“No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.” MatterGovernmentSchoolTeacherLike YouLocalsAgentsSchool Teachers Author:Nancy Pearcey
“In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.” WorldMatterSufferingAttitudeEnlightenmentSeekingIndifferenceDetachmentCultivatingGnosticism Author:Nancy Pearcey
“An idol is not necessarily something concrete, like a golden calf. It can also be something abstract, like matter. Is matter part of the created order? Sure it is. So the philosophy of materialism qualifies as an idol in the biblical sense.” MatterPhilosophyOrderGoldenAbstractMaterialismIdolsConcreteBiblicalCalves Author:Nancy Pearcey
“The most consistent versions of materialism deny the reality of anything beyond matter - no soul, no spirit, no will, no mind. This is called reductionism: Humans are reduced to biochemical machines.” MindHumansSoulMatterRealitySpiritMachinesDenyVersionsConsistentMaterialismReductionism Author:Nancy Pearcey
“The gospel is like a caged lion,' said the great baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon. 'It does not need to be defended, it simply needs to be let out of it's cage' Today, the cage is our accommodation to the secular/sacred split that reduces Christianity to a matter of personal belief. To unlock the cage, we need to become utterly convinced that, as Francis Schaeffer said, Christianity is not merely religious truth, it is total truth- truth about the whole of reality.” NeedsDoeSaidMatterWholeRealityTodayBeliefReligiousChristianitySacredConvincedLionsPreacherSplitsSecularCagesBaptistsCagedAccommodationsPersonal BeliefsReligious TruthSpurgeon Author:Nancy Pearcey
