Michael Horton Quotes

• The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but message.

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  Christian, Goal, Faithful

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• God's church is not a stage for us to perform on but a garden for us to grow in.

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  Garden, Church, Stage

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• God is not a supporting actor in our life movie. We exist for his purposes, not the other way around.

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  Purpose, Actors, Way

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• Our weaknesses are an opportunity for God to show his strength.

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  Spiritual, Opportunity, Weakness

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• People ask me, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' I respond, 'Why pray if He isn't?

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  People, Sovereign, Praying

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• Una iglesia que es profundamente consciente de su miseria y desnudez ante un Dios santo se aferrará tenazmente a un Salvador todo suficiente, mientras que una que es segura de sí misma y relativamente inconsciente de su inherente pecaminosidad buscará la religión y la moralidad siempre que le parezca conveniente.

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  Self, Church, Morality

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• The gospel frees us to confess our sins without fear of condemnation.

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  Sin, Condemnation

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• Nadie se ofenderá si le decimos que es una buena persona que podría ser un poco mejor. La ofensa viene cuando les decimos que ellos -y nosotros- somos impíos que no podemos impresionar a Dios ni escapar a su tribunal. Hasta que nuestra predicación de la ley no haya expuesto nuestros corazones y la santidad de Dios a ese nivel profundo, nuestros oyentes nunca huirán sólo a Cristo en busca de seguridad, aunque acudan a nosotros en busca de consejo.

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  Heart, Law, Profound

  Michael Horton (2008). “Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church”, p.130, Baker Books

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• To preach the Bible as 'the handbook for life,' or as the answer to every question, rather than as the revelation of Christ, is to turn the Bible into an entirely different book. This is how the Pharisees approached Scripture, as we can see clearly from the questions they asked Jesus. For the Pharisees, the Scriptures were a source of trivia for life's dilemmas.

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  Bible, Jesus, Book

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• I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it nearly mirrors the world itself. Aside from the packaging, there is nothing that cannot be found in most churches today that could not be satisfied by any number of secular programs and self-help groups.

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  Successful, Thinking, Church Today

  Michael Horton (2008). “Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church”, p.16, Baker Books

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• Christians are driven by God's promises, and directed by God's purposes.

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  Christian, Promise, Purpose

  Michael Horton (2009). “The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World”, p.133, Baker Books

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• El evangelio de la sumisión, el compromiso, la decisión y la vida victoriosa no es una buena noticia sobre lo que Dios ha conseguido, sino una exigencia de salvarnos a nosotros mismos con la ayuda de Dios. Además del hecho de que las Escrituras nunca se refieren al evangelio como tener una relación personal con Jesús ni definen la fe como una decisión de pedirle a Jesús que entre en nuestro corazón, este concepto de salvación no se da cuenta de que todo el mundo ya tiene una relación personal con Dios: ya sea como criminal condenado que comparece ante un juez justo o como coheredero justificado con Cristo e hijo adoptivo del Padre.

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  Jesús, Niños, Padre

  Michael Horton (2008). “Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church”, p.74, Baker Books

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• We cannot find God for the same reason that a thief can't find a police officer.

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  Police, Thieves, Reason

  Michael Horton (2011). “Putting Amazing Back Into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel”, p.46, Baker Books

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• La Palabra de Dios no se limita a dar información, sino que crea vida. No es sólo descriptiva; también es eficaz, Dios hablando es Dios actuando.

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  Acting, Doe, Information

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• But the heart of Christianity is Good News. It comes not as a task for us to fulfill, a mission for us to accomplish, a game plan for us to follow with the help of life coaches, but as a report that someone else has already fulfilled, accomplished, followed, and achieved everything for us.

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  Heart, Games, Tasks

  Michael Horton (2009). “The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World”, p.20, Baker Books

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• My conscience does not render a positive verdict in God’s courtroom when I look inside myself. The only reason I can sleep well at night is that even though my heart is filled with corruption and even though I am not doing my best to please him, I have in heaven at the Father’s right hand the beloved Son, who has not only done his best for himself but has fulfilled all righteousness for me in my place.

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  Father, Heart, Sleep

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• When the focus becomes 'What would Jesus do?' instead of 'What has Jesus done?' the [conservative/liberal] labels no longer matter.

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  Jesus, Focus, Labels

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• El poder de Dios para la salvación no es nuestra pasión por Dios, sino la pasión que Él ha mostrado hacia nosotros pecadores al enviar a su propio Hijo para redimirnos.

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  Passion, Son, Salvation

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• 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.

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  Bible, Christian, Expectations

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• Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts-it's able to endure temptations-bec ause it faces them, not because it pretends they're not there.

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  Temptation, Doubt, Able

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• Excellence is being thwarted not only by laziness but by reckless attachment to causes, programs, and - in some cases, leaders.

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  Attachment, Leader, Excellence

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• La clave de la madurez es el tiempo y la comunidad. El discernimiento y la sabiduría piadosa se desarrollan en una comunidad que abarca generaciones. La iglesia está llamada a ser ese lugar donde el Espíritu [de Dios] utiliza los patrones y ritmos normales de la vida cristiana en comunidad, para que podamos dar fruto como un árbol bien regado. A pesar de las apariencias comunes, la iglesia es el lugar donde la nueva creación de Dios está naciendo y siendo sostenida por el Espíritu como un gran viñedo.

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  Christian, Godly, Maturity

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• 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.

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  Christian, Letting Go, Men

  Michael Horton (2011). “Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel”, p.151, Baker Books

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• At the end of the day, we need to stop thinking about what we can make of ourselves and start thinking more about who God is, what he has done and is doing in Christ for us and for our neighbors, and how he can use us and our fellow brothers and sisters to be instruments of his gift-giving.

  Michael Horton

  Brother, Thinking, Giving

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• If we think the main mission of the church is to improve life in Adam and add a little moral strength to this fading evil age, we have not yet understood the radical condition for which Christ is such a radical solution.

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  Thinking, Evil, Age

  Michael Horton (2008). “Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church”, p.211, Baker Books

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