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> [It is not possible to be 'incidentally a Christian.' The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing. This suggests a reason for the dislike of Christians by nominal or non-Christians: their lives contain no overwhelming first but many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/it-is-not-possible-to-be-incidentally-a-christian-the-fact-of/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

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## More by Sheldon Vanauken

> [“At my father's club, sitting before the fire, we had spoken of 'moments made eternity', meaning what are called timeless moments, moments precisely without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/at-my-father-s-club-sitting-before-the-fire-we-had-spoken-of-moments/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [Art is first a seeing and then a revealing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/art-is-first-a-seeing-and-then-a-revealing/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded as proven by two things: his earlier denial of any lawful right or wish to free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/so-englishmen-saw-it-lincoln-s-insincerity-was-regarded-as-proven-by/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [“You have been treated with a severe mercy. You have been brought to see (how true & how v. frequent this is!) that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/you-have-been-treated-with-a-severe-mercy-you-have-been-brought-to/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [“I had always served beauty. Davy and I together had loved beauty. Now, maybe, I was worshipping beauty in the Christian God while Davy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/i-had-always-served-beauty-davy-and-i-together-had-loved-beauty-now/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [“Goodness & love are as real as their terrible opposites, and, in truth, far more real, though I say this mindful of the enormous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/goodness-love-are-as-real-as-their-terrible-opposites-and-in-truth/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [“When we first fell in love in the dead of winter, we said, "If we aren't more in love in lilactime, we shall be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/when-we-first-fell-in-love-in-the-dead-of-winter-we-said-if-we-aren-t/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [A man in the jungle at night, as someone said, may suppose a hyena's growl to be a lion's; but when he hears the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/a-man-in-the-jungle-at-night-as-someone-said-may-suppose-a-hyena-s/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [But Love is the final reality; and anyone who does not understand this, be he writer or sage, is a man flawed in wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/but-love-is-the-final-reality-and-anyone-who-does-not-understand-this/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [Between the probable and proved there yawns A gap. Afraid to jump, we stand absurd, Then see behind us sink the ground and, worse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/between-the-probable-and-proved-there-yawns-a-gap-afraid-to-jump-we/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [“What we did see was that jealousy is fear: it can corrode even if quite baseless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/what-we-did-see-was-that-jealousy-is-fear-it-can-corrode-even-if/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [“C.S. Lewis in his second letter to me at Oxford, asked how it was that I, as a product of a materialistic universe, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/c-s-lewis-in-his-second-letter-to-me-at-oxford-asked-how-it-was-that/)

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> [The adult must seem to mislead the child, and the Master the dog. They misread the signs. Their ignorance and their wishes twist everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/the-adult-must-seem-to-mislead-the-child-and-the-master-the-dog-they/)

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> […though I wouldn’t have admitted it, even to myself, I didn’t want God aboard. He was too heavy. I wanted Him approving from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/though-i-wouldn-t-have-admitted-it-even-to-myself-i-didn-t-want-god/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

> [“That death, so full of suffering for us both, suffering that still overwhelmed my life, was yet a severe mercy. A mercy as severe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/that-death-so-full-of-suffering-for-us-both-suffering-that-still/)

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