Choosing My Religion
Overview
How do you complete the sentence, “I believe in…”? That statement is your religion, which shapes your loves, ideals, behavior, and goals. But look out! Unless you’ve done some cool, clear thinking, your religion may not be worth believing. In Choosing My Religion R. C. Sproul evaluates the only two foundations for belief; favorite-flavor-ice-cream truth (one religion is as good as another, so pick one that works for you) and jellybean total truth (only one ultimate truth can fit you into the reality that really is real). These are the options. In Choosing My Religion you’ll find help in arriving at sound answers to life’s big questions.
Top Highlights
“A religion is a life-defining system of believed truths. Stated another way: Religion is how I complete the sentence: ‘I believe in.…’” (source)
“If my feelings call the moral shots, and there truly is no absolute truth to worry about, what possible difference does it make what my subjective feelings tell me to do? It may feel right to help a little old lady across the street or it may feel right to mug her and cut her throat. If there is no absolute standard, then saying an action ‘feels right’ makes as much sense as saying something ‘feels yellow.’” (source)
“You are not redeemed by a profession of faith. You do not receive the benefits of Christ and the inheritance of the Father by a claim to faith, or by a decision for faith, but by the possession of faith. It must be real. The threat of God’s judgment is real. The satisfaction of his justice by Christ is real. And the faith must be real.” (source)
“To say that absolutely nothing is absolutely true is to affirm absolute truth. If that argument is true, then it is automatically false. Either way it is wrong.” (source)
“But you must choose, and that choice will be your religion” (source)
- Title: Choosing My Religion
- Author: R. C. Sproul
- Edition: electronic ed.
- Publisher: Baker
- Print Publication Date: 1995
- Logos Release Date: 2000
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Apologetics
- ISBNs: 9780801055751, 080105575X
- Resource ID: LLS:40.150.2
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:17:14Z
R. C. Sproul (1939– 2017) was a respected teacher, theologian, pastor. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries where he served as executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Sproul held degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, Free University of Amsterdam, and Whitefield Theological Seminary. He taught at several colleges and seminaries including Reformed Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He served as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, in Sanford, Florida. Sproul’s teaching can be heard daily on the ‘Renewing Your Mind’ radio broadcast which plays in over 40 countries.
Sproul wrote over 70 books and articles including the classic The Holiness of God and several theological articles in Tabletalk magazine.