Believing God: Twelve Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept

by R. C. Sproul Jr.

Publisher:

Reformation Trust

, 2009

Overview

In his latest book, Believing God, Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. challenges Christians to take a second glance at the promises of God in the Bible in order to see anew the grandeur of what God has committed himself to do for his people. Sproul explores 12 of the most significant promises in Scripture, methodically unpacking each divine pledge. He shows that while Christians may express trust in God’s words, they refuse, in numerous ways, to stake their lives on what he says.

In the final analysis, the book functions as a mirror in which every reader with a teachable heart will see how he or she can more fully believe God. All Christians who appreciate careful biblical teaching and heartfelt passion for God will appreciate and benefit from this book.

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Key Features

• Foreword: “The Shadow of Death” by Ray Comfort
• Preface by the author
• Exploration of 12 significant promises in Scripture

Contents

Top Highlights

“We have difficulty believing the promises of God, those covenants of grace that we have been looking at together, because it doesn’t look as if they will come to pass. The Devil delights for us to see with our eyes rather than to see through faith, what Scripture calls the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Heb. 11:1, emphasis added). Satan’s goal is less about tempting us to fall into more flamboyant sins and more about encouraging us not to believe God.” (Page 102)

“Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil people and imposters will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived’ (2 Tim. 3:10–13).” (Page 5)

“This is how Paul begins chapter 3 of 2 Timothy: ‘But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God’ (vv. 1–4). That sounds like us, doesn’t it?” (Page 4)

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“Our problem in the evangelical church isn’t, I believe, that we aren’t trained well enough to grasp the hard teachings of the Bible, but that we are too worldly to believe the plain promises of the Bible.” (Page 6)

Praise for the Print Edition

Believing God addresses one of the most significant problems in the church today: We do not take the Bible seriously. Specifically, in regard to God’s amazing promises, we tend to believe only those that seem logical to us. R.C. Sproul Jr. helps us see that in Christ Jesus all of God’s promises are “Yes” and are meant to be believed and relied upon. This book will stimulate your faith.

— Jerry Bridges, Bible teacher, conference speaker, author, The Pursuit of Holiness and other titles

This book is rich provision for all of us who have cried out, “Lord, I believe. Help me in my unbelief.” R.C. Jr. has marshaled the hope of faith for a host of our recurring doubts—that we might be tossed to and fro no longer.

—George Grant, pastor, Parish Presbyterian Church, Franklin, Tennessee, founder, King’s Meadow Study Center

Many years ago, I first heard the cute catchphrase “Some people are just sitting on the premises instead of standing on the promises.” As a fired-up young Christian, I was quite sure it didn’t apply to me. More than fifty years later, Believing God has challenged me to have a reality check. R.C. Sproul Jr.’s excellent approach to twelve key biblical promises achieves the combination of being both forensic and pastoral, clinical and tender, surgical and sympathetic. Read it carefully, apply it diligently—then be sure to pass it on to somebody else. I predict it will do a power of good.

—John Blanchard, preacher, teacher, and apologist author, Does God Believe in Atheists?

Product Details

• Title: Believing God: Twelve Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept
• Author: R.C. Sproul Jr.
• Publisher: Reformation Trust
• Publication Date: 2009
• Pages: 139

About R. C. Sproul Jr.

Robert Craig Sproul, better known as R.C. Sproul, Jr. , is a Calvinist Christian minister and theologian and is the son of Robert Charles Sproul, a noted Reformed theologian and founder of Ligonier Ministries. Sproul holds degrees from Grove City College and Reformed Theological Seminary and received his D. Min. from Whitefield Theological Seminary. Sproul is a Teaching Fellow at Ligonier Ministries and professor and lecturer at Ligonier Academy in both the Bible college and D. Min. programs.