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1 " If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. "
― Austin Fischer , Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt
2 " Most doubts—like most monsters—are not that scary in the daylight. Most Christians can deal with inevitable doubts as long as there is room for doubt. But when a system is enforced that leaves no room for doubt, benign uncertainties can mutate into faith-destroying monsters. "
3 " The paradoxical crisis of evil is that it makes us wonder both if we can live with God and if we can live without God. "
4 " And yet while evil makes being a Christian near unbearable at times, it also makes being something else near unthinkable. "
5 " I believe that there is nothing lovelier, deeper, more sympathetic, more rational, more manly, and more perfect than the Saviour; "
6 " I’ve had moments and long seasons of living without Christ, and this is what I’ve learned: my life is more beautiful with Christ than it is without him. "
7 " Peter sinks when he tries to explain a mystery instead of live it. "
8 " God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder. "
9 " Ultimately, responding to the surd of tragedy requires the insights of the poet more than the arguments of the logician. "
10 " Religion is the hope of the poor. Stuff is the opiate of the privileged. "
11 " We are all always in the process of becoming someone we just might have to be forever: "
12 " Take care of who you’re becoming. You might have to live with yourself forever. "
13 " the doors of hell are locked on the inside. "
14 " Reason is the slave of desire. "
15 " But this is the essence of a life of faith, constantly forced to live with mysteries that are not of our own choosing. "
16 " You need to know where people are and what they can handle; otherwise, you might shine too much well-intentioned light in their eyes and they will leave blinded instead of enlightened. "
