Quotes about Belief

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.

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

DID JESUS EVER CLAIM TO BE GOD?

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.

If the church didn't place true value on a person's questioning, then we were effectively absolving ourselves of any responsibility to that person.

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