When an absolutely brilliant mind....let's say in physics....writes or lectures on their topic.....the average person can to various degrees understand what is being explained....and even be amazed....but unless that subject also happens to be their profession then they cannot fully rejoice in the beauty of the workings of the human mind. For example I can read Einstein's theories....in the more simple books that are out there for us.....and marvel at the complexities discovered.....but cannot fully marvel at the beauty.
I can read John Locke or Thomas Jefferson's writings....and because I.....and anyone else so interested.....can understand the concepts of freedom and liberty.....I can marvel at the beauty to go along with the logic and reason. I can understand and appreciate Thomas Sowell on economics....for I have somewhat of a background in that.....but I'm still limited because economics is not my life or my profession.
The life of the Christian should be God's Word....the Bible....but even here time and experience come into play. One doesn't have to have been a Christian for forty years but then again the time span to understand the absolute beauty and precision of Christian truths has to be at least a few years of in-depth study.....where once again in-depth study should be the norm for all of us. It doesn't by any means have to be seminary related but it does have to be reading related.
Having given these three paragraphs as a preface.....the mind of Presbyterian theologian, scholar, author, teacher, philosopher and pastor....and I can't resist-fellow Pittsburgher....R. C. Sproul ....causes not only amazement.....and is not only understandable.....but can be rejoiced in for the gift and the beauty that God had given to him to bless us.
R. C. had gone to be with our Lord and Savior in December of last year. I used the present tense in the previous paragraph because he remains with us through his radio and book and tape ministries. Every Christian with the foundation of the Christian faith in place should be able to not only basically understand what R. C. Sproul teaches.....but to bathe in the clear and pristine intellectual waters of God's truth upon a regenerated mind. The beauty of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior....and as Prophet, Priest and King.....His omniscience and glory and wisdom and love.....and His glorious appearing in the clouds which will dry every tear of His elect....and the sure hope of heaven afterwards....is meant for every Christian!
The Reverend Billy Graham went to be with our Lord and Savior within the last six months. His gift from God to us was not in doctrinal truth. The beauty was not in the precision that God could give to a human mind....but it was every bit as much a gift....and every bit as beautiful to behold....only it was in the power of the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Therefore....The gift given to R. C. Sproul along with the gift given to Billy Graham....working together.....along with countless numbers of other faithful men and women here with us today or from times past.....as it relates to the undeserved forgiveness and salvation of sinners....the Gospel of Jesus Christ....is almost too much to comprehend of the goodness and faithfulness of God....and almost too much joy to take in....but remarkably once again.....God somehow enables us to receieve it all and rejoice.
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I can read John Locke or Thomas Jefferson's writings....and because I.....and anyone else so interested.....can understand the concepts of freedom and liberty.....I can marvel at the beauty to go along with the logic and reason. I can understand and appreciate Thomas Sowell on economics....for I have somewhat of a background in that.....but I'm still limited because economics is not my life or my profession.
The life of the Christian should be God's Word....the Bible....but even here time and experience come into play. One doesn't have to have been a Christian for forty years but then again the time span to understand the absolute beauty and precision of Christian truths has to be at least a few years of in-depth study.....where once again in-depth study should be the norm for all of us. It doesn't by any means have to be seminary related but it does have to be reading related.
Having given these three paragraphs as a preface.....the mind of Presbyterian theologian, scholar, author, teacher, philosopher and pastor....and I can't resist-fellow Pittsburgher....R. C. Sproul ....causes not only amazement.....and is not only understandable.....but can be rejoiced in for the gift and the beauty that God had given to him to bless us.
R. C. had gone to be with our Lord and Savior in December of last year. I used the present tense in the previous paragraph because he remains with us through his radio and book and tape ministries. Every Christian with the foundation of the Christian faith in place should be able to not only basically understand what R. C. Sproul teaches.....but to bathe in the clear and pristine intellectual waters of God's truth upon a regenerated mind. The beauty of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior....and as Prophet, Priest and King.....His omniscience and glory and wisdom and love.....and His glorious appearing in the clouds which will dry every tear of His elect....and the sure hope of heaven afterwards....is meant for every Christian!
The Reverend Billy Graham went to be with our Lord and Savior within the last six months. His gift from God to us was not in doctrinal truth. The beauty was not in the precision that God could give to a human mind....but it was every bit as much a gift....and every bit as beautiful to behold....only it was in the power of the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Therefore....The gift given to R. C. Sproul along with the gift given to Billy Graham....working together.....along with countless numbers of other faithful men and women here with us today or from times past.....as it relates to the undeserved forgiveness and salvation of sinners....the Gospel of Jesus Christ....is almost too much to comprehend of the goodness and faithfulness of God....and almost too much joy to take in....but remarkably once again.....God somehow enables us to receieve it all and rejoice.
ligonier.org
billygraham.org
