes close to the wisdom that God has displayed in the salvation of sinners.”

— Michael S. Horton

“An implication of God’s independence from the world is that he is who he is eternally and will always be. All of…

— Michael S. Horton

“12. Historians today rely on classics like Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, Caesar’s Gallic War, and Tacitus’s Histories. The earliest copies…

— Michael S. Horton

“When the free will moves itself, this does not exclude its being moved by another, from whom it receives the very power…

— Michael S. Horton

“To affirm soli Deo gloria (to God alone be glory) is not to deny that both doctors and God are healers—one as…

— Michael S. Horton

“It is ironic that we have more technology to make our lives more efficient, ostensibly reducing our workload, and we work harder…

— Michael S. Horton

“Where evangelical spiritualities tend to move from the individual to the family to the church, Reformed piety moves in the other direction:…

— Michael S. Horton

“Christ is ubiquitous in this subculture, but more as an adjective (Christian) than as a proper name. While we swim in a…

— Michael S. Horton

“My concern with this is not about who owns the trademark. If a label is used chiefly to lionize “us” and demonize…

— Michael S. Horton

“Bad law-preaching levels some of us; Osteen’s omission of the law levels none of us; biblical preaching of the law levels all…

— Michael S. Horton