Bible Quote by Michael S. Horton

““The Bible knows nothing of any contrast between truth and experience, head and heart, theology and practical living.””

Michael S. Horton

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“The flesh of Christ is like a rich and inexhaustible fountain that pours into us the life springing forth from the Godhead into itself.…

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“All of the Reformers agreed among themselves and with Rome on the point that the Supper lies at the heart of the person of…

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“As the pretensions of modernity are unmasked today, it is a good time for us to recover our nerve, “always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks [us] for a reason for the hope that is in [us]” (1Pe 3:15). By breaking into our history, sharing our history, and transforming that history from the inside out, God…

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“To study theology involves entering into a long, ongoing conversation, one that we did not begin. Others have been talking about God long before…

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“True faith calls on the name of Jesus for salvation from death, hell, sin, and Satan. Therefore, sound theology has its source in a founding drama with its revealed doctrines. Through the drama and the doctrine together the Spirit produces doxology — repentance and trust — and brings us into the unfolding story of God, no longer as spectators, but…

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“Jerome does not condemn singing absolutely, but he corrects those who sing theatrically, or who sing not in order to arouse devotion but to show off or to provoke pleasure. Hence Augustine says, When it happens that I am more moved by the voice than the words sung, I confess to have sinned, and then I would rather not hear…

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“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 obvious examples for him were the priests and monks. However, Calvin was even more irritated when, whether out of laziness, ignorance, or pride, those who had embraced the clear evangelical message failed to fulfill their office.…

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“In short, Calvin has been given too much blame by critics and too much credit by fans. His real genius is to be found…

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“Trials are the workshop of a Father, not the threats of a Judge. The arrow that looks as if it were targeting our heart…

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“The orthodox hold the mean between these extremes, maintaining that the providence of God is so occupied about sin as neither idly to permit…

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“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…

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“The same word that is faith-producing and life-generating for some is for others an occasion to become more resolute in unbelief.”

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“The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose, Sergeant,’ Anthony Payne replied. ‘That is from The Merchant of Venice, but it holds great truth.”

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“Scripture also teaches that human beings are morally responsible creatures”

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“The wife of a junior officer cooped up in a horrible canvas partition in steerage for five months wrote: "I had enjoyed much peace there in the absence of every comfort, even of such as are now enjoyed in jail. I used to say that there were four privations in my situation - fire, water, earth and air. No fire…

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O Word of God incarnate . . . It is the golden casket Where gems of truth are stored; It is the heaven-drawn picture…

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“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like it. In the first place, I'm sort of an atheist. I like Jesus and all, but I don't care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible. Take the Disciples, for instance. They…

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