"As there can be no above without a below, no before without an after, so there can be no...history of salvation between God and humanity without its reflection and repetition in a history between one person and another. [But this] can take place only as those who are loved by God and love Him in return enjoy and make use of the freedom to love one another. If it is ever the case that they seem to be missing God’s love and their own love for God...the root of the trouble may be quite simply that they are not ready to make use of this freedom, and are not engaged in this confirmation of God’s love and their own love for Him." -- Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics IV.2
Truth - Rev. Chris Currie | 4.12.26
Christian faith isn't a general religious awareness. Nor is it the ability to believe several unlikely propositions. It is certainly not a kind of gullibility which would put us out of touch with any genuine reality. It is the faith which hears the story of Jesus, including the announcement that he is the world's true Lord, and responds from the heart with a surge of grateful love that says: "Yes. Jesus is Lord. He died for my sins. God raised him from the dead. This is the center of everything." - N.T. Wright, Simply Christian