“Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting--it has been found wanting, and not tried.” Has BeensChristianFoundChristianityTruth IsEvidenceSufficientMissionaryIrelandBishopsPatronChristian Truth Author:Os Guinness
“What has happened to create this doubt is that a problem (such as a deep conflict or a bad experience) has been allowed to usurp God's place and become the controlling principle of life. Instead of viewing the problem from the vantage point of faith, the doubter views faith from the vantage point of the problem. Instead of faith sizing up the problem, the situation ends with the problem scaling down faith. The world of faith is upside down, and in the topsy-turvy reality of doubt, a problem has become god and God has become a problem.” WorldHas BeensEndsProblemRealityViewsSituationPrinciplesDoubtHappenedConflictDown AndUpside DownDoubtersVantage PointBad ExperiencesTopsy Turvy Author:Os Guinness
“Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. “I have chosen you,” Jesus said, “you have not chosen me.” We are not our own; we have been bought with a price. We have no rights, only responsibilities. Following Christ is not our initiative, merely our response, in obedience. Nothing works better to debunk the pretensions of choice than a conviction of calling. Once we have been called, we literally “have no choice.” Has BeensSaidChoicesJesusChristResponsibilityRightsModernPositionCallingFundamentalsResponseFollowingConvictionChosenObedienceFollowersInitiativeModern LifePretensionFollowing Christ Author:Os Guinness
