Followers of Jesus who count the cost and are willing to take up their crosses after him must have broad shoulders.
Os GuinnessWe cannot find God without God. We cannot reach God without God. We cannot satisfy God without God - which is another way of saying that all our seeking will fall short unless God starts and finishes the search. The decisive part of our seeking is not our human ascent to God, but His descent to us. Without God's descent there is no human ascent. The secret of the quest lies not in our brilliance but in His grace.
Os GuinnessMaking the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era.
Os GuinnessAnti-intellectualism is a disposition to discount the importance of truth and the life of the mind.
Os GuinnessWhat has happened to create this doubt is that a problem (such as a deep conflict or a bad experience) has been allowed to usurp God's place and become the controlling principle of life. Instead of viewing the problem from the vantage point of faith, the doubter views faith from the vantage point of the problem. Instead of faith sizing up the problem, the situation ends with the problem scaling down faith. The world of faith is upside down, and in the topsy-turvy reality of doubt, a problem has become god and God has become a problem.
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