Tony Walker

“desire for union "cannot be because of our imperfection, but because we are made in the image of God; for the more perfect any creature is, the more strong this inclination.”
― Amy Plantinga Pauw, The Supreme Harmony of All: The Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards

“But when we enquire into what lies beyond the observable universe, when we seek to reflect on the metaphysical, there is no data for us to make use of. We cannot touch, see or hear God directly. Yet the Christian faith is based on the assertion that there once was a time when he chose to speak, and to clothe himself with a body which could be seen and touched. So in the New Testament, John began his first letter with the claim, ‘That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched...we proclaim to you...”
― John R.W. Stott, Basic Christianity

“The key issue is this: Must we have a comprehensive knowledge of God in order to have true knowledge of God? One of the first principles in systematic theology regarding God is the doctrine of His incomprehensibility. This means that no human can now or will ever have a totally exhaustive, comprehensive knowledge and understanding of God. God is infinite in His excellence, and we, even in heaven, will not have an infinite perspective to understand Him. We are finite creatures, and by virtue of our creatureliness, our understanding of God is limited. If, indeed, a comprehensive picture of God were required to have a true understanding of Him, this would mean that we could have no true knowledge of God because we certainly don’t have a comprehensive knowledge of Him. Therefore, the fact that our knowledge of God is partial does not mean that our knowledge is untrue.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“People participate in community in different ways, and people move among community at different rates. We all have our own pace, and there are times in our individual lives of faith when we move at different speeds. Sometimes our progress comes in leaps and bounds, but most of the time it feels slow. It usually takes introverts longer to attach. But the point is not how fast we’re moving but that we are moving.”
― Adam S. McHugh, Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture