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# Sinclair B. Ferguson

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Sinclair B. Ferguson is an author, best known for *Baptism*.

## Quick Facts About Sinclair B. Ferguson

Profession Author

Notable works Baptism

## About Sinclair B. Ferguson

He has been the Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology there since 2017, commuting from Scotland where he previously served as an assistant minister at St. Peter’s Free Church in Dundee. He is also a preaching associate at Trinity Church in Aberdeen.

##  Quotes by Sinclair B. Ferguson · Page 3

> [Our first priority in ministry must be love. Love for His Word, love for His people, and love for His appearing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/our-first-priority-in-ministry-must-be-love-love-for-his-word-love/)

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[And love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/)

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> [The goal of theology is the worship of God. The posture of theology is on one's knees. The mode of theology is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/the-goal-of-theology-is-the-worship-of-god-the-posture-of-theology-is/)

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[Goal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goal/)

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> [Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/even-those-of-us-who-have-weak-faith-have-the-same-strong-christ-as/)

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[Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/)

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> [Jesus Christ is able to set us free because He has dealt with the sin that enslaves us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/jesus-christ-is-able-to-set-us-free-because-he-has-dealt-with-the-sin/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [We are far too good at analyzing what is wrong with the culture and far too myopic at analyzing what is wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/we-are-far-too-good-at-analyzing-what-is-wrong-with-the-culture-and/)

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[Analyzing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analyzing/)

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> [Repentance is a characteristic of the whole life, not the action of a single moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/repentance-is-a-characteristic-of-the-whole-life-not-the-action-of-a/)

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[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [God has chosen us. Our status is not a matter of our worthiness, but of His love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/god-has-chosen-us-our-status-is-not-a-matter-of-our-worthiness-but-of/)

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[Chosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chosen/)

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> [God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/god-does-something-to-us-as-well-as-for-us-through-the-cross-he-2/)

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[Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cross/)

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> [“When we behold the glory of Christ in the gospel, it reorders the loves of our hearts, so we delight in him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/when-we-behold-the-glory-of-christ-in-the-gospel-it-reorders-the/)

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[Behold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behold/)

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> [“the Son of God took our nature and came "in the likeness of sinful flesh" (Rom. 8:3) in order to exchange places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/the-son-of-god-took-our-nature-and-came-in-the-likeness-of-sinful/)

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[Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/)

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> [Thankfulness grows best in the seed-bed of conviction, just as some plants must be placed in the soil in the winter if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/thankfulness-grows-best-in-the-seed-bed-of-conviction-just-as-some/)

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[Bed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bed/)

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> [Anyone who comes to grips with the issues raised in The Marrow of Modern Divinity will almost certainly grow by leaps and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/anyone-who-comes-to-grips-with-the-issues-raised-in-the-marrow-of/)

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[Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bounds/)

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> [Twentieth-century man needs to be reminded at times that work is not the result of the Fall. Man was made to work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/twentieth-century-man-needs-to-be-reminded-at-times-that-work-is-not/)

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[Be creative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-creative/)

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> [No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/no-short-cut-that-tries-to-bypass-the-patient-unfolding-of-the-true/)

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[Be patient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-patient/)

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> [“When we see salvation whole, its every single part is found in Christ, And so we must beware lest we derive the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/when-we-see-salvation-whole-its-every-single-part-is-found-in-christ/)

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[Salvation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/salvation/)

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> [Christianity is Christ because there isn't anything else. There is no atonement that somehow can be detached from who the Lord Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/christianity-is-christ-because-there-isn-t-anything-else-there-is-no/)

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[Atonement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atonement/)

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> [When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/when-i-know-that-christ-is-the-one-real-sacrifice-for-my-sins-that/)

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[Accepted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepted/)

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> [For worship is, essentially, the reverse of sin. Sin began (and begins) when we succumb to the temptation, "You shall be as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/for-worship-is-essentially-the-reverse-of-sin-sin-began-and-begins/)

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[All things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-things/)

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> [It is only when we want to take our lives out of the Father’s hands and have them under our own control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/it-is-only-when-we-want-to-take-our-lives-out-of-the-father-s-hands/)

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[Abandonment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandonment/)

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> [“Such experiences can make us bewail how the Western world gives itself over annually to its Claus-mass or commerce-mass. We celebrate a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/such-experiences-can-make-us-bewail-how-the-western-world-gives/)

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[Christmas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christmas/)

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> [“The fallacy here? The subtle movement from seeing forsaking sin as the fruit of grace that is rooted in election, to making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/the-fallacy-here-the-subtle-movement-from-seeing-forsaking-sin-as-the/)

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[Fallacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fallacy/)

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> [ We \[should not\] make the mistake of thinking that marriage will provide the ultimate satisfaction for which we all hunger. To assume… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/we-should-not-make-the-mistake-of-thinking-that-marriage-will-provide/)

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[Assuming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assuming/)

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> [When I look at the cross, I learn to say: 'The Son of God loved me, and gave Himself for me' (Galatians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/when-i-look-at-the-cross-i-learn-to-say-the-son-of-god-loved-me-and/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [“This same distortion appears when the gospel is preached to the natural man. Boston was all too familiar with the instinct of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/this-same-distortion-appears-when-the-gospel-is-preached-to-the/)

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[Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/)

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> [Evil deeds are the fruit of an evil heart. They are not an aberration from our true self but a revelation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/evil-deeds-are-the-fruit-of-an-evil-heart-they-are-not-an-aberration/)

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[Aberration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aberration/)

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> [“Thus the essence of legalism is rooted not merely in our view of law as such but in a distorted view of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/thus-the-essence-of-legalism-is-rooted-not-merely-in-our-view-of-law/)

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[Law](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/law/)

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> [If you desire anything less for yourself than absolute obedience to God, a life of total devotion to the Lord, a life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/if-you-desire-anything-less-for-yourself-than-absolute-obedience-to/)

[Sinclair B. Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinclair-b-ferguson/)

[Absolutes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolutes/)

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> [“Faith is not the ground or basis upon which we are justified, but the means, the "instrument," by which we are united…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/faith-is-not-the-ground-or-basis-upon-which-we-are-justified-but-the/)

[Sinclair B. Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinclair-b-ferguson/)

[Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/)

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> [“An inability to encourage someone else is usually rooted in an absorption with self that is blind to the needs or gifts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/an-inability-to-encourage-someone-else-is-usually-rooted-in-an/)

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[Encourage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/encourage/)

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> [The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/the-holiness-of-god-teaches-us-that-there-is-only-one-way-to-deal/)

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[Deals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deals/)

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> [Where God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows. Where there is no spirit of worship, there God has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/where-god-is-at-the-center-of-things-worship-inevitably-follows-where/)

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[Has beens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/has-beens/)

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> [True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/true-faith-takes-its-character-and-quality-from-its-object-its/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [Marriage, and the process of coming to it, is not heaven! It is the bonding together of two needy sinners in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/marriage-and-the-process-of-coming-to-it-is-not-heaven-it-is-the/)

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[Bonding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bonding/)

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> [The jewels of spiritual service are always quarried in the depths of spiritual experience. Never is this more true than in revival.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/the-jewels-of-spiritual-service-are-always-quarried-in-the-depths-of/)

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[Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church/)

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> [There is a difference between going to a service "for the worship" and going to a service "to worship the Lord." The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/there-is-a-difference-between-going-to-a-service-for-the-worship-and/)

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[Differences](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/)

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> [Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/christian-contentment-therefore-is-the-direct-fruit-of-having-no/)

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[Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/)

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> [It is God who gives us the spirit of worship (Psalm 133:3), and it is what we know of God that produces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/it-is-god-who-gives-us-the-spirit-of-worship-psalm-133-3-and-it-is/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [There are actually only ever two pastoral problems you will ever encounter. The first is this: persuading those who are under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/there-are-actually-only-ever-two-pastoral-problems-you-will-ever/)

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[Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/)

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> [True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the essential from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/true-discernment-means-not-only-distinguishing-the-right-from-the/)

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[Discernment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discernment/)

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## Sinclair B. Ferguson by topic

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