Jonathan Morrow > Quotes

“good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.”
― Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture

“The frustration most Christians experience is what we might call “spiritual feedback” from their effort to grow themselves rather than resting in the work of God for them and in them. This”
― Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture

“you don’t have to have all the answers; you just need to learn how to ask good questions.”
― Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture

“The differences between religions are worth debating. Theology has consequences: It shapes lives, families, nations, cultures, wars; it can change people, save them from themselves, and sometimes warp or even destroy them. If we tiptoe politely around this reality, then we betray every teacher, guru and philosopher—including Jesus of Nazareth and the Buddha both—who ever sought to resolve the most human of all problems: How then should we live?6”
― Jonathan Morrow, Questioning the Bible: 11 Major Challenges to the Bible's Authority

“The measure of spiritual maturity is our ability to love God and people. Arrogance”
― Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture

“truth without love and grace will create suspicion and resentment. David”
― Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture

“Knowledge without devotion is cold, dead orthodoxy. Devotion without knowledge is irrational instability. But true knowledge of God includes understanding everything from his perspective. Theology is learning to think God’s thoughts after him.”
― Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture

“S. Lewis put it, “If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth—only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and, in the end, despair.”7”
― Jonathan Morrow, Questioning the Bible: 11 Major Challenges to the Bible's Authority

“We are cruel to ourselves if we try to live in this world without knowing about the God whose world it is and who runs it. The world becomes a strange, mad, painful place, and life in it a disappointing and unpleasant business, for those who do not know about God.”
― Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture

“Biblical faith is not belief in spite of the evidence but belief in light of the evidence. Science”
― Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture

“Sound doctrine is not an add-on to the Christian life; it is the foundation. After”
― Jonathan Morrow, Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture