Quotes from Michael Horton

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

You can't find a YouTube clip to become a craftsman, friend, parent - or disciple of Christ. It's all of grace. And to grow in that grace, you need two things: time and community.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.