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God isn’t with us, we are nothing at all, no matter how great our gifts may be. If he removes his hand from us, our wisdom and our knowledge are nothing. If he doesn’t constantly uphold us, the greatest amount of knowledge will be useless, even if we are experts in theology.
Martin Luther • Faith Alone: A Daily Devotional
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Nishal Desai • 14 cards
Denys Turner writes, “In showing God to exist reason shows that we no longer know what ‘exists’ means.”
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
“If God is omniscient He must have known what Abraham would do, without any experiment; why, then, this needless torture?” But as St. Augustine points out, whatever God knew, Abraham at any rate did not know that his obedience could endure such a command until the event taught him: and the obedience which he did not know that he would choose, he
... See moreC. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
I guess when it's all said and done, I reckon God's God and He don't need to prove nothin' to nobody. Least of all me."
Steve Earle • I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
He took over Aristotle’s traditional proofs for God’s existence, and argued that they can establish a foundation of Reason upon which Faith can operate. This stress on the Aristotelian proofs would have a tremendous influence on all subsequent Christian apologetics.
Joseph M. Holden • The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics
They must come to understand—and put into practice—the convictions that authentic faith is not opposed to reason; that scientism must be put to rest; that mere toleration must not be tolerated; that voluntarism must be eschewed; and that opponents must seek to really listen to one another. As an exemplar of these various intellectual and moral
... See moreRobert Barron • Arguing Religion
Medieval theology is derivative from the Greek intellect. The God of the Old Testament is a God of power, the God of the New Testament is also a God of love; but the God of the theologians, from Aristotle to Calvin, is one whose appeal is intellectual: His existence solves certain puzzles which otherwise would create argumentative difficulties in
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
The single essemodel with which Aquinas works is designed to give us a coherent way of speaking about an uninterrupted created agency which is at the same time in every respect activated, made actually present in the world by the eternal action of the Word.