Faith Quotes by Alister E. McGrath

8 Faith quotes by Alister E. McGrath

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Alister E. McGrath’s eight compact remarks on faith provide a quick taste of his academic yet accessible style. Each line bridges theological insight with everyday relevance.

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“Lewis's mental map of reality had difficulty accommodating the trauma of the Great War. Like so many, he found the settled way…

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Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

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Suffering does not call into question the "big picture" of the Christian faith. It reminds us that we do not see the…

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The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and…

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For Luther, it (faith) is an undeviating, trusting outlook appointment life, a constant stance of the trustworthiness of the promises of God.

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Faith is not something that goes against the evidence, it goes beyond it. The evidence is saying to us, 'There is another…

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At Oxford University, the certainties of my atheist faith (and atheism is a faith) began to crumble

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“The author compares the struggles of Martin Luther with the prevailing doctrine that a little genuine effort on our part results in…

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The success of the Inklings also helps us to see criticism in a positive light. There are, unfortunately, people who boost their own sense…

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“The medieval period based its scriptural exegesis upon the Vulgate translation of the Bible. There was no authorized version of this text, despite the…

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“Lewis's mental map of reality had difficulty accommodating the trauma of the Great War. Like so many, he found the settled way of looking…

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Good does not triumph unless good people rise to the challenges around them.

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Surely the better way is to pursue a generous orthodoxy, seeing disagreements in the context of the greater agreements which bind us together.

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Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

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We live on earth; our homeland is in heaven.

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The true believer is not someone who disengages from this world in order to focus on heaven, but rather the one who tries to…

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“The rising influence of lay piety is particularly marked upon the Mariological controversies of the late medieval period. Two rival positions developed: the maculist…

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