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 \nR.C.SPROUL  \nhttps://archive.org/details/whatcanidowithmy0000spro_l8m8  \n# What Can IDo with My Guilt?\n\nCrucial Questions booklets provide a quickintroduction to definitive Christian truths.Thisexpanding collection includes titles such as:  \nWho Is Jesus?  \nCan I Trust the Bible?  \nDoes Prayer Change Things?  \nCan I Know God's Will?  \nHow Should I Live in This World?  \nWhat Does It Mean to Be Born Again?  \nCan I Be Sure I'm Saved?  \nWhat Is Faith?  \nWhat Can IDo with My Guilt?  \nWhat Is the Trinity?  \nTO BROWSE THE REST OF THE SERIES,PLEASE VISIT:REFORMATIONTRUST.COM/Co  \nWhat CanI Do withMy Guilt?  \nR.C.SPROUL  \n# What Can I Do with My Guilt?⑥2011 by R.C.Sproul\n\nPublished by Reformation Trust Publishinga division of Ligonier Ministries421 Ligonier Court,Sanford,FL32771Ligonier.org ReformationTrust.com  \nPrinted in ChinaRR Donnelley0001018First edition,ninth printing  \nISBN 978-1-64289-044-0(Paperback)  \nISBN 978-1-64289-072-3(ePub)  \nISBN 978-1-64289-100-3(Kindle)  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored ina retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic,mechanical,photocopy,recording,or otherwise-without the prior writtenpermission of the publisher,Reformation Trust Publishing.The onlyexception is brief quotations in published reviews.  \nCover design:Ligonier Creative  \nInterior typeset:Katherine Lloyd,The DESK  \nAll Scripture quotations are from the ESV®Bible(The Holy Bible,EnglishStandard Version),copyright ◎2001 by Crossway,a publishing ministry ofGood News Publishers.Used by permission.All rights reserved.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nSproul,R.C.(Robert Charles),1939-2017What can I do with my guilt?/R.C.Sproul.p.cm.--(The crucial questions series)ISBN 978-1-56769-258-7  \n1.Guilt--Religious aspects--Christianity.2.Forgiveness--Religious aspects--Christianity.I.Title.II.Series.BT722.S672011234'.5--dc22  \n2011014993  \nContents  \nOne Guilt and Guilt Feelings…………………………………………1  \nTwo Dealing with Guilt …………………………………………………21  \nThree The Cure—Forgiveness…………………………………………35  \n# Guilt andGuilt Feelings\n\nDuring my career as a seminary professor,I frequentlyhave been called upon to teach courses on Christianapologetics.The term apologetics comes from the Greek wordapologia,which means “to make a reply.”Thus,the disciplineofapologetics is not concerned with apologizing for beinga Christian,as the term might suggest.Rather,its aim is toprovide a rational,intellectual defense of the truth claims ofChristianity and to answer objections that people raise to thefaith.This can be a very abstract,philosophical enterprise.  \n# What Can I Do with My Guilt?\n\nAsI engage in apologetics,I often converse with peoplewho are not Christian believers;some of them are indiffer-ent,while others are openly hostile to Christianity.For thisreason,when I have these discussions,I often encounterquestions about various truth claims.I think,as FrancisSchaeffer used to say,that it is the Christian responsibilityto give honest answers to honest questions,as far as we areable,so I try my best to do that.  \nSooner or later,however,particularly in discussions withskeptics and people who are philosophically hostile to Chris-tianity,I pause from my attempts to give answers and raise aparticularly pointed question of my own.I say:“Weve dis-cussed the abstractions,the rational arguments for the exis-tence ofGod and so on.Let's lay those aside just fora momentand let me ask you this:What do you do with your guilt?”  \nThis question often provokes a dramatic shift in thetenor of the discussion.It touches on something that isa visceral matter for many people,something that affectsthem at an existential level,so it moves the discussionbeyond the abstract realm.In most instances,the personwith whom I am speaking does not become angry when Iask this question.Sometimes the person will say that he hasno guilt or that guilt is simply a term invented by religious  \n—","cbCaiiOi1kNQoSgI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiOi1kNQoSgI","pdf",2198080,68,"English","# One Guilt and Guilt Feelings\n# Two Dealing with Guilt\n# Three The Cure—Forgiveness","[{\"question\":\"Why does Sproul raise the question about guilt during apologetics discussions?\",\"answer\":\"He asks it after rational arguments and abstractions, because guilt is a visceral existential issue that can shift the conversation beyond theory to real life.\"},{\"question\":\"What meaning does Sproul give to apologetics?\",\"answer\":\"Apologetics is presented as a rational, intellectual defense of Christianity’s truth claims and a response to objections people raise.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book structure its treatment of guilt?\",\"answer\":\"It progresses from guilt and guilt feelings, to dealing with guilt, and then to forgiveness as the cure.\"}]","What Can I Do with My Guilt? 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