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6 years

This is the final line from @RCSproul 's final sermon on Hebrews 2:1-4, 11/26/2017: "I pray with all my heart that God will awaken each one of us today to the sweetness, the loveliness, the glory of the gospel declared by Christ." #GodUsedRC

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Some days I just miss R.C.

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Make no mistake about it: Conviction costs, but compromise costs far more.

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Still my favorite teacher ⁦ @RCSproul ⁩.

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How many of you would love to see this? ⁦ @RCSproul ⁩’s notes on the history of apologetics:

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“And that is what ‘blessed’ means: made happy by God.” — @RCSproul Hard to imagine RC happier than when we knew him, but he so is. Happy 80th Birthday, Dr. Sproul.

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“Everyone who is in Christ Jesus will share in this resurrected glory. This is our hope. This hope is at the very heart and center of the Christian faith.” —R. C. Sproul 13 Feb 1939 - 14 Dec 2017

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We forget sometimes just how good the news of the gospel is. We forget just how bad we are, which is what makes the good news of the gospel so great.

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7 years

It's the day after the 500th. What do we do? "I'll trust in God's unchanging Word." Luther

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What kind of love does God have for us? The kind that sent His Son to die for us.

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No matter how far from the gospel someone may be, they are not impenetrable to the gospel’s call.

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We must put our confidence in God, in the Bible, in Christ, and in the gospel. His kingdom is unshakeable.

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This semester I am excited to be teaching on the life and theology of Jonathan Edwards.

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"When it comes to the Lord's Supper, what does it have to do with the doctrine of adoption? Well, it's the family meal." —Sinclair Ferguson

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Happy Birthday, Jonathan Edwards! “God is not only infinitely greater and more excellent than all other being, but He is the foundation and fountain of all being and beauty, from whom all is perfectly derived, and on whom all is most absolutely and perfectly dependent.”

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R.C. Sproul February 13, 1939 – December 14, 2017

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"So much of modern thought is an attempt to escape the one who is inescapable." RC Sproul #GodUsedRC

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To write the best book dedication of all time. - from The Symbol, 1973, his 1st book #GodUsedRC

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Enjoyed grilling with @ChrisLarson for the Presidents’ cookout during move-in day @RefBibleCollege .

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7 years

Happy 500th to all of you and yours.

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Our God is a God who sees, who cares, and who is intimately involved in our lives.

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We can defend the faith with gentleness and respect because we remember at one point we too were hostile to God.

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Lloyd-Jones: "I spend 1/2 my time telling Christians to study doctrine & the other 1/2 telling them that doctrine is not enough."

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With @albertmohler at Luther statue, Dresden. Not only do we show up on same day, but wearing the same shirt.

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Just heard on RefNet: "Jonathan Edwards referred to us as worms. I keep reminding Edwards that's unfair to worms." -—John Gerstner

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The full breadth of human experience is in the Psalms. They teach us that nothing will befall me that my Heavenly Father has not ordained.

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The handwritten manuscript of Saved from What? by @RCSproul .

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A great memory from last year, groundbreaking ceremony with @RCSproul @RefBibleCollege .

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Spent the afternoon in the theology room of the library of ⁦ @albertmohler ⁩. Can’t tell you exactly what I was doing but it might have something to do with a future season of the Open Book podcast.

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Fun to see ⁦ @RCSproul ⁩ geeking out over the Greeks...from one of his books:

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Sinclair Ferguson: "Luther learned salvation is not by his doing, but by Christ's dying." #Reformation500

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"Nothing compares to that delight we have in God." —Jonathan Edwards

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Received the new Archaeology Study Bible from @crossway today. Every page reminds us that the Bible was given in space and time to real people from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Well done, Crossway.

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It was great to virtually meet and welcome our Spring 2023 online students this afternoon.

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3 years

Morality based in atheism can be no morality at all.

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8 years

The infinite became an infant. Spurgeon

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7 years

The inside of the 1976 flyer for @RCSproul on "Who Was Jesus?"

