“The idea that Christianity is basically a religion of moral improvement... has its roots in the liberal Protestantism of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century... It is this stereotype which continues to have influence today... But then came the First World War... What had gone wrong was that the idea of sin had been abandoned by liberal Christianity as some kind of unnecessary hangover from an earlier and less enlightened period in Christian history.” WorldFirstsKindIdeasWarTodayChristianSinMoralChristianityGoneInfluenceCenturyPeriodsLateRootsImprovementWar Of The WorldsEnlightenedAbandonedUnnecessaryStereotypeTwentieth CenturyNineteenth CenturyHangoverProtestantismFirst World War Author:Alister E. McGrath
“We live in a world of competing narratives. In the end, we have to decide for ourselves which is right. And having made that decision, we then need to inhabit the story we trust.” WorldNeedsMadeEndsStoriesDecisionNarrativeCompeting Author:Alister E. McGrath
“Hope is a settled state of mind, in which we see the world in its true light, and look forward to our final homecoming in heaven.” WorldMindLooksStatesLightHeavenFinalsState Of MindHomecoming Author:Alister E. McGrath
“The true believer is not someone who disengages from this world in order to focus on heaven, but rather the one who tries to make this world more like heaven.” WorldTryingOrderHeavenFocusThis WorldBelieverTrue Believer Author:Alister E. McGrath
“Our present world contains clues...to another world-a world which we can begin to experience now, but will only know in all its fullness at the end of things.” KnowsWorldEndsInspirational LifeClueFullnessAnother World Author:Alister E. McGrath
“The idea of ‘calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about serving God in the world” WorldIdeasCallingLeavingServingServing God Book:Reformation Thought: An Introduction Source: Reformation Thought: An Introduction
