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Sinclair Buchanan Ferguson (born 1948) is a Scottish theologian known in Reformed Christian circles for his teaching, writing, and editorial work. He is Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary since 2017, commuting from Scotland where he is an assistant minister at St. Peter's Free Church of Scotland, Dundee.

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Jesus has a special, compassionate concern for those who are broken and needy.

Broken, Compassionate, Jesus, Needy, Special

God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us.

Cross, Crosses, Doe, God, Loves, Wells

Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.

Commitment, Inspirational, Inspiring, Love, Maximum

To be free from the possibility of discouragements would be more ‘spiritual’ than Jesus-and therefore not truly spiritual at all.

Discouragements, Free, Jesus, Possibility, Spiritual, Would Be

Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian

Christian, God, Knowing, Privilege

When I look at the cross, I learn to say: 'The Son of God loved me, and gave Himself for me' (Galatians 2:20). I begin to believe with Paul that if God did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up to the cross for me, then He loves me so much He will always give me only what will bring me blessing (Romans 8:32).

Believe, Blessing, Galatians, Loves, Son

Spiritual growth depends on two things: first a willingness to live according to the Word of God; second, a willingness to take whatever consequences emerge as a result.

Growth, Spiritual, Things, Two, Willingness

The goal of theology is the worship of God. The posture of theology is on one's knees. The mode of theology is repentance.

Goal, God, Knees, Posture, Worship

Where God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows. Where there is no spirit of worship, there God has been dethroned and displaced.

Has Beens, Inevitably, Spirit, Worship

Without the spirit of the Lord Jesus, we will look upon 'the least of these' simply as the least.

Jesus, Look, Looks, Lord, Spirit

There is a difference between going to a service "for the worship" and going to a service "to worship the Lord. " The distinction appears to be a minor one, but it may imply the difference between the worship of God and the worship of music!

Differences, Imply, Lord, May, Music, Worship

The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly. If you do not so live, you do not live in the presence of the Holy One of Israel.

Constantly, Holiness, Holy, Israel, Way

Thoughts for Young Men abounds in reliable counsel and says - with a rare combination of seriousness and graciousness - the very things we need to hear. Young men, for whom it was written, will find it invaluable; but all Christians, men or women, young or old, can read it with lasting benefit. It deserves to be widely read and circulated, and will do spiritual good to every reader.

Abounds, Christian, Men, Reader, Spiritual, Young

No short-cut that tries to bypass the patient unfolding of the true character of God, and our relationship to him as his children, can ever succeed in providing long-term spiritual therapy.

Character, Children, Spiritual, Succeed, Tries

True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!

Character, Christ, Quality, Strength, Strong

God's promises are not fortune cookies. We do not use them in order to get a spiritual "fix" for the day.

Fix, Fortune, Fortune Cookie, Order, Spiritual, Use

Thankfulness grows best in the seed-bed of conviction, just as some plants must be placed in the soil in the winter if they are to flower in the summer.

Conviction, Flower, Grows, Placed, Summer, Winter

The determining factor of my existence is no longer my past.

Christian, Existence, Factor, Jesus, Longer, Past

The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.

Foundation, Grace, Lies, Lord, Lying

Every day we need our gaze redirected from ourselves to God.

Day, Gaze, God, Needs, Redirected

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