Friday, December 15, 2017

R.C. Sproul Died

I just found out that Robert Charles (R.C.) Sproul died yesterday, which is, sad.

While I am sure Sproul was a nice guy (he was socially conservative as I am), such has to be balanced with the fact that Sproul preached a false gospel and a very impotent conception of God and his abilities. Note the following where he writes that, if God allowed mankind to have genuine free-will, he would be rendered impotent(!)

If there is one single molecule in this universe running around loose, totally free of God’s sovereignty, then we have no guarantee that a single promise of God will ever be fulfilled. Perhaps that one maverick molecule will lay waste all the grand and glorious plans that God has made and promised to us. If a grain of sand in the kidney of Oliver Cromwell changed the course of English history, so our maverick molecule could change the course of all redemption history. Maybe that one molecule will be the thing that prevents Christ from returning. (R.C. Sproul, Chosen by God [rev ed.: Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 1986], 16).

For more on the false gospel preached by Sproul, see, for e.g.:

R.C Sproul fails on Justification and "iustificare"


For more on the problems of Calvinism, including biblical proof that Sproul's conception of God and human free will was in great error, see, for e.g.:

An Examination and Critique of the Theological Presuppositions Underlying Reformed Theology