Michael Horton
Michael Horton
became christians genetics inherited sin spoken
Long before genetics became a flourishing field, Christians have spoken about sin as an inherited condition.
letting-go christian men
When salvation is viewed as man's program, it is left up to man as to whether he will let God do this or that, but when it is viewed as God's program, there is a confidence and a certainty that no one whom God regenerates will be a carnal Christian.
christian believe needs
We need more Christians who take their place alongside believing and unbelieving neighbors in the daily gift exchange
bible christian expectations
Once we truly grasp the message of the New Testament, it is impossible to read the Old Testament again without seeing Christ on every page, in every story, foreshadowed or anticipated in every event and narrative. The Bible must be read as a whole, beginning with Genesis and ending with Revelation, letting promise and fulfillment guide or expectations for what we will find there.
christian light giving
Christians must return to the great story that has its fulfillment in life after death, so we may live and die well in the light of our extraordinary hope that enables us to embrace the ordinary lives God gives us here and now.
christian promise purpose
Christians are driven by God's promises, and directed by God's purposes.
christian godly maturity
The key to maturity is time and community. Discernment and godly wisdom develop in a community that spans generations. The church is called to be this place where the [God's] Spirit uses normal patterns and rhythms of the Christian life in a community, so that we may bear fruit like a well-watered tree. Despite common appearances, the church is the place where God's new creation is coming into existence and being sustained by the Spirit like a great vineyard.
christian goal faithful
The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but message.
headlong toward
Evangelicalism as a movement is rushing headlong toward theological ambiguity, which is another way of saying apostasy.
character experience god inside since taught trust within
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 than what comes to you externally, even if it comes from God. Since the Fall, it has been part of our character to look within ourselves.
entirely renewal
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.
apostles course forbid god himself homosexual intention jesus join leave marriage parents scripture taught
Does Scripture forbid homosexual behavior? Of course it does. Jesus and his apostles taught that God's intention in marriage is for a man to leave his parents and join himself to one woman.
agenda assume easy embrace great issue rather reject ruins simplistic understanding versions
There are versions of the pro-gay and anti-gay agenda that assume a simplistic rather than simple understanding of the issue - at least from a biblical perspective. Reject it or embrace it: that's the easy choice that makes for great sound-bites but ruins lives.
sacrament
Baptism is not only a sacrament of our union with Christ; it is also a sacrament of our communion as the body of Christ.