All Alister E. McGrath Quotes
- Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to… Argument
- To reenchant nature is not merely to gain a new perspective for its integrity and well-being; it is to throw open the doors to a… Contemplation
- Our present world contains clues...to another world-a world which we can begin to experience now, but will only know in all its fullness at the… All
- The solution was eventually found by Johannes Gutenberg, who made the breakthrough that finally established printing as the communication technology of the future. Similar ideas… Any
- Within each of us exists the image of God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God is able to recover this… Able
- The most radical question which anyone can be asked is not how much their possessions cost, but whether they have found something of value -… Anyone
- Imagination is the gatekeeper of the human soul. Gatekeeper
- Christianity israrely understood by those outside its bounds. In fact, this is probably one of the greatest tasks confronting the apologist–to rescue Christianity from misunderstandings. Apologist
- All the important things in life lie beyond reason... and that's just the way things are. All
- The 20th century gave rise to one of the greatest and most distressing paradoxes of human history: that the greatest intolerance and violence of that… Believed
- We live on earth; our homeland is in heaven. Earth
- The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols… Allows
- When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring, Adoring
- We must not think that religious concerns swamped all other social activities. They simply provided a focal point for them. Activities
- Manz, formerly one of Zwingli's closest allies, held that there was no biblical warrant for infant baptism. Refusing to recant his views, he was tied… Allies
- Clergy had a vested interest in retaining the old, ways, which made few demands of them as teachers, as spiritual guides, or as moral examples… Agents
- The state is concerned with the promotion of outward righteousness arising from the individual being constrained to keep the law. The Gospel alters human nature,… Alter
- For Luther, it (faith) is an undeviating, trusting outlook appointment life, a constant stance of the trustworthiness of the promises of God. Appointment
- The idea of ‘calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about… Called
- One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom. Best
- At Oxford University, the certainties of my atheist faith (and atheism is a faith) began to crumble Atheism
- Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish. Argument
- The hallmark of intelligence is not whether one believes in God or not, but the quality of the processes that underlie one’s beliefs. Belief
- Faith is not something that goes against the evidence, it goes beyond it. The evidence is saying to us, 'There is another country. There is… Another Country
- The English experience suggested that nobody really doubted the existence of God until theologians tried to prove it. Doubted