Tim Keller on True Freedom
“Freedom, then, is not the absence of limitations and constraints but it is finding the right ones, those that fit our nature and liberate us.”—Tim Keller
Theology
Apologetics
Is Religion Dangerous?
I appreciate your concern, but I think the first thing we need to do is clarify which religion you have in mind because they all teach very different things. But beyond that, it doesn’t appear to me that religion is the root problem; people are. I think the lesson of history is that almost anything (e.g., politics, science, economics, or religion) can be abused or misused simply because people are involved, and people tend to manipulate, control, or exploit to get what they want. People are the common denominator. This strongly suggests that there’s something broken in […]
Culture, Truth Matters
J.P. Moreland on Tolerance, Religion, and Morality
“Tolerance has come to mean that no one is right and no one is wrong and, indeed, the very act
Spiritual Growth
Dallas Willard on the Ruined Soul and How Not to Live
“…no one chooses in the abstract to go to hell or even to be the kind of person who belongs there. But their orientation toward self leads them to become the kind of person for whom away-from-God is the only place for which they are suited. It is a place they would, in the end, choose for themselves, rather than come to humble themselves before God and accept who he is. Whether or not God’s will is infinitely flexible, the human will is not. There are limits beyond which it cannot bend back, cannot turn or repent. One should seriously inquire if to live in a world permeated with God and the knowledge of God is something they themselves truly desire. If not, they can be assured […]
Theology
John Stott On Our Sufferings In Light Of The Cross of Christ
I could never myself believe in God, if it were not for the cross. … In the real world of