Quotes from Michael Horton

Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the first target of divine criticism.

Long before genetics became a flourishing field, Christians have spoken about sin as an inherited condition.

In such a therapeutic, pragmatic, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps society as ours, the message of God having to do all the work in saving us comes as an offensive shot at our egos.

Eternal joy can never be taken from God's people. Therefore ambition, restlessness, and avarice can be put away for the first time as we rest more and more in the work of the Son of God.

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

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.

God's Word does not merely impart information; it actually creates life. It's not only descriptive; it's effective too, God speaking is God acting.

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.

Baptism is not only a sacrament of our union with Christ; it is also a sacrament of our communion as the body of Christ.

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

The power of God unto salvation is not our passion for God, but the passion He has exhibited toward us sinners by sending his own Son to redeem us.

Evangelicalism as a movement is rushing headlong toward theological ambiguity, which is another way of saying apostasy.