R.C. Sproul
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I said, are you engaged to John who had just walked in the room with her?
I said, well, before we start class, let me just take a moment here.
Let me ask you, since you're now engaged to John, you're planning to marry him, you're wearing his ring, do you love him?
And she said, well, of course I love him.
I said, now tell me why you love him.
And she thought for a second.
She said, I love him because he's so intelligent.
I said, you won't get any argument from me.
He's an excellent student, on the dean's list every semester, probably has an all-college 3.8.
But here's Bill over here on the other side of the room.
He's got a straight four-point, and I know that students can get good grades just by extra labor, and some of them are educated beyond their intelligence.
But I think, and in the case of Bill, he's an intelligent student.
I said, but you're not in love with Bill.
I said, so Mary, there must be something about John that you love that's not in Bill.