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"The newborn King is born for us." - RC Sproul on Luke 2:10-11

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Theology begins and ends with the doctrine of God. No inerrancy without the doctrine of God. No Solas without it. No true worship.

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7 years

Martin and Katie visiting with dear friends @RCSproul and Vesta. #LuthersAtRBC

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The campus @RefBibleCollege is safe and intact after Irma. Thank you for your prayers for us.

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2 years

Last night I spoke on Apologetics at our Always Ready Youth Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.

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5 years

Today @RefBibleCollege we welcome our largest incoming class ever—and they’re quality not just quantity. Please pray for our students for this new year.

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3 years

To be known by God means that God knows us perfectly, infinitely, intimately, and omnipotently. In short, it means God loves us.

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7 years

Thomas Watson: "Repentance is spiritual medicine, made up of six special ingredients ..."

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On the way to Westminster College with ⁦ @ChrisLarson ⁩. ⁦ @RCSproul ⁩ was converted there as a freshman on this day, September 13, 1957.

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This morning’s view from the front steps of @RefBibleCollege .

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The first episode of Open Book released today. Here's a pic of @RCSproul 's note. My favorite line: Aren't we glad [salvation is not a cooperative effort]? RC: "Boy, I sure am." and on itunes now.

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Your life makes sense when you understand how your micro story fits into the macro story.

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Tomorrow on episode 2 of our new Open Book podcast @RCSproul tries to help my Dutch pronunciation. Here's his well-marked copy of Berkouwer's The Person of Christ.

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5 years

Behold. Can not wait to move into our new building ⁦ @RefBibleCollege ⁩. Soon there.

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1 year

This time of year, we remember especially Jesus, our Emmanuel, God with us. May you and your family enjoy God’s love and God’s presence as He calls us to be with Him and to serve Him.

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Excited for the start of a new semester @refbiblecollege and another year of teaching Apologetics.

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6 years

Johnny Cash wrote a novel on Paul. Love this line in the intro: "I discovered that the Bible can shed a lot of light on commentaries."

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3 years

The 21st Century is a century of identity confusion, identity crisis, and identity distress.

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Luther's Thesis 28, Heidelberg Disputation, 1518: "God's love does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to it."

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“Mercy is our whole life even until death.” —Luther on Psalm 51

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“The whole Bible centers in the story of the death of Christ. The OT looks forward to it; the NT looks back upon it; and the truly biblical preacher of the gospel says always with Paul: ‘I determined to know nothing among you, saveJesus Christ and him crucified.’” —Machen 12/1936

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God, in His goodness, only gives you as much sight of your life as you can handle.

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"God, and God alone, is man's highest good." Herman Bavinck

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Anniversary week for @RCSproul ... Sep 14, 1969, installed in Cincinnati. Next stop would be Ligonier Valley.

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ART 12 We affirm the doctrine of double imputation, that our sin is imputed to Jesus Christ and His righteousness is imputed to us by faith.

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The first beam for the main hall of the new building going in ⁦ @RefBibleCollege ⁩.

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Apparently today is Augustine's birthday, 11/13/354. How many of us forgot to send him a card?

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"It is a more glorious effect of power to make that Holy that was so depraved." Edwards From Edwards to John Gerstner to R.C. #GodUsedRC

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When Bonhoeffer visited Union Theological Seminary in NYC in 1930, he said: "No theology here." When he visited the fabled churches of NYC he found no sermons there. Theological education matters.

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Today marks 60th anniversary of @RCSproul 's conversion. Involved a cigarette machine & the capt of the football team. And the Holy Spirit.

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1 year

Today we welcome our Spring 2023 students. 4 countries and 7 states represented.

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5 years

Happy Reformation Day from your friends ⁦ @RefBibleCollege ⁩ 502 years old and still going strong.

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When Christ is...preached...the hearts of them which are elect and chosen, begin to wax soft and melt at the bounteous mercy of God. — William Tyndale

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"Here I Stand." Photo from 1958, the church was rebuilt in the 2000s.

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One more time. You say this line here, "The Pope is the Antichrist." Then you drop the mic. #LuthersAtRBC

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Sin, by its deceit, seeks especially to draw the mind away from those duties that can do it most harm...But on the other hand, every duty performed in the strength and grace of the Spirit works directly against the law of sin. — John Owen

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"Our Lord Jesus Christ in the 15th chapter of St John, desiring to instill in his disciples an attitude of humility and fear, and to give them no opportunity for pride, tells them that it is He who has chosen them, not they who have chosen Him." —John Calvin

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Busy day on the job site ⁦ @RefBibleCollege ⁩. Yes, that’s a fountain going in the new quad, and roof going on, and...

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2 years

A great day with our friends at Grace Community Church. #AlwaysReadyConference

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Especially thanks to this guy from Scotland. Nice @RefBibleCollege tie. #ligcon

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Happy birthday, @Tabletalk . 40 and still looking good.

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Okay, we can all agree, it's a cool (the coolest?) cover. And the content is great, too. Thanks to @JoshBuice for pulling this book together.

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Poor Christian, be not dejected because thou seest thyself out-stripped and excelled by so many in other parts of knowledge; if thou know Jesus Christ, thou knowest enough to comfort and save thy soul. — John Flavel

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Earlier today, @NWBingham and I spoke at @Ligonier ’s Always Ready Conference in Ontario, Canada. It is always an encouragement to see so many teenagers eager to learn how to defend their faith and be a light for Christ.

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"Our real confidence rests not in the signs of the times, but in the great and precious promises of God." —J. Gresham Machen

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Counting down until our new building dedication and convocation, Oct 25 ⁦ @RefBibleCollege . Come celebrate with us in person or livestream. 9 days to go...

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1 year

Filming something exciting for RBC.

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9 months

It was a joy to see the incoming class of @RefBibleCollege gathered together in front of Residence Hall for their class photo.

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6 years

So excited that season one of our new podcast Open Book airs first on RefNet tomorrow, then starts dropping each week on iTunes. It's free! Hope you enjoy. All of the first ten episodes are with @RCSproul in his library talking about his books.

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2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of David Wells' landmark book, No Place for Truth--a book perhaps even more urgent today.

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If you haven’t been to go. The 2018 results are in. Use the filters to compare groups. You’ll find that 7 out of 10 American evangelicals would have been condemned at the Council of Nicaea. Why I believe in theological education.

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Happy #498 Reformation Day. Thank you, Martin.

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Luther 1523: I am planning...to create vernacular psalms, that is hymns, for the common folk so that the Word of God remain with the people.

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How sweet all at once it was for me to rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose...You drove them from me, you who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place. — Augustine

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While all our hearts & all our songs join to admire the feast, each of us cries, with thankful tongue, "Lord, why was I a guest?" —Watts

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Always a joy to have our annual Thanksgiving Chapel at @RefBibleCollege . This year it was a packed house. There is a lot to be thankful for.

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What does praying a prayer mean? It means, first, that you present it to God with fervency. Pray as if you meant it, throw your whole soul into the petition. Entreat the Lord with tears and cries…Heat your prayers red hot. — Charles Spurgeon

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Morality based in atheism can be no morality at all.

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Still celebrating the Moon Landing? In this July 18, 1969 issue of CT, ⁦ @RCSproul ⁩ has one of his first published writings: “Existential Autonomy and Christian Freedom” -—Robert C. Sproul

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Old Main Clock Tower at Westminster College, crucial part of the setting of the opening pages of ⁦ @RCSproul ⁩ The Holiness of God.

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We welcomed over 200 students back on campus for the 2023-24 academic year @RefBibleCollege today.

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The first episode of Open Book podcast releases this week. I get to talk to @RCSproul about his tattered copy of the Canons and Decrees of Trent. Here Trent elicits not one, not two, not even three question marks in his margin notes, but four!!!!

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"If we encountered God as He Is, we'd all be on our faces." Dr. Keith Mathison A Place for Truth Conf @RefBibleCollege

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