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“The faith that the Bible speaks of is not antithetical to reason. It is not just a will to believe, everything to the contrary notwithstanding. It is not a predisposition to force every piece of information to fit into the mold of one’s desires. Faith in the biblical sense is substantive, based on the knowledge that the One in whom that faith is placed has proven that He is worthy of that trust. In its essence, faith is a confidence in the person of Jesus Christ and in His power, so that even when His power does not serve my end, my confidence in Him remains because of who He is.”
― Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
― Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
“Christ in you,” said the apostle Paul, is “the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27).”
― Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
― Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
“Driven by fear, people run for security to mountains and forests, to sacred spots and shrines. But none of these can be a safe refuge, because they cannot free the mind from fear.”
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“Learning will not alter men's natural tempers, nor cure them of their sinful distempers; nor will it change the constitution of things in this world; a vale of tears it is and so it will be when all is done.”
― The Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
― The Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
“And as to the pleasure of a scholar removed from religion, it is indeed rational and intellectual; but it is only the pleasure of the mind in knowing truths, and not its enjoying good. Solomon, who had as much of this pleasure as ever any man has had, and as nice a taste of it, yet has assured us from his own experience that in much wisdom of this kind is much grief, and “he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow” (Ecclesiastes 1:18). But the pleasures which a holy soul has in knowing God and in communion with him are not only of a spiritual nature, but they are satisfying; they fill the soul, and make a happiness adequate to its best affections.”
― The Pleasantness of a Religious Life
― The Pleasantness of a Religious Life
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