Quote

The state is concerned with the promotion of outward righteousness arising from the individual being constrained to keep the law. The Gospel alters human nature, whereas the state merely restrains human greed and evil, having no positive power to alter human motivation.

Alister E. McGrath

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alister E. McGrath
Evil
Greed
Alters
Individual
Gospel
Constrained
Keep
Motivation
Arising
Nature
Merely
Alter
Power
Concerned
Promotion
Positive
Outward
States
Law
Righteousness
Human
State
Whereas
Restrains
Humans

More quotes by Alister E. McGrath

Image
The true believer is not someone who disengages from this world in order to focus on heaven, but rather the one who tries to make this world more like heaven.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
At Oxford University, the certainties of my atheist faith (and atheism is a faith) began to crumble
Alister E. McGrath
Image
The most radical question which anyone can be asked is not how much their possessions cost, but whether they have found something of value - that is, something that makes living worthwhile.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
Imagination is the gatekeeper of the human soul.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
We live on earth our homeland is in heaven.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
The hallmark of intelligence is not whether one believes in God or not, but the quality of the processes that underlie one’s beliefs.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
Faith is not something that goes against the evidence, it goes beyond it. The evidence is saying to us, 'There is another country. There is something beyond mere reason'.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
Christianity israrely understood by those outside its bounds. In fact, this is probably one of the greatest tasks confronting the apologist–to rescue Christianity from misunderstandings.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
Surely the better way is to pursue a generous orthodoxy, seeing disagreements in the context of the greater agreements which bind us together.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols of God, our creator and redeemer.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
Our present world contains clues...to another world-a world which we can begin to experience now, but will only know in all its fullness at the end of things.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
Hope is a settled state of mind, in which we see the world in its true light, and look forward to our final homecoming in heaven.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
A failure to understand something does not mean it is irrational. It may simply mean that it lies on the far side of our limited abilities to take things in and make complete sense of them.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
Within each of us exists the image of God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God is able to recover this image through grace as we are conformed to Christ.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
If there is no ultimate reality, it's pointless to think about how we might get there.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
The success of the Inklings also helps us to see criticism in a positive light. There are, unfortunately, people who boost their own sense of importance by criticizing others as a matter of principle. Yet within this community, criticism was a mark of respect and commitment.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
The reading of literature opens our eyes, offering us new perspectives on things that we can evaluate and adopt.
Alister E. McGrath
Image
We must not think that religious concerns swamped all other social activities. They simply provided a focal point for them.
Alister E. McGrath