Our value is built into us, and nothing and no one can take it away. Greg Koukl More Quotes by Greg Koukl More Quotes From Greg Koukl Some people suggest that a worldview is like a set of glasses that color the way you see the world around you. A Christian interprets the world one way, and an atheist interprets the same world a completely different way since he's looking through different worldview "glasses." Greg Koukl atheist christian people Our innate, built-in human value is the reason we have binding duties or obligations towards each other that we don't have towards any other kind of thing. It's also the reason we have unalienable human rights. If man's God-given, special value falls, then unalienable human rights fall, too. Greg Koukl rights men fall I want people to see that Christianity claims to be true in the deep sense, and if it isn't, then it solves nothing at all. Greg Koukl christianity want people An alternate explanation is not a refutation. Greg Koukl refutation explanation Whenever someone tries to deny the truth, ultimately, reality betrays him. Greg Koukl deny trying reality Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree. Greg Koukl galatians cursed tree Evil did not catch God by surprise. He had a rescue plan, and He's still in the process of working out His plan. Greg Koukl work-out surprise evil Reality has a way of injuring people who don't take it seriously. If you don't believe in gravity, for example, and then step off a tall building, you won't just float away. Greg Koukl believe reality people God created man to share friendship with Him and share in His happiness. Greg Koukl share men A worldview is simply someone's relatively organized understanding of what the world is actually like. Greg Koukl worldview understanding world Sometimes (at least in principle) God might allow some evil because doing so will prevent a greater evil, and sometimes He might allow evil because it will produce a greater good. Greg Koukl principles evil might Trouble, hardship, difficulty, pain, suffering, conflict, tragedy, evil - they're all part of the [Christian] Story. Indeed, the problem of evil is the reason there's any Story at all. Greg Koukl pain christian evil Most Christians who've been around for a while have their Story in bits and pieces, but have never seen how powerful it really is when assembled as a whole. I want them to see how well it fits together and how it offers tremendous explanatory power regarding the world as we actually find it. I want them to see how it resolves the problem of evil, and why God's solution - the God/man Jesus - is the only solution. Greg Koukl powerful christian jesus Christianity is actually "true Truth," as Francis Schaeffer used to put it. God really does exist, Heaven actually is real (along with Hell), Jesus really did live and He did the things the historical records - the Gospels - say He did, the resurrection of Christ really happened, and there really is hope each of us can count on for "the kind of perfect world our hearts have always longed for." Greg Koukl real heart jesus When we encounter new details of our world we fill in more of the spaces. When we discover details that don't seem to fit with our view of the world, we have a kind of "crisis of faith," even if our worldview is not especially religious. We're forced to redraw our "map" a bit. Greg Koukl kind religious world I'm hoping that The Story of Reality will fill in more details for the Christian believer and will create a crisis of faith for the nonbeliever. Greg Koukl crisis christian reality In the Story of Reality man does not rescue himself for his own glory. Instead, God rescues man for His glory. Every other story describes what man needs to do to fix himself and save him from whatever else is wrong with the world. Greg Koukl men reality world In the Story of Reality a man is a helpless slave - enslaved to his own passions, the flesh, and enslaved to a cruel master, the devil - a slave who God Himself rescues and adopts into His own family. It is the very worst news coupled with the very best news. Greg Koukl passion men reality The word "Christian" means something in particular. The basic outline and general truths and doctrines central to Christianity have been hammered out over 2000 years of reflection on the teachings of Jesus and his apostles. If you disagree with these foundational concerns - the kinds of things I focus on in The Story of Reality - then you're simply not a Christian. Greg Koukl teaching christian jesus Everyone has a belief system in his or her mind, a story about the way they think the world actually is, even if they haven't thought about it much or worked out all the details. Greg Koukl stories mind thinking
