“We have endless books about whether Jesus existed, or whether the Jesus we have learned about is really accurate and historical or mythical. We have endless complicated tracts on fine technical issues, but we don't explore Jesus' way to happiness and peace, or try to understand his feelings about God and creation of how he views our relationship with God, or his attitude toward human weakness. Understanding these things could help us immensely in our own search for inner peace and a meaning to life.” WayTryingHumansBookHelpingFeelingsJesusUnderstandingViewsAttitudeChristianityIssuesCreationFineWeaknessHistoricalComplicatedInner PeaceEndlessChristian LifeAccurateOur RelationshipRelationship With GodMeaning Life Author:Joseph Girzone
“I have said it many a time, and am surer of it than ever, that the life and death issue of Christianity is the inspiration and authority of the Bible.” SaidInspirationChristianityIssuesAuthorityLife And Death Author:J. Sidlow Baxter
“Christianity is seen by more and more people as a negative message: anti gay, anti immigrant, anti abortion (as the only life issue), anti gay marriage, anti the Democratic party.” PeoplePartyChristianityIssuesGayMessagesNegativeDemocraticAbortionImmigrantsGay MarriageDemocratic PartyAnti AbortionAnti Gay Author:Richard Rohr
“Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive. And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.” StrongDifferencesChristianityOpinionIssuesGroupsPositionSeriousIntellectualTheologyTendenciesDiscussionBiasControversyTheologicalDifferences Of Opinion Author:Bill Vaughan
“I don't perceive an anti-religious agenda, especially with regard to Christians and Christianity. The issue being debated was creationism, the idea that the Earth is 6,000 years old. As I understand it, this involves the Bible's Old Testament exclusively.” YearsIdeasEarthChristianReligiousChristianityIssuesRegardPerceiveAgendasTestamentOld TestamentCreationismAnti Religious Author:Bill Nye
“For me it's an issue of are we afraid of ourselves? And we inherit a huge bunch of idealogical baggage, not only Christianity, but Freudianism, and Marxism . . . We inherit all kinds of idealogical baggage designed to make us fear ourselves.” KindChristianityIssuesHugeBunchAll KindsMarxismBaggage Author:Terence McKenna
“I'm not sure if Cupitt himself still uses this term, but it's useful in suggesting that, actually, there are more choices than the choice between nihilism and faith. In fact, the issue may not be faith as such but the fact that for millennia, Christianity has buttressed itself with a particular kind of metaphysics that has now seemingly reached the end of its life-span. But perhaps Buddhist metaphysics could provide an alternative here - or, at least, offer a direction of travel.” IfsKindMayStillsEndsFactsUseChoicesTermChristianityIssuesParticularOffersBuddhistAlternativesNot SureMetaphysicsNihilismSuggestingLife Span Author:George Pattison
“I think the Resurrection continues to be a pivotal issue, a pivotal question for people. I think a lot of other issues have been raised in interim years, about the nature of truth, of course gender issues, issues involving social matters like abortion and euthanasia and so forth, those swirl about and change from time to time, but I think the fundamental question of whether or not Christianity is true ultimately goes back to the Resurrection.” PeopleThinkingYearsHas BeensMatterCoursesSocialChristianityIssuesFundamentalsRaisedGenderAbortionResurrectionInvolvingEuthanasiaSwirlsPivotalInterimGender Issues Author:Lee Strobel