Daryl Struemph

“A spirit of pride and a spirit of religion go hand in hand, and they strengthen each other by hiding each other.” Pride keeps a person from admitting they’ve become religious, and religion covers up the pride by its spiritual behavior.”
― John Paul Bevere, The Awe of God: The Astounding Way a Healthy Fear of God Transforms Your Life

“else.’7 What we believe about the world and how we interact with it will very much depend on the worldview that we adopt. When I put my contact lenses in my eyes every morning, suddenly the blurry outlines of my house become clear and distinct. If I then put on a pair of sunglasses as I step outside into bright sunlight, my view of the world will change again. Inhabiting a Christian, atheist or other religious worldview is somewhat like putting on a pair of glasses that changes our focus. The worldview different people adopt might just as easily be an unexamined Western consumerism or strongly held political ideology. Whatever our worldview may be, none of us have unimpeded 20/20 vision when it comes to the true picture of reality. Our assumptions, beliefs and values act as a filter through which we interpret and engage the world around us. In the Christian worldview, intellectual arguments and evidence may help us to establish the fact that God exists and has been revealed in Jesus Christ. But the real task of faith is coming to see the whole world through Christ-focused spectacles.”
― Justin Brierley, Unbelievable?: Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian

“So Paul does not look to the Corinthians for his identity. He does not go to them for the verdict that he is a ‘somebody’. He does not get that sense of identity from them. But he does not get it from himself either. He knows that trying to find self-esteem by living up to a certain set of standards is a trap.”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

“If we can show that none of those objections need constitute an insurmountable obstacle, then the road may be clear enough for the person to walk towards faith in Christ. But here’s the catch. They still have to be willing to walk down that road. No argument will force them to do that.”
― Justin Brierley, Unbelievable?: Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian