Inspirational Quotes by Michael S. Horton
Michael S. Horton
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“Works are witnesses to, not the basis of, our right standing before God.”
“The choice is not between drama and no drama but which drama? Is it a drama that God is staging for the redemption of a people, or is it a drama that we are staging for God and for each other or for the unchurched? The show must go on, but whose is it?”
“Whether we are “traditionalists” or “progressivists,” the deeper question is whether we regard the service primarily in terms of God’s action and our response or in terms of our action and God’s passive appreciation.”
“the Sabbath should not be treated as a blank space in the week but as the one space that is filled and overflowing with the richest gifts of divine activity.”
“We do not come to church to affirm our faithfulness, our devotion, our praise, and our up-to-the-minute emotional state but to be addressed, undressed, and re-dressed by God.”
“When the style of our music is always upbeat, loud, and ascending in enthusiasm, we miss the range of biblical teaching about God, ourselves, worship, and the Christian life.”
“We need to really hear the law in all its threatening power, and then we will be prepared to flee to Christ for safety.”
“These then are the two grand narratives: “in Adam” and “in Christ.” One is a narrative of pointless rebellion against a good God and his creation, leading only to frustration and death; the other is a narrative of redemption and reconciliation, consummated in everlasting life with the Triune God in a restored cosmos.”
“Losing confidence in the external world as providing a narrative plot, moderns turned inward, and when they couldn’t find anything inside to make any sense of their lives, they became aimless wanderers, seekers who are “always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth” (2 Tim. 3:7).”
“As a receiving instrument, faith comes by hearing, while idolatry is engendered by the impatient demand for that which is seen and experienced directly by the senses.”
“We want big results-sooner rather than later. And we've forgotten that God showers his extraordinary gifts through ordinary means of grace, loves us through ordinary fellow image bearers, and sends us into the world to love and serve others in ordinary callings. Michael Horton, Ordinary, 14”
“Like every other area of life, we have come to believe that growth in Christ — as individuals or as churches — can and should be programmed to generate predictable outcomes that are unrealistic and are not even justified biblically. We want big results — sooner rather than later.”
“All of this means that the call to contentment is a summons to realize and accept our place in Christ and his body — and, more broadly, our place in the gift exchange in society through common grace. This cuts off at the root the discontentment — ambition — to change our station in life not only in the direction of prosperity, but also in a self-imposed poverty. “I know how to be brought low,” Paul says, “and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Phil 4:12 – 13). Restless”
“Where did we get the idea that older folks need to be given a “kid-free” environment with other “golden oldies,” and that men’s groups and women’s groups are more meaningful than the communion of saints?”
“If your personal relationship with Jesus is utterly unique, then it is not properly Christian.”
“Paul never encouraged Timothy to contemplate his personal “legacy.”
“Over time, the hype of living a new life, taking up a radical calling, and changing the world can creep into every area of our life. And it can make us tired, depressed, and mean.”
“You pursue excellence when you care about something other than your own excellence.”
“In the covenant of grace, God says to us, “I’m with you to the end, come what may.” Only from this position of security can we say the same to our spouse, children, and fellow believers. And from this deepest contentment we can fulfill our covenants in the world “as unto the Lord,” even when others break their contracts.”
“God’s commands are focused on what it means to be in a relationship with others: to trust in God alone and to love and worship him in the way he approves and to look out for the good of our fellow image bearers.”
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