Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.
The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship. - Austin Farrer
The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship.
- Austin Farrer
When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them and to adhere nake… - Austin Farrer
When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them and to adhere nake…
The notion of God is the notion of richness without accident - Austin Farrer
The notion of God is the notion of richness without accident
'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is deat… - Austin Farrer
'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is deat…
Religion is more like a response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert. - Austin Farrer
Religion is more like a response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.
One of the silliest of all discussions is the question whether God is personal-it would be more useful to inquire whether ice is frozen. - Austin Farrer
One of the silliest of all discussions is the question whether God is personal-it would be more useful to inquire whether ice is frozen.
What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief ma… - Austin Farrer
What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief ma…
It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their shot. The … - Austin Farrer
It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their shot. The …
Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith. - Austin Farrer
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