Faith in the Shadows Quotes

“the doors of hell are locked on the inside.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“Most doubts—like most monsters—are not that scary in the daylight. Most Christians can deal with inevitable doubts as long as there is room for doubt. But when a system is enforced that leaves no room for doubt, benign uncertainties can mutate into faith-destroying monsters.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“A mystery I will spend the rest of my life making sense of because it continues to make sense of me.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“Peter sinks when he tries to explain a mystery instead of live it.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“I’ve had moments and long seasons of living without Christ, and this is what I’ve learned: my life is more beautiful with Christ than it is without him.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“I believe that there is nothing lovelier, deeper, more sympathetic, more rational, more manly, and more perfect than the Saviour;”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“Take care of who you’re becoming. You might have to live with yourself forever.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“We are all always in the process of becoming someone we just might have to be forever:”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“Reason is the slave of desire.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“But this is the essence of a life of faith, constantly forced to live with mysteries that are not of our own choosing.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“You need to know where people are and what they can handle; otherwise, you might shine too much well-intentioned light in their eyes and they will leave blinded instead of enlightened.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“Ultimately, responding to the surd of tragedy requires the insights of the poet more than the arguments of the logician.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“And yet while evil makes being a Christian near unbearable at times, it also makes being something else near unthinkable.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“The paradoxical crisis of evil is that it makes us wonder both if we can live with God and if we can live without God.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

“Religion is the hope of the poor. Stuff is the opiate of the privileged.”
― Austin Fischer, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt