 In his latest book, Believing God: 12 Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept, Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. challenges Christians to take a second glance at the promises of God in the Bible in order to see anew the grandeur of what God has committed Himself to do for His people. Sproul explores twelve of the most significant promises in Scripture, methodically unpacking each divine pledge. He shows that while Christians may express trust in God’s words, they refuse, in numerous ways, to stake their lives on what He says. Sproul goes on to present the clear biblical meaning of each promise and strives to help his readers grasp the sheer wonder and glory of it. Biblical passages on which Sproul focuses include God’s promises to forgive the sins of those who confess their transgressions to Him (1 John 1:9); to give wisdom to those who ask it of Him (James 1:5); and to give His people the desires of their hearts (Ps. 37:4). In the final analysis, the book functions as a mirror in which every reader with a teachable heart will see how he or she can more fully believe God. All Christians who appreciate careful biblical teaching and heartfelt passion for God will appreciate and benefit from this book.
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Excerpts
Page xiv - I would be loathe to learn that anyone reading this book would walk away thinking of the author, "Now, there is a man who obviously believes God." The truth of the matter is that I am a man who knows that I need to believe God and that I fail bitterly. But I came to this study knowing that sin began in the garden with a failure to believe the promises of God and with the conviction that the fear of the Lord, the beginning of wisdom, begins with saying "Amen" to all that He speaks--including when He speaks blessing on us.
I knew I needed to learn better to believe God, not because my life was moving from comfort to ease, but because God--for His own good purposes, and for my good as well--was putting me through a time of significant challenge. In other words, I do not find it easy to believe God's promises because He's given me an easy life. Instead, I know I need to believe God's promises because He has, wisely, sent me some hard providences.
Page 10 - When God makes a promise, unlike every other promise that we encounter, it is too good not to be true. God not only has given us the promise in His Word, He has given us the promise of His Word. We are equipped, ready to go. We do not need the latest Christian fad to come down the pike. We need instead the oldest Christian habit to come down the pike. We need to read, to understand, and most important, to believe the Word of God.
Page 30, 31 - Too often it is the "normal" that encourages us to practice simultaneous translation. We come to the Bible expecting little, so we miss the greatness of the promises. We reduce them down to something manageable, something safe. Sometimes the Bible is so straightforward in what it promises, however, that we can't turn it into something safe. What we do instead is determine that while we can't know what the text means, it certainly can't mean what it says. Once more, I suspect that many Christians do this, because I know that I do this.
Page 39 - That is the very nature of wisdom, to see the world the way God sees the world. As we grow in wisdom, we learn more and more that the world does not exist for our glory, our comfort, our peace. We learn that it exists for God's glory. As we grow in wisdom, we learn more and more that God loves those who are His in Christ and that He is our Father. We learn to see our brothers the way our Father sees our brothers, as His adopted children in Christ. As we grow in wisdom, we learn more and more that there is no greater glory than the glory of Christ, and so we long for nothing more than to become more and more like Him.
About the Author Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. planted Saint Peter Presbyterian Church in Southwest Virginia and is the founder, chairman, and teacher of the Highlands Study Center. He graduated from Grove City College in 1986 and Reformed Theological Seminary in 1991. He received his doctor of ministry degree in 2001. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, the most recent of which are Bound for Glory, After Darkness, Light: Essays in Honor of R.C. Sproul, Eternity in our Hearts, and When You Rise Up: A Covenantal Approach to Homeschooling. He is a regular columnist for Tabletalk and Homeschooling Today magazines. Dr. Sproul has ministered in Russia, Myanmar, New Zealand, and Israel. He is a husband to Denise and homeschooling father to Darby, Campbell, Shannon, Delaney, Erin Claire, Maili and Reilly. |
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