Sorry I haven't been around much lately. Here's my quote of the week:
A Christian doesn't avoid the questions; a Christian embraces them. In fact, to truly pursue the living God, we have to see the need for questions.
Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don't have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room for them.
- Rob Bell
Any thoughts???
11 comments:
No thoughts; just a question...
Is it even possible to live without questions?
thank you...I love it. So so true. I just people would embrace this more and realize that we are never going to have all the answers and that we should be asking questions the rest of our lives.
i'm not sure jer... is it?
"Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don't have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room for them."
I think that's a fantastic statement! I think it's fair to say that we will never fully "figure God out", and so there will always be questions in our faith. And that is so very good, since with more questions we are led to more answers, or possibilities - which inevitably leads to more questions. All which slowly grows our understanding about both life and God.
The person who was stopped asking questions, perhaps has stopped growing?
delbert
It is purely my observation: I have never met a single person that has had no questions - even people who, at first glance, seem questionless...have deep questions that they simply are not asking.
Often times all that it takes is someone else to ask them some questions in order to expose their own...
IMHO
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Using this quote in some teaching tonight. Thanks Paul.
enuff metal to fill a bucket
If you have one line you need two hooks.
that has plenty of thingamabops
sorry for my Bad newfie but I luve that new nissan commercial.
I wonder if we really believe that questions are not scary? Bell raises some pretty scary questions in his book.
My question is...
Paul, will you buy me a coffee if I come visit you?
Of course Rob I'd buy you a coffee anytime, even a bad one. Hey, the Drew, questions are really scary but no questions is not the opposite of scary but rather the amplfication of scary.
Today someone asked a group to voice one question they wanted God to answer. People didn't want to answer THAT question because it revealed too much... Our questions tell a lot about who we are. Maybe that is the scary part.
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