Archive — spiritual growth

“I came across this quotation from G.K. Chesterton that I love….It goes like this, ‘The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank,’ and that’s the condition I found myself in. I wasn’t sure about God, I had no confidence that there was a God, but I did feel a sense of gratitude. I felt an awakening, a resurrection in my own soul, and I wanted to find someone to thank, and that really began the journey back.” - Philip Yancey

Seven questions which, when answered, will provide us with a clear comprehensive, and unified understanding of all reality that will enable us to live like genuine Christians as originally envisioned by God.

“…how did Jesus deal with the problems and the issues of his day? How did He make his decisions? One of the things that became very clear was…”

Have you ever wondered why research consistently shows that most born again Christians are indistinguishable from non-Christians in their attitudes and behavior?

“Missionary dating is…when a Christian begins dating an unbeliever and thinks that they have an opportunity maybe through this dating relationship to lead them to the Lord. So, they rationalize and justify,”Oh yeah, the Bible says don’t become unequally yoked and, sure, we are dating and headed toward a more permanent relationship, but, you know, we’re sort of an exception to the rule because, oh, he’s so close, and he’s so open, and I just know that if we get married that certainly he is going to come to Christ in short order.”

“It is important to diagnose where you spouse is, sort of along the continuum of disbelief so that you can customize your approach and you can recognize opportunities that might arise to be able to share the gospel with them…we try to give a prescription for every one of these kind of categories to suggest some ways in which you can reach out if your spouse is a cynical, a skeptical, a spectator, or a seeker.”

“I saw Jesus as my rival. You know, I had always been the guy in Leslie’s life. We had been childhood sweethearts, grew up together, got married young, and now all of a sudden there was another man in our relationship, and she worshipped this guy…”

“It is ironic that usually introducing God into a situation is going to make things better but in our case, it was as if Jesus became a barrier between us because I was an atheist…”