November 18, 2008

"My concern about proofs for the existence of God is threefold. First, they are viewed as nice but not necessary; second, plausibility is thought to be sufficient; third, they do not identify the real challenge. By way of contrast, I believe it is necessary for the central claims of Christianity that there be no excuses for unbelief. This means that all alternative views of the metaphysical absolute - what is eternal, claims about the material world existing from eternity, about God and the world being co-eternal, about the world as an illusion in the mind of eternal consciousness, must be addressed."
- Owen Anderson, in an interview by Joe Gorra (www.epsociety.org)

February 5th, 2008

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried."
- G.K. Chesterton, "What's Wrong With the World" Chapter 5

March 6th, 2007

"One of the most effective apologetics is a life lived for Christ. One of the more telling defenses of the Christian worldview is a life transformed and sustained by the presence of God....... Such lives also remind us that one of the key elements in considering the arguments of any truth claim is actually not an argument at all. Rather it is a question of pragmatics. Is this worldview livable? Can this philosophy be carried out? Stories of believers who are broken and persecuted but alive with the hope of Christ remind us that Christianity is not only a livable worldview, but a worldview that gives meaning to all of life.
- Jill Carattini (www.rzim.org) "Embodied Evidence"