“Religion without faith is a deadly thing.” -R.C. Sproul
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The Nature of Faith
“I tried to represent faith as falling into Christ’s arms, and I thought I made it so plain that the wayfaring man could not err therein. When I had finished preaching, a young man came to me and said, “But, sir, I cannot fall upon Christ’s arms.” I replied at once, “Tumble into them anyhow; faint away into Christ’s arms, or die into Christ’s arms, so long as you get there.” Many talk of what they can do and what they cannot do, and I fear they miss the vital point. Faith is leaving off can-ing and cannot-ing, and leaving it all to Christ, for he can do all things, though you can do nothing.” -Charles Spurgeon, Talks to Farmers
Biblical Faith is Not a Leap in the Dark (Unless You Have a Low View of God)
“True faith is never unreasonable, because its object is always trustworthy.” -John Stott, Understanding the Bible
Your God-Given Spam Folder
“Scientists estimate that for every hundred pieces of information that enter our brains, ninety-nine end up in the spam folder.1 Noticing only one thing out of every hundred is a good thing. As many suffering autistic people will tell you, if you don’t have a good mental spam filter, you can be overwhelmed with useless and harmful data.” -David Murray, The Happy Christian
You Have To Do It Awhile, First
“There are a great many things [in Christianity] that cannot be understood until after you have gone a certain distance along the Christian road.” -C.S. Lewis
Calm, Better Than Any Drug Could Give
“Stronger than any chemical tranquilizer is trust in our all-knowing God.” -John Stott
The Focus of Counseling
“If my counseling does not help others rely upon Another (upon whom I also rely), I will inevitably teach them to rely on themselves— or on me, or other friends, or medications, or techniques, or pablum “truths” (that are in fact empty or even fictional).” -David Powlison
