Home / Authors / Nancy Pearcey

Nancy Pearcey Quotes

Author

Nancy Pearcey is a renowned American author and scholar, born in 1952. Her works focus on philosophy, religion, and science, and are highly praised for their in-depth analysis and unique insights.

Filter quotes by topic

All Worldview Humans Christian Reality World Doe People Christianity Firsts Idols Mind Secular Church Function Intellectual Materialism Matter Mean Philosophy Views

Famous Nancy Pearcey Quotes

“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.”

World Matter Suffering Attitude Enlightenment Seeking Indifference Detachment Cultivating Gnosticism

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“Modern secular thought has its own dualism: It treats only the physical world as knowable and testable, while locking everything else - mind, spirit, morality, meaning - into the realm of private, subjective feelings. The so-called fact/value split.”

World Mind Facts Feelings Spirit Values Modern Morality Treats Realms Splits Secular Subjective Dualism

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“Materialists try to live in the lower story NON-MATERIAL WORLD Subjective, Superstitious, Mental Constructs MATERIAL WORLD Objective, Scientific, Knowable Facts”

World Trying Facts Stories Materials Objectives Constructs Subjective Superstitious Material World

Book:Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes

Source: Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes

“'Biblical worldview'. The term means literally a 'view of the world', a biblically informed perspective on all of reality. A worldview is like a mental map that tells you how to navigate the world effectively. It is the imprint of God's objective truth on our inner life.”

World Mean Reality Term Views Perspective Objectives Maps Biblical Worldview Inner Life Navigate Objective Truth Biblical Worldview

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“When we encounter the world of ideas for the first time, we easily get overwhelmed. Scripture is telling us, 'Don't be distracted by the details. Cut to the core by asking, What is its idol?' Whatever functions as its God substitute will shape everything else.”

World Firsts Ideas Cutting Shapes First Time Function Asking Details Core Scripture Encounters Substitutes Idols Overwhelmed Distracted

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“A part is always too limited to explain the whole. You might picture a worldview as trying to stuff the entire universe into a box. Invariably, something will stick out of the box. Its categories are too "small" to explain the world.”

World Trying Whole Might Universe Stuff Sticks Boxes Categories Worldview

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“In many cases students are never exposed to competing ideas within their families, churches, or Christian schools, and as a result they go out into the world unprepared for the intellectual battles they are about to encounter, especially on secular college campuses.”

World Ideas School Christian Church Results Cases Students College Battle Intellectual Encounters Exposed Secular Competing Campus Unprepared College Campus Christian Schools

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“Having a Christian worldview means being utterly convinced that biblical principles are not only true but also work better in the grit and grime of the real world.”

World Mean Real Christian Principles Convinced Real World Biblical Worldview Grit Grime Christian Worldview

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“The sense of all stylistic change is that the underlying view of the world changes.”

World Views

Author:Nancy Pearcey

About the Author

Born: 1952
Known for: Author
Quotes: 90

Books & Sources

Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God SubstitutesRelated source material

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural CaptivityRelated source material

Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, and MeaningRelated source material

Similar Authors

Roger E. OlsonBrowse related quotes
Michael S. HeiserBrowse related quotes
Francis SchaefferBrowse related quotes
Charles ColsonBrowse related quotes
Greg KouklBrowse related quotes
Albert MohlerBrowse related quotes
Ronald H. NashBrowse related quotes
Andy StanleyBrowse related quotes
Ravi ZachariasBrowse related quotes
Hank HanegraaffBrowse related quotes