Quotes About Belief

God has put enough into this world to make faith in Him a most reasonable thing. But He has left enough out to make it impossible to live by sheer reason alone. Faith and reason must always work together in that plausible blend.

I have little doubt that the single greatest obstacle to the impact of the gospel has not been its inability to provide answers, but the failure on our part to live it out.

We are living in a time when sensitivities are at the surface, often vented with cutting words. Philosophically, you can believe anything, so long as you do not claim it to be true. Morally, you can practice anything, so long as you do not claim that it is a "better" way. Religiously, you can hold to anything, so long as you do not bring Jesus Christ into it. If a spiritual idea is eastern, it is granted critical immunity; if western, it is thoroughly criticized.

If atheism is correct, his nauseating list from genocide to infanticide does not describe God's character but the people who claim to believe in God.

Algunas personas se niegan a creer en Dios porque admitir que existe significa tener que responder a su Creador.

It is not goodness we are called to, but worship.

Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:31

Whatever worldview we espouse, dialogue and debate should take place with civility and courteous listening. But our times make that ideal so elusive. Holding a supposedly noble belief and reducing it to ignoble means of propagation makes the one who holds that belief suspect.

Christianity does not promise that you will have every question fully answered to your satisfaction before you die, but the answers it gives are consistently consistent.

ARE THE RECORDS OF JESUS' LIFE RELIABLE?

Sometimes religion can be the greatest roadblock to true spirituality. The

DID JESUS EVER CLAIM TO BE GOD?

DID JESUS REALLY PERFORM MIRACLES?

DID JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD?

Prayer teaches us faith—and prayer is hard work. It is not a guarantor of getting what we want or a substitute for action. Rather, it undergirds our action with the strength that makes the difference.

I often put it this way: God has put enough into this world to make faith in Him a most reasonable thing. But He has left enough out to make it impossible to live by sheer reason alone. Faith and reason must always work together in that plausible blend.

The gift of faith is precisely what makes it possible for us to accept that God works in His own way (which is not always our way), in His own time, and for His purpose.

This is why Jesus challenged the notion that more evidence would have generated more faith. George Macdonald said years ago that to give truth to him who does not love the truth is to only give more reasons for misinterpretation.

True faith depends not only on God's power but also on His wisdom.

Dios no muestra su obra en términos abstractos, prefiere lo concreto, y esto significa que, al final de tu vida, a tu corazón le sucederá una de tres cosas: se volverá duro, roto, o tierno.

fe pertenece al ámbito de la mente. Si no crees que Dios tiene el dominio y que te formó para un propósito, naufragarás en el turbulento mar de la falta de propósito, te ahogarás en las corrientes y flotarás a la deriva en medio de la nada.

The reality is that if religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth

Faith is not bereft of reason. F

If, when I am restless, I am wishing there were a God, why not trade that for a belief that tells me that when I am meditating, I am God, and that the momentary excursions into humanity are nothing more than illusion?