John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

 The Bible says nothing about how much sorrow one must have before he can accept Christ so I have no doctrine about that. The Bible says that "godly sorrow worketh repentance" (II Cor. 7:10), so any time one honestly turns in his heart to Christ, he has had enough sorrow for sin to be saved. Of course no one turns from his sins and turns to Christ unless he is sorry for his sin and wants to be saved. But the Bible makes no issue about that and, of course, no one else ought to. There ought to be plain preaching against sin. People ought to be taught to turn from sin in genuine repentance. ― John R. Rice, Dr. Rice, Here Are More Questions

This world is only an anteroom of the next. This short life is incidental compared with eternity. This world is not home to the Christian.

― John R. Rice, Bible Facts About Heaven

God is ready and waiting to receive sinners who put their heart's trust in Jesus and want to be saved, and to pretend that He requires a long period of mourning and sorrow before He will accept a sinner and save him is contrary to the teaching of the Bible.

― John R. Rice, Dr. Rice, Here Are More Questions

Jesus says that one is a fool to even be slow to "believe all that the prophets have spoken." And to prove His point, "beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself." Jesus believed the Pentateuch, "all the prophets," and literally "all the scriptures," and knew that therein were divine prophecies concerning Himself. Jesus said that a man is a fool to be even slow to believe the Bible! - John R. Rice [A Coffer of Jewels About the Bible, pg. 28]

So let every one who counts his blessings think of the unfailing favor of God who, day after day, has supplied food to satisfy the body, to delight the heart.

How fitting that, with bowed heads and reverent hearts, every home at mealtime should thank God for the food. What wicked ingratitude it is to eat like pigs with both feet in the feed trough, without a heartfelt thank-you to the Giver of every good and perfect gift! - John R. Rice [Count Your Blessings, pg. 21]

Thanksgiving day should only be one day to make official and public the praise that should resound in our hearts and testimonies throughout the year. By divine inspiration, David wrote, "I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth"! (Ps. 34:1). Again he said, "And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long" (Ps. 35:28). - John R. Rice [Count Your Blessings, pg. 2]